Chapter 11 Test

Each planet's orbit follows a slightly __________ path around the sun.

• elliptical

• circular

• linear

• triangular

What do you call the imaginary line running through the center of the earth from the North Pole to South Pole?

• prime meridian

• equator

• international date line

• axis

Days on Jupiter are _________ than days on Earth.

• shorter

• longer

Johannes Kepler discovered that a planet's orbital speed decreases as its distance from the sun ___________.

• increases

• decreases

What is the tilt of the earth?

• 23.5 degrees

• 20.3 degrees

• 3 degrees

• 90 degrees

What season is it when the Northern Hemisphere is tilted TOWARD the sun?

• winter

• spring

• summer

• fall

What are the two types of eclipses?

• lunar

• solar

• stellar

• blind

What kind of eclipse is it when the order is Sun-Moon-Earth?

• solar

• lunar

• blind

• stellar

What type of tide occurs when the sun and moon line up?

• high

• low

• neap

• spring

The moon _______ light from the sun.

• reflects

• absorbs