2. Grade 8 Earth-Moon-Sun System Unit 1 Assessment

A solar eclipse only occurs during a

• Full

• New

• First quarter

• Third quarter

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Why do the Sun and Moon appear to move across the sky?

• The rotation of the solar system makes the Sun and Moon seem to move.

• The rotation of Earth makes the Sun and Moon seem to move.

• The Sun and Moon revolve around the Earth.

• The Earth revolves around the Sun and Moon.

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Everything is brighter at night when there is a full moon because the Moon is

• giving off its own bright light.

• reflecting the sun's light

• reflecting light from Earth.

• much hotter than usual.

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In six months how far will Earth have gone in its orbit around the Sun compared to how far the Moon has gone in its orbit around Earth?

• Earth: completed one orbit around the sun. Moon: completed one orbit of Earth

• Earth: completed 6 orbits of the sun. Moon: completed 12 orbits of Earth

• Earth: completed half of one orbit of the sun. Moon: completed 6 orbits of Earth.

• Earth: completed a third of one orbit of the sun. Moon: completed 3 orbits of Earth.

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Observe the image and tell which phase is the moon in

• Waxing Gibbous

• Third Quarter

• Full moon

• New moon

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What type of tide is shown in the image?

• Tide

• Spring

• Neap

• Solar

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Which of the following explains why in Bronson it is warmer in July than in January?

• The Sun gives off more heat energy in July.

• Earth is closer to the Sun in July.

• The Sun is higher in the sky and provides more hours of daylight in July.

• The Northern Hemisphere is tilted away from the Sun in July.

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Earth rotates on its axis, the Moon

• also rotates, but it rotates much faster than the Earth's rotation.

• also rotates, but at the same speed as Earth's rotation.

• also rotates, but at a much slower speed than Earth's rotation.

• does not rotate.

What causes the seasons?

• The elliptical movement of Earth around the Sun

• The tilt of the Earth on its axis at various points in its revolution around the Sun.

• The ways in which solar winds strike the Earth at different angles.

• The amount of time that has passed since the last lunar eclipse.

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When the Earth is between the moon and the sun there is a

• new

• full

• crescent

• gibbous

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