Review for Science IA2

It takes the Earth ___ to make one full rotation.

• 365 days

• 24 hours

• 1 hour

• 1 week

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What causes the moon to appear to change shapes?

• the moon orbits the sun

• the sun is closer to earth than the moon is

• the earth moves between the sun and the moon at different places

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Which season has short days and cold temperatures?

• winter

• spring

• summer

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Some stars in the night sky appear larger than others because

• they are far away from Earth

• they are closer to Earth

• they are red

Look at the fixed object and the shadow it produced. Which statement BEST explains why the shadow is pointing to the 6?

• The sun is right over the pencil.

• The sun is located at the 9 position.

• The sun is located at the 3 position.

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What does the sun do?

• The sun orbits all of the planets.

• The sun orbits the moon

• The sun stays in one place and the planets orbit around it.

• None of these answers.

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What causes the seasons on our Earth?

• Earth's tilt and orbit

• The moon rotates around the Earth.

• We live in the Northern Hemisphere

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What causes us to have longer days in the summer and shorter days in the winter?

• Earth's size

• Weather Patterns

• Earth's tilt and orbit

• None of these

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The length of the shadow is determined by the

• temperature of the sun.

• position of the sun.

• color of the sun.

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What are the sun's attributes?

• hottest, brightest, biggest

• medium brightness, medium size, medium temperature

• cool, small, not bright at all

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