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1
Stars that are grouped together and form a picture or pattern are called
Constellation
Orbit
Meteor
2
A Geologist is
A person who studies the Solar System.
A person that collects rocks and gems.
A person who studies rocks.
3
What properties can you use to identify rocks?
Taste, texture, and color
Texture, color, and size
Texture, color, and smell
4
The EARTH'S rotation does NOT cause
The moon to have phases
Earth to have daytime and nighttime
The sun to move across the sky
5
What causes items in the sky to seem to move the same way every night?
Earth orbits
Earth rotates
The sun rotates
6
How many days goes by before the moon pattern repeats itself?
Every day
About every 30 days
About every 29 days
About every 27 days
7
How does the movement of the sun change the appearance of shadows?
It doesn't affect the shadows.
It causes shadows to become lighter or darker.
It causes shadows to become shorter or longer.
8
What phase is shown in the picture?
New moon
Full moon
First quarter moon
9
What statement is TRUE?
Rocks are ALL the same size.
Rocks are all the same color.
Rocks are ALL made of minerals.
10
What are some properties that can describe rocks?
large, gross, black
hard, rough, shiny
pretty, brown, smelly