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WorksheetsEarth-Moon-Sun Review
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
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Class
Date
1.
Which property of the Earth causes the seasons?
a)
Axis Tilt
b)
Length of year
c)
Tide pattern
d)
Gravitation
2.
Which best describes a lunar eclipse?
a)
Earth casts a shadow on the Moon
b)
Moon casts a shadow on the earth
c)
Sun casts a shadow on the Earth
d)
Sun covers the Moon
3.
Which best describes a solar eclipse?
a)
Earth casts a shadow on the Moon
b)
Moon blocks out the Sun
c)
Full Moon blocks out the Earth
d)
Full Moon causes higher than average tides
4.
What is a "day" on a planet?
a)
24 hours
b)
Time required to make one orbit around the Sun
c)
Time required to rotate once on its axis
d)
Time required to go from day to night
5.
What is a "year" on a planet?
a)
Time required to make one revolution (orbit) around the Sun
b)
Time required to rotate once on its axis
c)
Time required for tides to cycle
d)
Time required for seasons to cycle
6.
True or False: A year on Venus is longer than a day on Venus?
a)
True
b)
False
7.
What force causes the Moon to be tidally locked with the Earth, or in other words we only see one side of the Moon?
a)
Gravity
b)
Seasons
c)
Tides
d)
Sunlight
8.
Which is the best definition for Rotation?
a)
To spin on an axis
b)
To orbit around something
c)
To travel in a circle
d)
Move in space and avoid bumping into things
9.
Which is the best definition for revolution?
a)
To orbit around something
b)
To spin on an axis
c)
To rotate like a top
d)
Move in a predictable pattern
10.
Which of the following occurs as you move away from the equator?
a)
Time slows down
b)
The temperature decreases
c)
The temperature increases
d)
The amount of sunlight increases
11.
Which number best represents the equator?
a)
0 degrees
b)
90 degrees
c)
180 degrees
d)
270 degrees
12.
As you move towards the equator, the amount of direct sunlight exposure:
a)
Increases
b)
Decreases
c)
Stays the Same
13.
What causes day and night on the Earth?
a)
Earth's Rotation
b)
Earth's Orbit around the Sun
c)
Moon's Orbit around the Earth
d)
Starlight Exposure
14.
If it is Summer in the Northern Hemisphere, then it is _______ in the Southern Hemisphere
a)
Winter
b)
Spring
c)
Summer
d)
Fall
15.
True or False: The Southern Hemisphere refers to all land South of the Equator?
a)
True
b)
False
16.
Tides are the results of:
a)
Moon's Gravity
b)
Moon's Seasons
c)
Earth's Gravity
d)
Rogue Waves
17.
Tides and Eclipses follow a:
a)
Predicable Pattern
b)
Random Pattern
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