Astronomy

What determines the measurement of a full year on Earth?

• Hemisphere

• Axis

• Rotation

• Revolution

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What determines the measurement of a day on Earth?

• Hemisphere

• Axis

• Rotation

• Revolution

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Which best describes the seasons experienced in the Northern Hemisphere compared to the

Southern Hemisphere?

• They experience opposite seasons

• They experience the same seasons at the same time

• They do not ever experience similar seasons

• None of these

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Which is a frozen mass with a tail of trailing gases?

• A meteor

• A comet

• An asteroid

• A planet

If you observe a shooting star in space, what are you observing?

• An asteroid

• A comet

• A meteor

• A planet

What is the circular motion around the Sun?

• Rotation

• Orbit

• Axis

• Hemisphere

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What protects the Earth from the Sun’s radiation?

• Other planets

• The moon

• The atmosphere

• Space

Which best describes the order of the phases of the Moon?

• New, waxing, full, waning

• New, full, waxing, waning

• New, waning, full, waxing

• Waxing, waning, full, new

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What force keeps the Earth in orbit around the Sun?

• A nearby galaxy’s gravitational pull

• The Moon’s gravitational pull

• The Earth’s gravitational pull

• The Sun’s gravitational pull

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As we observe the moon, how does it rotate in relation to us?

• It remains stationary in space

• It rotates more slowly than the Earth

• It does not rotate because the same side is always pointed toward us

• It rotates more quickly than the Earth

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