How Does Earth Rotate and Revolve in Space?
Scientists describe Earth as having an imaginary line through it from pole to pole, about which Earth spins. What is this imaginary line called?
What is axis
While Earth revolves around the sun, Earth is also rotating. About how many rotations does Earth complete as it orbits once around the sun?
What is 365?
Earth is a planet in the solar system. A planet can have one or more moons. What is another word that means the same as moon?
A asteroid
B comet
C satellite
D star
What is satellite?
Adam is reading a story about the possibility of a first close encounter people might have with another planet. Which of the following would most likely be responsible for this encounter?
A space antenna
B space probe
C space shuttle
D space station
What is space probe
When we say something is in orbit, we mean that it is traveling around another object in space. What does Earth orbit?
What is the sun
A person living on Earth sees daytime and nighttime every 24 hr. Which of these is responsible for changes from daytime to nighttime on Earth?
What is Earth rotating about its axis?
Earth orbits the sun, yet the sun appears to move through the sky. For example, the sun always appears to rise in the east and set in the west. What reasoning explains this apparent motion of the sun?
What is Earth's rotation?
Kashvi likes to look out the window at the moon. She observes that it seems to change every week. Which sentence best explains why this happens?
A The moon moves between Earth and the sun.
B The moon rotates only once in about a month.
C The same side of the moon always faces Earth.
D The amount of the lighted part of the moon that faces Earth changes.
What is the amount of the lighted part of the moon that faces Earth changes.
Ming wrote the following statements on the board about the space shuttle. Which is not a true statement?
A It orbits Earth.
B It can be reused.
C It carries astronauts to the moon.
D It brings supplies to the space station.
What is it carries astronauts to the moon?
The moon revolves around Earth. How long does the moon take to revolve once?
A about as long as Earth’s seasons
B about as long as one rotation of Earth
C about as long as one rotation of the moon
D about as long as one revolution of Earth around the sun
What is about as long as one rotation of the moon
Caroline looks up at the night sky on a clear night. She is searching for patterns of stars in the sky. What is Caroline looking for?
What is constellations?
Patti decided to use a basketball as a model of Earth. She placed the ball on the floor and then spun it. What was Patti demonstrating with her model of Earth?
What is Earth's rotation?
People on Earth see the moon every night. Sometimes people also see the moon during the day. Why does this happen?
What is the moon is reflecting light from the sun?
Jamil is writing a report about Galileo’s telescope. What should he say was the main idea that Galileo proved with the telescope?
A how close Earth is to the moon
B that the sun is the center of the solar system
C that the moon circles around Earth each month
D how long it takes Earth to circle around the sun
What is the sun is the center of the solar system
Tai is designing a capsule to prevent an egg from breaking when dropped from a distance of 2 meters. He has made sketches of his design. What is the next step that Tai should take in the process?
A test the model
B construct the design capsule
C evaluate the design for revision
D collect and analyze the test results
What is construct the design capsule
We know that each year has four seasons: winter, spring, summer, and fall. Why do we have seasons?
What is tilt of Earth's axis?
Scientists use models to represent or explain things in the natural world. Why are models useful for the study of the movements of the sun, the moon, and Earth?
A Models cannot be proved wrong.
B Models are always accepted by all scientists.
C Models describe the way things actually are.
D Models can be used to make testable predictions.
What is models can be used to make testable predictions?
From space, the surfaces of Earth and the moon look different. How is the surface of the moon different from the surface of Earth?
A no air, no liquid water, craters and mountains, rocky
B air, no liquid water, craters and mountains, not rocky
C air, liquid water, craters and mountains, not rocky
D air, liquid water, no craters or mountains, rocky
What is no air, no liquid water, craters and mountains, rocky.
Tashon is making a class display about the Russian spacecraft Sputnik 1, the first satellite to orbit Earth in 1957. Why was the launch of this spacecraft so important?
A It was the first to visit another planet.
B It was first to carry a person into space.
C It carried the first space station into orbit.
D It increased people’s interest in space exploration.
What is it increase people's interest in space exploration
Nina plays catcher on her softball team. She wants to design a mitt that will better absorb the force of the ball. She and her teammate Sasha are just beginning the design process. What would you claim they should do next?
A build a prototype
B test their prototype
C keep careful records
D brainstorm possible solutions
What is brainstorm possible solutions
Hundreds of years ago, people observed constellations in the night sky. How were constellations originally named and identified?
What is by the patterns they formed in the sky?
Earth, the sun, and the moon all rotate. The table below lists how long it takes each one to complete one rotation.
Object Time to complete one rotation
Earth About 24 hr
moon About 27 days
sun About 27 days
What can you claim from the evidence in this table?
A The moon spins faster than the sun.
B The sun spins faster than the moon.
C Both the sun and moon spin faster than Earth.
D Both the sun and moon spin more slowly than Earth.
What is both the sun and moon spin more slowly than Earth
One kind of modern calendar is a lunar calendar. What is a lunar calendar based on?
What is phases of the moon
Denzel visited Kennedy Space Center. Many other people were visiting there, too. How does a high number of visitors to the space center most help Florida?
What is visitors bring more money into the state
Michael and Pablo have designed a parachute that is intended to slow the fall of a toy rocket. They have made sketches of their design. What should they do next?
A test the model
B construct the model parachute
C evaluate the design for revision
D collect and analyze the test results
What is construct the model parachute