Earth in the Universe Review

Earth revolves around the Sun, and the Moon revolves around Earth. The Moon's orbital path is sometimes above and sometimes below the plane of Earth's orbit, as shown in the diagram. What would happen if Earth's orbit and the Moon's orbit were in the same plane?

• Eclipses would occur every month.

• The moon would not have phases.

• All sides of the Moon would be visible from Earth.

• The same side of the Moon would always face the Sun.

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Jennifer drew what the Moon looked like just after sunset every third or fourth night. Her drawings for the nights she observed the Moon are shown here. On night 11, the clouds were so thick that Jennifer could not see the moon. Based on the drawings for the other nights, what would Jennifer have seen on night 11 if the sky was clear?

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Which of the following best explains why the Sun appears to move across the sky every day?

• The Sun rotates on its axis.

• Earth rotates on its axis.

• The Sun orbits around Earth.

• Earth orbits around the Sun.

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If you wanted to be able to look at the stars, the planets, and the Moon more closely, what should you use?

• Telescope

• Periscope

• Microscope

• Magnigying glass

The Earth's Moon is

• always much closer to the Sun than it is to the Earth.

• always much closer to the Earth than it is to the Sun.

• about the same distance from the Sun as it is from the Earth.

• sometimes closer to the Sun than it is to the Earth and sometimes closer to the Earth than it is to the Sun.

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What property of water is most important for living organisms?

• It is odorless.

• It does not conduct electricity.

• It is tasteless.

• It is liquid at most temperatures on Earth.

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Which planet contains oceans and frozen ice caps?

• Jupiter

• Mars

• Earth

• Neptune

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What planet has a very hot surface and is most like Earth in size?

• Venus

• Mars

• Mercury

• Uranus

When the people on Earth cannot see a moon, which phase is the moon in?

• Full Moon

• Waxing Crescent

• New Moon

• Waxing Gibbous

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The chemical makeup of the Sun is

• hydrogen & oxygen

• oxygen & helium

• hydrogen & helium

• hydrogen, helium, & sulfate