Regents Review #1 Earth Science

What season is starting in the Northern Hemisphere in the picture shown?

• summer

• fall

• winter

• spring

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How many degrees per day does Earth revolve in its orbit?

• 23.5 degrees per day

• 15 degrees per day

• 1 degree per day

• 360 degrees per day

How many degrees per hour does the earth rotate?

• 15 degrees/hour

• 23.5 degrees/hour

• 1 degree/hour

• 360 degrees/hour

How many degrees is earth tilted on its axis?

• 15 degrees

• 1 degree

• 360 degrees

• 23.5 degrees

How many days does it take for the moon to complete one cycle of phases (from new moon back to new moon?)

• 27.3 days

• 29.5 days

• 360 days

• 23.5 days

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Which planet has the greatest density?

• Mercury

• Venus

• Earth

• Mars

The diagram of our solar system represents a

• geocentric model, Sun near center

• geocentric model, Earth near center

• heliocentric model, Sun near center

• heliocentric model, Earth near center

Energy is produced within a star's core by the process of

• insolation

• nuclear fusion

• conduction

• radioactive decay

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When viewed from Earth, the light from very distant galaxies shows a red shift. This is evidence that these distant galaxies are

• revolving around the Sun

• revolving around the Milky Way

• moving away from Earth

• moving toward Earth

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

The estimated age of the Sun and solar system is

• 13.8 billion years old

• 4.6 billion years old

• 30 billion old

• 1 billion years old

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