Science Iowa Test Practice

When the moon is in between the earth and the sun it is a

• New Moon

• Full Moon

• First Quarter

• Third Quarter

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Which of the following statements is most accurate about the Movement of Earth and the Sun?

• The Sun revolves around the Earth

• The Earth rotates around the Sun

• The Earth revolves around the Sun

• The Earth rotates and revolves around the Sun 

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What is illuminating the Moon?

• Nuclear Fusion

• Sunlight

• Mirrors

• Flood Lights

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This type of eclipse occurs when the moon blocks the sunlight from reaching Earth?

• Solar eclipse

• Lunar eclipse

• Total eclipse

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When the Earth's shadow falls on the moon, the shadow causes what to happen?

• Lunar eclipse

• Solar eclipse

• Partial eclipse

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Tides are caused mainly by what?

• Moon’s gravitational pull

• Sun’s gravitational pull

• Earth’s gravitational pull

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The spinning of an object on its axis is called______

• orbit

• rotation

• revolution

• tide

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Day and night is caused by the _____________ of earth on its axis.

• revolution

• orbit

• rotation

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The earth orbits around...

• the sun.

• the moon

• other planets

• the Milky Way

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When the Northern Hemisphere of Earth is Leaning away from the Sun, What season is the Southern Hemisphere experiencing?

• Summer

• Winter

• Spring

• Fall

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