Astronomy & Space Science Review

How long does one full rotation take?

• 365 days

• 30 days

• 24 hours

• 12 hours

How long does it take the earth to make one full revolution around the sun?

• One full rotation

• One year

• One day

• One season

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Earth has seasons because...

• It rotates around the sun.

• The distance between the Earth and the sun changes

• The temperature of the sun changes.

• Its axis is tilted as it moves around the sun

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What season is the northern hemisphere experiencing?

• Spring

• Summer

• Fall

• Winter

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When the north end of the Earth's axis is tilted toward the sun, it will receive ...

• More direct sun light with shorter days

• More direct sun light with longer days

• More indirect sun light with shorter days

• More indirect sun light the longer days

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The phase of the moon depends on...

• Where you are on earth

• How much of the sunlit side of the moon is facing earth

• How much of the moon is lit up

• Whether or not an eclipse is occurring

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For a solar eclipse to occur,

• The sun must be directly between the earth and moon.

• The moon must be directly be the earth and the sun.

• The moon must be behind the earth.

• Earth must be directly between the moon and the earth.

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The moon's surface is covered in round pits called -

• Maria

• craters

• seas

• highlands

An equinox occurs when -

• neither end of the earth's axis is pointed toward or away from the sun

• the north end of the axis is pointed toward the sun

• the south end of the axis is pointed toward the sun

• the earth's axis is parallel to the suns rays.

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The moon appears to be cut in half during a -

• a new moon

• a quarter moon

• a full moon

• an eclipse

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