Gravity, Planets, and Galaxies Concepts

What is the cause of seasons?

• The sun's position in between the Earth and Moon
• The Earth's position relative to the sun and it's tilt.
• The moon's relative position to the sun and the tilt on it's axis.
• The sun's revolution around the Earth and Moon.

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Which is the stronger tide, neap or spring?

• Spring
• Neap

How are spring tides set up?

• The moon on either side of the earth in a straight line with the sun.
• The moon perpendicular to the Earth in relation to the Sun.

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Which of these phenomena is the most common?

• Solar Eclipses
• Lunar Eclipses

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What is a Solar Flare?

• When the sun expands.
• When the sun shrinks.
• When the sun releases large burst of energy and radiation.
• When the sun releases large bursts of energy and radiation, but is channeled back into the sun.

What is a Solar Prominence?

• When the sun expands.
• When the sun shrinks.
• When the sun releases large burst of energy and radiation.
• When the sun releases large bursts of energy and radiation, but is channeled back into the sun.

What is the Earth's axis? 

• The imaginary circle around the middle of the Earth.
• The imaginary line dividing the America's and Europe and Africa.
• The imaginary line that passes through the poles that the Earth rotates on.
• The term axis refers to the Earth's poles.

What is the smallest planet?

• Mercury
• Venus
• Earth
• Mars

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What planet is: second from the sun, considered Earth's sister planet, and has days longer than it's years?

• Mercury
• Venus
• Earth
• Mars

What planet is: fourth from the sun, has polar ice caps, and has red soil?

• Mercury
• Venus
• Earth 
• Mars