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Topic 9 Review

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What are the reasons for the seasons?
a)
Earth's tilt and rotation.
b)
Earth's rotation and revolution.
c)
Earth's tilt and revolution.
d)
Earth's tilt and resolution
2.
Which of the following statements is most accurate about the Movement of Earth and the Sun?
a)
The Sun revolves around the Earth
b)
The Earth rotates around the Sun
c)
The Earth revolves around the Sun
d)
The Earth rotates and revolves around the Sun 
3.
What is illuminating the Moon?
a)
Nuclear Fusion
b)
Sunlight
c)
Mirrors
d)
Flood Lights
4.

The Earth completes one of these every 365.25 days

a)

rotation

b)

revolution

5.
This is the reason we experience day and night
a)
rotation
b)
revolution
6.
The motion of one object around another object
a)
rotation
b)
revolution
7.
Takes about 24 hours to complete one
a)
rotation
b)
revolution
8.
What is the name of the imaginary line running through the North Pole to the South Pole?
a)
orbit
b)
axis
c)
equator
d)
latitude
9.
Why do globes lean sideways?
a)
To allow them to spin easier.
b)
To demonstrate the tilt of Earth's axis.
c)
To demonstrate the effects of gravity.
d)
To demonstrate day and night.
10.
Why is it warmer in the summer?
a)
Closer to the sun
b)
More direct light from Earth's tilt
c)
Stronger light from the sun
d)
Earth spins slower
11.
Which season is taking place in the Northern Hemisphere in Position 1?
a)
Winter
b)
Spring
c)
Summer
d)
Fall
12.
If it's ____ in the Northern hemisphere, then its summer in the Southern hemisphere. 
a)
spring
b)
summer
c)
fall
d)
winter
13.

In which hemisphere do we live (in US)?

a)

Northern

b)

Southern

14.

The day of the year with the most daylight hours is the

a)

spring equinox

b)

fall equinox

c)

summer solstice

d)

winter solstice

15.

In the northern hemisphere, the winter solstice happens in which month?

a)

March

b)

June

c)

September

d)

December

16.

In the northern hemisphere, the summer solstice happens in which month?

a)

March

b)

June

c)

September

d)

December

17.

The day of the year with the fewest daylight hours is called the

a)

spring equinox

b)

fall equinox

c)

summer solstice

d)

winter solstice

18.

When daylight hours are almost equal to night time hours, it is called

a)

equinox

b)

solstice

19.

On the day that the northern hemisphere has it's longest day, the southern hemisphere will have it's shortest day.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

The day with the longest night time hours is the fall equinox.

a)

True

b)

False

21.

Earth is tilted at _____________ degrees.

a)

23.5

b)

90

c)

0

d)

25.3

22.

Vernal equinox marks the onset of which season?

a)

Summer

b)

Autumn

c)

Spring

d)

Winter

23.

Gravity is the force between two objects

a)

True

b)

False

24.

Any object with mass experiences gravity

a)

True

b)

False

25.

Why do astronauts bounce so high on the moon?

a)

The moon has more gravity

b)

The moon has no gravity

c)

The moon has less gravity

26.

The mass of most objects are too small for them to experience gravity between them.

a)

True

b)

False

27.

Earth's gravity pulls everything toward:

a)

North

b)

South

c)

East

d)

The center of the earth

28.

Gravitational force is smaller between

a)

Larger objects

b)

Smaller objects

29.

As distance increases, gravitational forces:

a)

Decrease

b)

increase

c)

Disappear

d)

Stay the same

30.

As mass increases, gravitational forces:

a)

Increase

b)

decrease

c)

stay the same

d)

disappear

31.
the tendency of an object to resist a change in its motion
a)
acceleration
b)
inertia
c)
mass
d)
frame of reference
32.
push or pull acting on an object
a)
speed
b)
force
c)
position
d)
mass
33.
What is the tendency of an object to resist a change in motion?
a)
coffee
b)
motion
c)
inertia
d)
gravity
34.
Objects with greater _________ also have greater inertia.
a)
speed
b)
mass
c)
temperature
d)
friction
35.
Newton's 1st law is also called....
a)
friction 
b)
inertia
c)
unbalanced forces
d)
Newtons
36.
Because of inertia, a moving object will keep ________.
a)
at rest
b)
moving
c)
in one spot
d)
inertia