Practice Quiz #2

What are the two most common gases found in planetary bodies in our solar system?

• Argon and Hydrogen

• Hydrogen and Helium

• Carbon Dioxide and Helium

• Helium and Berkelium

This tide has the greatest difference between consecutive low and high tides.

• Neap Tide

• Spring Tide

When the southern hemisphere is pointed away from the sun it is ____________.

• Winter

• Spring

• Summer

• Fall

Two days, occurring around March 21st and around September 21st, in which neither the northern or southern hemisphere are pointed towards the sun are called the:

• Equinox

• Solstice

Either of the two days of the year on which the sun reaches its greatest distance north or south of the equator (longest days of the year). These occur around June 21st and December 21st.

• Equinox

• Solstice

This is the periodic rise and fall of the level of water in the ocean, caused by the gravitational force of the moon and sun.

• Tides

• Wind

• Storm

• Inertia

The law that states that every object in the universe attracts every other object.

• Law of superposition

• Law of Way too Milky

• Law of Universal Gravitation

• The Law of Lou Dog

The likelihood of a moving object to continue moving in a straight line, or a not moving object to remain in place is called:

• Gravity

• Inertia

• Radio Waves

• Orbital Speed

A total solar eclipse is visible from the moon's _________.

• Penumbra

• Umbra

The sun, moon, and stars appear to move across the sky due to Earth's __________ on its axis.

• Revolution

• Rotation

• Umbra

• Orbit