Astronomy Quiz

Because the earth spins on an axis it causes what?

• A year

• Seasons

• Day and Night

• The weather to be rainy

The earth orbits the sun every how many days?

• 365 or one year

• 7 days or one week

• 30 days or one month

• every day

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During Winter in the Northern Hemisphere which hemisphere is tilted towards the sun?

• The Northern

• The Southern

• The Eastern

• The Western

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Why do we have high tides and low tides on the earth?

• The sun rotating

• The Earth Rotating

• The moon has a gravitational force that pulls the water on Earth

• The high winds causes tides

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What does the Earth Orbit?

• The Moon

• The Earth does not orbit anything

• The Sun

• Pluto

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What is a solar eclipse?

• When the moon passes behind the earth and falls into the earths shadow.

• When the moon passes directly between the sun and the earth. This causes a shadow on the earth.

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During a full moon, what do we see?

• We see nothing from earth because there is no reflection

• We see a sliver of the moon

• We see the entire lit side of the moon.

• We see half of the moon.

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Which of the following is not a phase of the moon?

• First Quarter

• Waxing Gibbous

• Waxing Quarter

• Waning Crescent

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The moon orbits the Earth every how many days?

• 28 days

• 365 days

• every day

• every 10 days

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As the earth rotates, the sun appears to move in what direction across the sky?

• North to South

• East to West

• West to East

• East to North

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