ESS Review

Earth has seasons because...

• Earth's rotation on its axis

• Earth's revolution around the sun

• The pull of gravity from the Moon

• The tilt of Earth's axis

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The orbiting of an object around another object.

• Rotation

• Gravity

• Revolution

• Inertia

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When the north pole is facing towards the sun the northern hemisphere is experiencing ___________.

• Summer

• Spring

• Winter

• Fall

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As the moon's shape appears to get smaller, we say that the moon is _.

• swelling
• waxing
• waning
• disappearing

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About how long does it take the moon to make one complete cycle around the earth?

• 65 days

• 8 days

• 365 days

• 29.5 days

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What is the correct order of the planets from the sun? 

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
• Mercury, Earth, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune. 
• Mars, Venus, Earth, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. 

All of the outer planets--

• have many moons
• are small
• have a short orbit around the Sun
• are rocky

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Very few moons

• Inner planets
• Outer planets
• Both
• Mercury

Gas giants

• Inner planets
• Outer planets
• Both
• Venus

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Mercury, Venus, Earth, & Mars

• Inner planets
• Outer planets
• Both
• Pluto

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