Final Moon and Solar System Review

Which of the following is NOT a gas giant?

• Saturn

• Neptune

• Uranus

• Mars

1. How long does it take earth to orbit the sun once?

• A. 28 days
• B. 365 1/4 days
• C. 24 hours
• D. 29 days

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2. True or False. All planets orbit the sun in the same amount of time.

• A. true
• B. false

3. Which of earth's movements causes day and night?

• A. its rotation
• B. its revolution
• C. its orbit
• D. the tilt of its axis

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4. What is this moon known as?

• A. waning crescent
• B. full moon
• C. first quarter moon or half moon
• D. new moon

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5. What is the moon?

• A. a star
• B. a planet
• C. a comet
• D. a rock

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6. What is the source of the moon's light?

• A. the sun
• B. the earth
• C. all the stars near it
• D. the moon makes its own light

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7. Which moon is waxing?

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8. When it's spring in the northern hemisphere, what season is it in the southern hemisphere?

• A. summer
• B. winter
• C. spring
• D. fall

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9. Why can the northern and southern hemisphere NEVER have the same season at the same time?

• A. Because earth's axis is straight, so they can never tilt in the same direction at the same time.
• B. Because earth's axis is tilted, so they can never tilt in the same direction at the same time.
• C. Because the northern hemisphere is closer to the sun.
• D. Because the southern hemisphere is closer to the sun.

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