Earth Science NJASK Review 2017

The pull of this object(s) causes the tides.

• the moon
• other planets
• comets
• earth's core

A body that orbits a planet is a...

• Meteor
• Asteroid
• Satellite
• Comet

Seasonal changes are caused by Earth's ........... around the sun.

• Eclipses
• Revolution
• Rotation
• Tilt of axis

Spinning of Earth on its axis.

• Rotation
• Revolution

Movement of Earth around the sun.

• Rotation
• Revolution

Earth's orbit brings the planet closest to the sun in ............

• February
• August
• July
• January

The time it takes from one full moon to the other.

• 31
• 40
• 29 days
• 30

Halfway between the solstices, ......... hemisphere(s) is tilted toward the sun.

• Both
• Neither
• The Northern
• The Southern

The lower kind of tide; the one with the least difference between consecutive low and high tides.

• Neap 
• Spring

What moon phase is this picture?

• This is the full moon phase.
• This is the waxing gibbous moon phase.
• This is the waning gibbous moon phase.
• This is the first quarter moon phase.