Earth Science Midterm Review

About how long ago do scientists believe the universe began?

• 13-14 billion years ago
• 13-14 million years ago
• 12-13 billion years ago
• 12-13 million years ago

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What does the moon orbit around?

• Saturn 
• Neptune 
• Earth 
• Sun 

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Which of the following pictures is showing a high tide?

• A
• B
• C
• D

What does the Big Bang theory suggest?

• The universe was just there
• The Milky Way is the only solar system
• The universe is continually expanding
• The universe started as a point and is moving towards each other

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The spinning of the Earth on its axis is

• rotation
• revolution
• precession
• nutation

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What is a result of and approximate 23.5 degree tilt and revolution of Earth? 

• Moons orbit around the Earth
• Tides
• Seasons
• The Earth's rotation around the Sun

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The path an object takes as it moves around another is 

• rotation.
• revolution.
• orbit.
• trail.

The movement of one object around another is

• rotation.
• revolution.
• orbit.
• inertia.

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The spinning of Earth on its axis is called

• rotation.
• revolution.
• orbit.
• inertia.

Planets orbit the Sun in a shape called a(n)

• circle
• ellipse
• focus
• perihelion

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