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Grade 3 Planetary Motion
The Sun revolves around the planets.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 4 Planetary Motion
Which statement below is correct?
  1. Earth revolves around the Sun and the Moon.
  2. Earth and the Moon revolve around the Sun.
  3. The Moon revolves around the Sun, but Earth does not.
  4. The Sun revolves around Earth and the Moon.
Grade 3 Planetary Motion
What keeps planets in their orbits?
  1. light
  2. gravity
  3. electricity
  4. magnetism
Grade 8 Planetary Motion
Which of the following is NOT an accurate statement about our solar system?
  1. All of the planets revolve around the Sun.
  2. All of the planets revolve in elliptical orbits.
  3. All of the planets revolve at the same speed.
  4. All of the planets revolve around the Sun in the same direction.
Grade 5 Planetary Motion
The rotational period of Earth is 24 hours.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 4 Planetary Motion
Which motion causes Earth to have day and night?
  1. Earth rotates on its axis.
  2. The Moon blocks the Sun at night.
  3. The revolution of Earth around the Sun.
  4. The Sun orbiting Earth.
Grade 7 Planetary Motion
Path an object follows as it revolves around another object.
  1. revolution
  2. rotation
  3. orbit
  4. ellipse
Grade 7 Planetary Motion
The spinning of Earth is called its                .
  1. ellipse
  2. orbit
  3. axis
  4. rotation
Grade 6 Planetary Motion
Earth rotates on an axis.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 4 Planetary Motion
One year on Earth is defined by
  1. the time it takes the Sun to revolve around Earth.
  2. the time it takes Earth to revolve around the Moon.
  3. the time it takes for Earth to revolve around the Sun.
  4. the time it takes for the Moon to revolve around Earth.
Grade 4 Planetary Motion
How long does Earth take to make one rotation?
  1. one day
  2. one year
  3. one month
  4. one week
Grade 5 Planetary Motion
The path an object takes around the Sun is called                .
  1. an universe
  2. a nebulae
  3. an orbit
  4. a star
Grade 8 Planetary Motion
What happens during a solar eclipse?
  1. Earth casts a shadow on the Moon.
  2. the Moon casts a shadow on Earth.
Grade 2 Planetary Motion
The path Earth takes around the Sun.
  1. Rotation
  2. Orbit
  3. Day
  4. Axis
Grade 3 Planetary Motion
The part of Earth that is tilted away from the Sun
  1. gets more direct sunlight.
  2. gets less direct sunlight.
  3. gets no direct sunlight.
  4. gets sunlight 24 hours a day.
Grade 9 Planetary Motion
What day is it when the Sun is at its lowest elevation in the sky all year and we experience the shortest day of the year?
  1. summer solstice
  2. winter solstice
  3. summer equinox
  4. winter equinox
Grade 4 Planetary Motion
Earth spins on its axis. What does the term axis mean?
  1. A metal bar that connects the North and South Pole.
  2. The path that Earth takes as it revolves around the Sun.
  3. An imaginary line around the middle of Earth.
  4. An imaginary line which runs through the center of Earth.
Grade 9 Planetary Motion
Planets that are close to the Sun
  1. move through the asteroid belt.
  2. orbit faster than the outer planets.
  3. orbit slower than the outer planets.
  4. move closer and closer to the Sun.
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