Unit 1: Earth Sun Moon

True or False: We see both sides of the moon

• True

• False

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Why do we only see one side of the moon?

• The moon is rotating slower than it is revolving around Earth

• The moon is rotating faster than it is revolving around Earth.

• The moon is rotating at the same speed as it is revolving around Earth.

• The moon has no revolution and no rotation

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One rotation of earth takes _____, while one revolution takes _______.

• 1 day

  1 year

• 1 month

  1 year

• 1 day

  3 months

• 1 year

  1 day

Sunlight is more concentrated near the _____, and more diffuse near the ______.

• poles

  equator

• equator

  poles

• tropic of cancer

  tropic of capricorn

• tropic of capricorn

  tropic of cancer

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How long does it take for the moon to complete one revolution around earth?

• 1 year

• 28 days

• 3 months

• 1 day

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The motion that best explains day and night on Earth is

• Revolution

• Rotation

• Gravity

• Seasons

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When the northern hemisphere (where we live) is tilted toward the sun, what season are we in?

• Winter

• Spring

• Summer

• Fall

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What has the greatest influence on tides?

• gravitational pull of the sun

• gravitational pull of the moon

• gravitational pull of the Earth

• The ocean's current

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What determines which phase of the moon you see?

• Where you are on Earth

• How much of the moon is lit by the sun

• How much of the sunlit side faces Earth

• How bright the sun is

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What are tides?

• More water filling up the ocean

• Jupiter orbiting the moon

• Alabama football team

• The rising and falling of the water on the earth surface