Vocabulary
What does the word warmth mean?
1. cold
2. heat
3. length
4. light
2. heat
What does the word "amount" mean?
1. how long
2. how large
3. how deep
4. how much
4. how much
How long does it take for Earth to rotate one time around its axis?
1. one day
2. one month
3. one year
1. one day
True or False: Earth travels in a perfect circle around the sun?
False-it travels in an oval shape
The word temperature is a measurement that indicates how...
1. hot or cold something is
2.high or low something is
3.wide or thin something is
4. long or short something is
1. hot or cold something is
What does the word "surface" mean?
1. express something
2. keep something safe
3. admit something openly
4. the outside layer of something
4. the outside layer of something
Which best describes the moon?
1. the moon is always cold
2. the moon is always hot
3. the moon has mountains, valleys, and rivers
4. the moon has mountains, valleys, and craters
4. the moon has mountains, valleys, and craters
What number planet is Earth from the Sun?
3rd
What does the word "support" mean?
1. plan for
2. perform for
3. present for
4. provide for
4. provide for
Which word means "the study of the Sun, Moon, stars, and planets?"
1. astronomy
2. globe
3. solar system
4. temperature
1. astronomy
How are Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars alike?
1. they are made of rock
2. they are made of gas
3. they are the largest planets in our solar system
4. They are the furthest planets away from the sun
1. they are made of rock
How many planets are in our solar system?
8
What does a globe represent?
1. the solar system
2. the moon
3. the Earth
4. the Sun
3. the Earth
What does the word "solar system" mean?
1. the Earth and planets that move around it
2.the Sun and planets that move around it
3.the Earth and Moon that moves around it
4. the Sun and Moon that moves around it
2. The sun and planets that move around it
The section "Earth and Its Neighbors" is most likely about...
1.Earth is the largest rocky planet
2. the sun is in the center of our solar system
3. each planet follows its own path around the sun
4. Earth shares space with other planets
4. Earth shares space with other planets
Why does it look like the moon seems to change shape from night to night?
This happens because of sunlight hitting it from different directions.