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5th Planet Earth and other planets rjs
5th Planet Earth and other planets rjs
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Our Solar System, timezones, moon
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1
Earth's moon is a type of satellite, Earth is a natural satellite of the ____.
sun
blue marble
mars
milky way
2
Nearly all of the weather we experience on Earth occurs in the _____ layer.
radiation
ozone block
stratosphere
troposphere
3
Earth's atmosphere wraps Earth like an insulated blanket, the troposphere is about _miles high.
1000
7
50
90
4
Philosopher Aristotle and Copernicus both had ____ about the behavior of planets.
theories
cats
goats
dogs
5
The hydrologic cycle is how water on earths surface _______ constantly.
makes rocks
drills
circlulates
disappears
6
Earth is divided into ____ standard time zones, each one hour ahead of the zone to the west.
24
4
14
34
7
Earth is composed of 4 main layers, the outer surface is the crust, what is beneath the crust.
inner core
outer core
mantle
crust
8
Falling stars are actually _______ burning up in the upper atmosphere.
moons
planets
magnetic fields
meteorids
9
Earth spins like a top on an invisible axis, this rotation creates __ on the planet.
signs
days
cars
gravity
10
The moon completes one ___ around Earth every 27.3 days.
craters
collision
orbit
debris
11
The moon doesn't have an _ so it is not protected from space debris, asteroids, meteorides, etc
pitch
atmosphere
12
Earth's axis tilts 23.5' as the planet orbits, this tilt causes the _________ to change.
direction
seasons
miles per hour
orbit
13
Earth is the only planet in our solar system where H20 exists as a solid, liquid and a __.
ellipse
probe
gas
radiation
14
Italian physicists Galileo used a spyglass or a ____ that made faraway objects appear closer.
probe
sonar
telescope
razor
15
When tectonic plates slide over or past eachother an __ can occur or mountain ranges can form.
strong wind
earthquake
equator
ellipse
16
The moon doesn't have an _ so it is not protected from space debris, asteroids, meteorides, etc
ball
gravity
atmosphere
pitch
17
Earth is the ___ largest planet in the solar system. It is not a perfect sphere.
7th
2nd
12th
5th
18
The Earth's mantle are broken into sections called __ __.
china plates
lunar
hemispere
tectonic plates
19
Earth travels around the __ at about 67,000 miles per hour.
Pluto
Moon
north star
Sun
20
______ contains the perfect conditions to support a variety of climates and habitats.
Saturn
Mars
Uranus
Earth