Earth Benchmark #1

What season is being experienced in the Southern Hemisphere?

• Spring

• Fall

• Winter

• Summer

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Earth’s rotation takes about _____.

• 24 hours
• 28 days
• 365 days
• a month

Earth's rotation on its axis is what causes ______________________________.

• seasons
• moon phases
• day and night
• weather

The bulge of water on the side of the Earth closest to the moon produces ___________.

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

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What type of tides would this arrangement of earth-moon-sun create?

• neap tide
• spring tide
• new moon tide
• full moon tide

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The Earth completes one orbit around the Sun every ___________. This period is known as a year.

• 28 days

• 24 hours

• 365.25 days

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Which planet is the closest planet to the sun?

• Mercury

• Venus

• Mars

• Pluto

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The sun is a ______?

• Planet

• Asteroid

• Star

• Constellation

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A rock formed from fragments of other rocks that accumulate over time is called

• Metamorphic Rock
• Sedimentary Rock
• Extrusive Rock
• Igneous Rock

If heat and pressure inside the Earth cause a rock to melt, the material that formed would be

• Metamorphic
• Magma
• Sedimentary
• Igneous