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| Which on the following is not located inside the Earth? | Equator |
| How long does it take for the Earth to make a complete spin on the it’s axis? | 24 hours |
| Weather happens in this layer of the atmosphere. | Troposphere |
| Which is not a layer of the Earth’s atmosphere? | Altosphere |
| Which of the following explains what we learn from expansion redshift? | Red light means something is moving far, so the galaxy is moving farther away from us. |
| What is the Earth’s axis? | An imaginary line running from the North Pole to the South Pole on which the Earth spins. |
| Rotation | A complete spin on the Earth’s axis over a 24 hour period |
| Revolution | One complete trip around the sun over 365 ¼ days |
| What causes day and night? | Earth’s rotation |
| What object is the central and largest body in our solar system? | The sun |
| Why is Earth so special? What does Earth have that other planets do not? | 1. Earth has oxygen. 2. Earth has plants. 3. Earth has heat the right amount of heat from the sun. 4. Earth has water cycle. 5. Earth has signs of life. |
| Why do we have seasons? | The tilt |
| What would happen if the Sun burned out? | 1.Loss of heat 2. Freeze to death 3.No plants 4.No water cycle 5. No heat |
| Think about the relative size of the planets activity we completed in class. Provide one similarity and one difference. | inner planets are closer together; the outer planets are space further apart. and Earth is the third planet from the sun. |
