Earth Space science A Semester Final

What does Earth ROTATE (spin) around?

• Sun
• Moon
• It's Axis
• Other Planets

Why don't people on the South Pole fall off Earth?

• Sticky Shoes
• Good Grip
• They are frozen to Earth
• Gravity

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The phase of the moon depends on...

• Where the Earth's Shadow is.
• How many clouds are in the sky.
• where the moon is in it's orbit around Earth. 
• Whether we are having day or night. 

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

How does Earth have day or night?

• Magic
• The earth's rotation around it's axis, causing one side to face the sun, and the other to face away.
• By the moon creating night and the sun creating day.

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True or False: One day on Earth is caused by one REVOLUTION around the sun.

• True
• False

True or False: One day on Earth is caused by one ROTATION around the Earth's Axis.

• True
• False

True or False: The moon produces light.

• True
• False

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True of False: A lunar eclipse is when the moon passes into Earth's shadow, causing the light to not hit the moon. The order would be: Sun - Earth - Moon.

• True
• False

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When it is Winter in the Northern Hemisphere (Us), what season is it in the Southern Hemisphere?

• Winter
• Spring
• Summer
• Fall

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Which body has the greater effect on Earth's tides?

• Sun
• Saturn
• Moon 
• Venus

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