Science 2nd 9 Weeks

The Moon can be seen from Earth because _______reflects off the Moon's surface.

• Glow-in-the Dark Paint

• Sunlight

• Clouds

What motion causes day and night?

• Bouncing

• Revolution

• Rotation

• Tilting

What causes seasons?

• The axis is tilted as it revolves around the sun.

• The equator moves around the sun.

• The asteroid belt moves around the Earth.

What are solstices? 

• When a meteor hits the Earth.

• When the sun is furthest north or south of the equator.

• When the sun is directly on the equator.

The times when day and night are of equal length are called....

• Equinoxes

• Equal nights

• Full moon

How large is the moon compared to Earth?

• It is smaller

• About one-fourth of the diameter

• It is bigger

How would the seasons be different if the Earth were not on its axis?

• There would be more clouds.

• There would be no sunlight.

• There would be no change in seasons.

The imaginary line that passes through Earth’s center and the North and South poles.

• What is a star?

• What is an axis?

• What is the North pole?

What is rotation?

• The spinning of the Earth on its axis.

• The bouncing movement of the Earth.

• The tilt of the Earth.

What is revolution?

• The creation of man on Earth.

• The movement of one object around another.

• 365 days