Science Iowa Test Practice

In summer, Alaska has longer days than Iowa, but temperatures are lower in Alaska. Why?

• Earth's tilt

• Beam spreading

• Earth's rotation

• Earth's revolution

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Why does Earth have different seasons? 

• because of the distance between Earth and the sun 

• because of the speed of Earth as it rotates on its axis 

• because of the amount of light blocked by the moon on its axis 

• because of the tilt of Earth on its axis as it moves around the sun 

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What holds the planets in their orbits around the sun?

• gravity

• speed

• string

• air currents

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Name the moon phase

• waning crescent

• waxing crescent

• waning gibbous

• waxing gibbous

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Name the moon phase

• waning crescent

• waxing crescent

• waning gibbous

• waxing gibbous

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Name the moon phase

• First Quarter

• Last Quarter

• New Moon

• Full Moon

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Name the moon phase

• First Quarter

• Last Quarter

• New Moon

• Full Moon

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Name the moon phase

• First Quarter

• Last Quarter

• New Moon

• Full Moon

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Name the moon phase

• First Quarter

• Last Quarter

• New Moon

• Full Moon

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What are the reasons for the seasons?

• Earth's tilt and rotation.

• Earth's rotation and revolution.

• Earth's tilt and revolution.

• Earth's tilt and resolution

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