2. E. O. Lawrence Elementary School Canton, SD Earth in Space Unit

3. A:B: circlesphere #1 Earth’s shape is a ___________. C:D: square hexagon

4. sphere

5. A: B: Earth travels farther away from the sun at night. #2. We have days and nights because __________. C: D: the moon gets in the way of the earth. the sun cools down at night. the earth rotates.

6. the earth rotates

7. A:B: the sunthe moon #3 Earth revolves around _____. C:D: Jupiterthe equator

8. the sun

9. A:B: EarthSaturn #4 The largest planet is C:D: JupiterMars

10. Jupiter

11. A:B: Canada.the Rocky Mountains. #5 It is hottest on Earth near ___________. C:D: Australia.the Equator.

13. A:B: 1 month12 hours #6 It takes _______ for the earth to make one complete rotation. C:D: 1 year24 hours

15. A:B: shorterlighter yellow #7 It is colder at the North Pole because the sun’s rays are ___________. C:D: weakerstraighter

16. weaker

17. A:B: Mars and JupiterMars and the Moon #8 The two planets closest to Earth are ________ and _________. C:D: Mars and VenusVenus and Mercury

18. Mars and Venus

19. A:B: Equatoraxis #9 Earth spins on an imaginary line called a (n) ________. C:D: phaserevolution

20. axis

21. A:B: orbitcycle #10 Earth revolves or travels in a(n) _______ around the Sun. C:D: phaseatmosphere

22. orbit

23. A:B: turns and spinsorbits and gravitates #11 The two ways that Earth moves are that it _______ and ________. C:D: revolves and rotatesleans and phases

24. revolves and rotates

25. A:B: 365365 1/4 #12 How many days will it take the earth to revolve around the sun in 2006? C:D: 356 1/4366

26. 365 ¼ days

27. A:B: the sun moves farther away from the earth. the North Pole is tilted away from the Sun #13 It is colder in North America in the winter because _______. C:D: the weatherman predicts it. The North Pole is tilted toward the Sun

28. the North Pole is tilted away from the Sun.

29. A:B: JulyFebruary #14 The Sun is highest in the sky in which month? C:D: NovemberDecember

30. July

31. A:B: 1 million½ million #15 Approximately how many earths would fit inside the sun? C:D: 1 thousand2 million

32. 1 million

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