8th Grade Q1 Exam Review

Which season is taking place in the Northern Hemisphere in Position 3?

• Winter
• Spring
• Summer
• Fall

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Which season is taking place in the Northern Hemisphere in Position 4?

• Winter
• Spring
• Summer
• Fall

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What happens when the area in which you live tilts away from the sun?

• It is summer.
• It is spring.
• It is winter.
• It is fall.

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Why do we experience the changing of the season on the earth?

• distance from the sun
• rotation of the earth
• change in solar output
• tilt of the earth's axix

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One rotation of Earth is equal to

• a day.
• a year.

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Where on Earth can you experience entire days of darkness?

• The equator
• The poles
• The Tropic of Cancer
• The Tropic of Capricorn

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What causes day and night?

• The earth rotating on its axis
• The earth revolving around the sun
• The axis' tilting back and forth
• The phases of the moon

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The path that Earth takes around the sun is called its

• Rotation
• Revolution
• Axis
• Orbit

What direction does Earth rotate and revolve?

• clockwise
• counterclockwise

Name the moon phase

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

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