Earth+Moon Review and Practice

Earth+Moon Systems

Review and Practice

Open Ended

How does changing altitude or elevation change your point of view? How does it change your frame of reference?

Multiple Choice

If a mountain climber reaches the same height as a glider, their ______________ would be the same, but the glider is at a higher _____________.

• altitude; elevation

• elevation; altitude

Multiple Choice

Rocks, trees, wind, and animals are all apart of the

• Geosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Ecosystems

• Food web

Multiple Choice

What is the area where all living things are called?

• Geosphere

• Biosphere

• Inner Core

• Food chain

Multiple Choice

The parts of a system can be natural or

• made by nature.

• made by observations.

• made by humans.

Multiple Choice

A group of parts that work together to achieve a goal.

• matter

• system

• conduction

• solar energy

Multiple Choice

The area of the earth that includes rocks, mountains, crust, mantle and the inner core.

• Geosphere

• Atmosphere

• Hydrosphere

SUBSYSTEMS OF A SYSTEM

Multiple Choice

Cells combine to form tissues, and tissues combine to form organs. This shows....

• Some subsystems are more important than others

• subsystems of a system can be placed in order from simple to complex

• there are infinite subsystems

Multiple Choice

Is it better to "zoom in" or "zoom out" to see systems more clearly

• zoom out, you see the larger picture

• zoom in, you see the fine details

• neither, you can only make observations from your perspective

• Both, there are some details you can only see from different perspectives

Open Ended

list the major systems and smaller subsystems that could be interacting in the polar bear picture:

is one view better than the other?

Open Ended

list the major systems and smaller subsystems that could be interacting in the Earth+Moon picture. Did you notice different things in the different views?

Multiple Choice

When the Earth rotates, it causes -

• Seasons

• Day and Night

Multiple Choice

When the Earth rotates, it causes -

• Seasons

• Day and Night

Multiple Select

If it is winter in the Southern Hemisphere what season will it be in the Northern Hemisphere?

• Winter

• Summer

• Spring

• Fall

Multiple Choice

What season is it in the Northern Hemisphere when it is fall in the Southern Hemisphere?

• Winter

• Spring

• Summer

• Fall

Multiple Choice

What effect does the tilt of the earth have?

• It causes the earth to be farther away from the sun at different times of the year

• It changes the angle that the sun strikes the earth in different land areas

• When the earth is tilted away from the sun we have day

• When the earth is tilted away from the sun we have night

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes the tilt of the earth when it is summer in the southern hemisphere?

• The northern hemisphere is tilted toward the sun

• The northern hemisphere is tilted away from the sun

• The southern hemisphere is tilted toward the sun

• The southern hemisphere is tilted away from the sun

Multiple Choice

Why is the Equator warmest?

• Because it is closest to the sun.

• Because it receives the most direct sunlight

• Because no clouds form here.

• Because it is far from the sun

Multiple Choice

What is the term used to describe the motion of the Earth around the Sun?

• Resolution

• Rotation

• Revolution

• Round

Multiple Choice

What causes nighttime and daytime on Earth?

• the Sun rotating on its axis  
• Earth rotating on its axis
• Earth revolving around the Sun
• the Moon revolving around Earth

Multiple Choice

Which of these cycles takes 24 hours?  

• Earth rotating on its axis  
• Earth revolving around the Sun  
• the Moon rotating on its axis  
• the Moon revolving around Earth

Multiple Choice

What event occurs because of the rotation of Earth?

• tides

• four seasons

• day and night

• change in weather

Multiple Choice

What event occurs because of the rotation of Earth?

• tides

• four seasons

• day and night

• change in weather

Multiple Choice

The Coriolis effect causes ___________.

• the Earth to rotate on its axis

• earthquakes

• global winds to move in a curved path instead of a straight line

• the Earth to revolve around the sun

Multiple Choice

what is the coriolis effect?

• change in location of warm and cold surface water every 2-7 years

• tendency of objects moving large distances on Earth’s surface to bend to the right in the northern hemisphere & to the left in the southern hemisphere

• winds in northern Indian ocean that blow from the southwest in the summer & from the northeast in winter

• two layers of horizontal winds moving in opposite directions

Multiple Choice

The Coriolis Effect is caused by what?

• The wind blowing

• Earth's gravity pulling things down

• The rotation of the Earth

• The pull of the Moon

Multiple Choice

The Earth's _______ is an imaginary line that goes from the North Pole to the South Pole.

• vernal equinox

• axis

• solar eclipse

• solar flare

Multiple Choice

The Earth's axis is tilted _____ degrees.

• 23.5

• 25.3

• 30.2

• 24

Multiple Choice

The earth's orbital path sits on the _________.

• axis

• ecliptic plane

• equatorial plane

Multiple Choice

How long does it take for the Earth to make one full orbit around the Sun?

• one day

• one week

• one month

• one year

Multiple Choice

The moon's orbit is tilted _____ from the earth's orbital plane

• 5 ^o

• 10^o

• 23.5 ^o

Multiple Choice

What part of the moon do we see from Earth?

• all of it
• the same side
• none of it
• only one quarter

Multiple Choice

What is the correct order of the moon phases?

• new, full, 1st quarter, 3rd quarter
• new moon, 1st quarter, full moon, 3rd quarter
• 1st quarter, 3rd quarter, new moon, full moon
• new, 1st quarter, 3rd quarter, full

Multiple Choice

The phase of the moon that occurs between the sun and Earth

• Full moon
• Waxing crescent
• Waning Crescent
• New Moon

Multiple Choice

Define New Moon

• None of moon is visible from Earth

• All of moon visible from Earth

• Moon is 1/2 visible from Earth

• Moon is more than Half Visible from Earth

Multiple Choice

The Moon orbits Earth in a ________________ direction

• clockwise

• counterclockwise

• upwards

• downwards

Multiple Choice

Name the moon phase

• First Quarter
• Last Quarter
• New Moon
• Full Moon

Multiple Choice

Name the moon phase

• waning crescent
• waxing crescent
• waning gibbous
• waxing gibbous

Multiple Choice

the material displaced from the land when a crater is formed

• comet

• ejecta

• floor

• rays

Multiple Choice

What do you call the lines that form around a crater

• comet

• ejecta

• floor

• rays

Multiple Choice

What caused the moon's craters?

• a big monster was walking on the moon and those are his footprints

• repeated moon landings

• asteroid crashes

Multiple Choice

Why are craters on the moon so well-preserved?

• No atmosphere = no precipitation for erosion
• The rocks on the moon are more solid
• The rocks on the moon absorb more impact

Multiple Choice

How do most craters on the moon form?

• Collision with other planets
• Rapidly moving debris hit the surface
• The sun burns holes in the moon

Multiple Choice

the material displaced from the land when a crater is formed

• comet

• ejecta

• flooded crater

• complex crater

YOU DID IT!

the last video is 7 min. A guy created a scaled model of the solar system using a MARBLE for the earth. He had to do it in the desert because it had to be 7 miles across!!