Science Quiz

The factors that combine to keep the planets in orbit around the sun are...

• gravity

• mass

• inertia

• diameter

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What is responsible for day and night on Earth?

• The moon's rotation as it revolves around Earth

• The moon's gravitational pull on earth

• Earth's revolution around the sun

• Earth's rotation on its axis

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Which moon phase occurs when the Earth is between the sun and moon, and we can see all of the moon's lit sides?

• new moon

• crescent moon

• gibbous moon

• full moon

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Earth has seasons because..

• Earth's axis is tilted.

• The distance between the Earth and the Sun changes.

• Earth rotates on its axis.

• Earth revolves around the sun.

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When the north pole of Earth's axis is tilted away from the sun, North America will experience..

• Winter with indirect rays and shorter days.

• Summer with direct rays and longer days.

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What moon phase occurs when the moon is between the Earth and Sun?

• full moon

• new moon

• waxing crescent

• waning gibbous

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The moon phase pictured here is a

• waning crescent

• waxing crescent

• waxing gibbous

• waning gibbous

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Identify the phase of the moon

• waxing gibbous

• waning gibbous

• full moon

• third quarter

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How does Earth's magnetic field help protect the planet?

• burns up meteors

• shields us from solar winds (radiation)

• traps gases to keep our planet warm

The 2 main gases that make up our Earth's atmosphere are:

• carbon dioxide

• nitrogen

• water vapor

• oxygen