Space Science

What causes Earth's seasons?

• the tilt of Earth's axis

• Earth's rotation

• the revolution of the Moon

• Earth's distance from the Sun

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Wha type of tide would this arrangement of earth-moon-sun create?

• full moon tide

• new moon tide

• neap tide

• spring tide

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If the Sun is bigger than the moon, why does the moon have a greater affect on tides?

• The Sun's gravity does not affect water.

• The moon is much closer than the sun.

• Although the moon is smaller than the sun, it has more mass.

• The earth blocks the suns gravitational pull.

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What are the reasons for the season?

• Earth's tilt & rotation

• Earth's tilt & revolution

• Earth's rotation & rovolution

• Earth's tilt & resolution

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In winter, the axis of the earth is pointed away or toward the sun?

• towards

• up

• down

• away

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The Earth orbits the Sun because of what?

• Friction

• Electromagnetic attraction

• Gravity

• Interia

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True or False- For a Solar Eclipse to be visible from Earth, the Moon must be BETWEEN the Earth and the Sun.

• True

• False- the Earth must be between the moon and the Sun.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The rotation of Earth on its axis causes the pattern of _____

• night and day

• constellations

• Earth's seasons

• the phases of the moon

It takes Earth _________ to make one complete rotation on its axis.

• 24 hours

• 365 days

• 28 days

• 24 days

It takes Earth _____________ to make one revolution or orbit around the Sun.

• 365 days

• 365 hours

• 28 days

• 24 hours

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