Sun, Moon, and Earth Pretest

The Earth ______________ around the sun.

• rotates

• tilts

• revolves

• doesn't move

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It takes the moon _______ days to revolve around the Earth.

• 16 days

• 27 days

• 20 days

• 32 days

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The reason we have seasons is due to the ....

• moon phases

• the tilt of the Earth's axis and its revolution around the sun

• the sun revolving around the Earth

• the moon spinning on its axis

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The Earth is divided into two halves called ___________

• The equator

• The West and East Hemishperes

• none of these

• The Northern and Southern Hemisphere

Earth rotates on an imaginary line called an(a) _______________.

• longitude line

• equator

• axis

• all of the above

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What cause day and night on Earth?

• Earth's revolution

• moon phases

• Earth's tilt

• Earth's rotation

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When the Earth is between the Sun and the moon we have a ____________.

• first quarter

• new moon

• third quarter

• full moon

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How long does it take the Earth to rotate on its axis?

• 1 year

• 24 hours

• 30 days

• 48 hours

When it is summer in the Northern Hemisphere, it is _________ in the Southern Hemisphere.

• winter

• spring

• fall

• summer

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The moon reflects light from the _____________

• moon

• Earth

• sun

• stars

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