Science Vocab review - Earth, Moon, Sun, and Stars

2/14/2019 12:00:00 AM
10 questions extracted from Mobymax (Science, Grade 2), to help you review some basic vocabulary about Earth, Moon, Sun, and Stars. To learn more about this topic, get a Mobymax learning account (by going to http://contuhoc.com/mobymax).

What is Earth’s axis?

  • An imaginary line around the outside of the Earth
  • A real line through the center of the Earth
  • The spin of Earth around an imaginary line
  • An imaginary line through the center of the Earth

What is an orbit?

 
  • A path through another object
  • A path around another object
  • Spinning around an axis
  • A straight path above an object

A solar system includes _____.

  • the stars, planets, and other objects that move around the Moon
  • the planets, moons, and other objects that move around the Sun
  • only the Earth and the Sun
  • only the Sun

What is a planet?

  • a large, round object that travels around the Earth
  • a very small object that travels around the Earth
  • a large, round object that travels around the Sun
  • a very small object that travels around the Sun

When your part of the Earth faces the Sun, it is _____ where you live.

  • nighttime
  • daytime
  • summer
  • winter