Unit 11 Review

Planets appear to move in teh sky against the backdrop of

• other planets
• the sun
• the stars
• the moon

What object is at teh center of the geocentric model?

• Earth
• the moon
• the sun
• a star

What discovery by Galileo supported the heliocentric model?

• the phases of Venus
• the elliptical orbits of planets
• the moon's orbiting of Earth
• the movement of planets in the night sky

The imaginary line that runs through Earth's pole is its

• axis.
• orbit.
• revolution.
• rotation.

Which of the following is responsible for the cyclic pattern of day and night on Earth?

• the tilt of Earth's axis
• the rotation of Earth on its axis
• Earth's revolution around the sun
• the revolution of the moon around the Earth

Earth has seasons because

• its axis is tilted as it revolves around the sun
• it rotates on its axis as it revolves
• the moon exerts a graviational force on it
• the relative positions of Earth, the sun, and the moon do not change

Which of the following occurs when the moon moves through Earth's shadow?

• high tide
• a solar eclipse
• a lunar eclipse
• the phases of the moon

When the sun, the moon, and Earth line up during a new moon, which of the following is produced?

• low tide
• high tide
• spring tide
• neap tide