What happens when we move from summer to fall to winter?

Less daylight and temperature decreases

appear small because they are so far away

What causes the seasons?

Earth revolves around the sun and tilts on it's axis.

Signs that we are moving from winter to spring to summer are....

Daylight is getting longer and temperature is increasing

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Earth in Space and our Solar System including planets and other celestial bodies

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1
What causes day and night?
Light from the sun bounces off the earth.
Earth rotates on it's axis.
Gravity pulls light and darkness to the earth.
Earth revolves around the sun.
2
Two gases the sun is mostly made of are
leaded and unleaded
hydrogen and helium
nitrogen and oxygen
carbon dioxide and oxygen
3
Why do the sun, stars, and moon appear to be moving across the sky?
Earth's temperature and atmosphere
Earth's gravity
Earth revolves around the sun
Earth rotates on it's axis.
4
the LARGEST object in our solar system
Earth
Sun
Moon
Jupiter
5
What happens when we move from summer to fall to winter?
More daylight and temperature increases
Less daylight and temperature increases
More daylight and snowstorms
Less daylight and temperature decreases
6
What holds the planets in place around the sun?
gravity
ice
gas
rocks
7
Stars in the sky...
rotate and revolve around the earth
appear large because they are close
reflect light from the sun
appear small because they are so far away
8
What causes the seasons?
Earth spins on it's axis.
Earth revolves around the sun and tilts on it's axis.
Earth orbits the dark side of the moon.
Earth rotates around the sun.
9
A chunk of rock or ice that orbits the sun with a tail of gas trailing behind it.
planet
comet
meteoroid
asteroid
10
A metallic rocky body that orbits the sun and is sometimes called a shooting star.
asteroid
constellation
meteoroid
comet
11
Signs that we are moving from winter to spring to summer are....
Daylight is getting longer and temperature is increasing
Daylight is getting longer and temperature is decreasing
Daylight is getting shorter and temperature is colder
Daylight is getting shorter and temperature is decreasing
12
Name the first three planets in order from the sun.
Venus, Earth, Mars
Neptune, Uranus, Saturn
Mercury, Venus, Earth
Mercury, Venus, Mars
13
The outer planets are known for being...
small with no moons
gas giants with rings
rocky and having rings
rocky and terrestrial
14
Inner planets are known as...
Rings of fire
rocky, terrestrial
gas giants
Small with many moons
15
An elliptical shape is most like a/an
oval
square
rectangle
circle

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