Space, Earth, Sun & Moon

What holds us to Earth's surface?

• inertia
• Moon's gravity
• Earth's gravity
• Sun's gravity

What causes tides on Earth?

• intertia
• Earth's gravity
• Moon's gravity
• Water's gravity

When the moon moves directly between the Earth and the sun during a new moon, a ____ may occur.

• Solar Eclipse
• Lunar Eclipse
• Full Moon
• solstice

Which of the following is a natural satellite of the Earth?

• International Space Station
• Hubble Telescope
• Sun
• Moon

What causes day and night on Earth?

• revolution
• rotation
• seasons
• equinox

The movement of one object around another object is called

• revolution
• rotation
• eclipse
• spinning

The moon orbits...

• The Sun

• The Moon

• The Earth

• Jupiter

An imaginary line through the center of an object

• Revolve

• Orbit

• Rotate

• Axis

When it is winter in Pennsylvania, Earth's axis is tilted..

• toward the sun

• away from the sun

Orbit

• to spin on an imaginary line

• a circular path one object follows when it revolves around another object

• an imaginary line through the center of an object