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1.
ThetimeittakesfortheEarthtoaroundthesunisoneyear.
a. rotate
b. revolve
2.
Whichplanetisknownasthe"RedPlanet"?
a. Earth
b. Mars
c. Uranus
d. Venus
3.
OnecompleterevolutionofEartharoundthesuntakesabout
a. onerotation.
b. oneseason.
c. oneyear.
d. oneeclipse.
4.
WhenthenorthendoftheEarth'saxisistiltedtowardthesun,NorthAmericawillexperience
a. moreindirectraysandshorterdays
b. moreindirectraysandlongerdays
c. moredirectraysandshorterdays
d. moredirectraysandlongerdays
5.
Thephaseofthemoonyouseedependson
a. whereyouareonEarth'ssurface.
b. howmuchofthesunlitsideofthemoonfacesEarth.
c. howmuchofthemoon'ssurfaceislitbythesun.
d. whetherornotaneclipseisoccurring.
6.
Forasolareclipsetooccur,
a. thesunmustbedirectlybetweentheEarthandthemoon
b. themoonmustbedirectlybetweentheEarthandthesun
c. themoonmustbedirectlybehindthesun
d. Earthmustbedirectlybetweenthesunandthemoon
7.
Duringwhatphasecanalunareclipseoccur?
a. newmoon
b. firstquarter
c. waxinggibbous
d. fullmoon
8.
Whenaretideshighest?
a. duringthemoon'sfirstquarterphase
b. whenthesun,Earth,andmoonarenearlyinaline
c. duringthemoon'sthirdquarter
d. whenthemoonisatarightangletothesun
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9.
WhatshapeistheEarth?
a. Square
b. Sphere
c. Oval
d. Octagon
10. Whichplanetisclosesttothesun?
a. Earth
b. Venus
c. Pluto
d. Mercury
11. ThepositionoftheaxisonEarthisimportantforwhichreason?
a. nightandday
b. lengthofayear
c. seasons
d. positioninthesolarsystem
12. WhichisNOTacharacteristicofMercury?
a. smallestplanet
b. closesettothesun
c. dwarfplanet
d. namedaftertheRomanmessengergod
13. Plutoisconsideredwhattypeofcelestialbody?
a. moon
b. gasgiant
c. dwarfplanet
d. terrestrialplanet
14. ThespinningoftheEarthiscalledits.
a. ellipse
b. orbit
c. axis
d. rotation
15. Tidesthatoccurduringfullmoonphasesarecalled.
a. neaptides
b. springtides
c. fulltides
16. Earth'saxisistiltedwithrespecttoEarth'sorbitatanangleof.
a. 90degrees
b. 45degrees
c. 23.5degrees
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17. Theasteroidbeltislocatedbetweenwhichtwoobjectsonthesolarsystemdiagrambelow?
a. AandB
b. CandD
c. EandF
d. HandI
18. Describethreewaysinwhichtheinnerandouterplanetsaredifferentfromeachother.
Theinnerplanetsaremorecloselyspacedthantheouterplanets.TheinnerplanetsarelikeEarth
becausethey'resmall,dense,androcky.Theouterplanetsaremuchlargerandmademostlyof
gases.
19. Asmallrockinspaceiscalleda.
a. meteor
b. meteoroid
20. Whichoftheseplanetsdoesnothaveanymoons?
a. Mercury
b. Mars
c. Uranus
d. noneoftheabove
21. WhatcolorisUranus?
a. Red
b. White
c. Blue
d. Black
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22. ThisplanetissecondfromtheSun.ItisnamedaftertheRomangodofbeauty.Consideredforalong
timeasEarth's"twin".Iscoveredinclouds.
a. Mars
b. Mercury
c. Venus
d. Jupiter
23. Thephaseofthemoonthatfollowsthewaninggibbousiscalledthe.
a. firstquarter
b. newmoon
c. thirdquarter
24. Thephaseofthemoonthatfollowsthewaningcrescentiscalledthe.
a. fullmoon
b. newmoon
c. thirdquarter
25. Namethe4gaseousplanetsinoursolarsystem.
Saturn,Jupiter,Neptune,Uranus
26. Waxingmeanstogetbigger.
27. ThesunreachesitshighestpointintheskyintheNorthernHemisphereduring.
a. June
b. December
c. March
28. WhyandhowoftendowehaveaLeapYear?
Every4yearstokeepourcalendarinalignmentwiththeEarth'srevolutionsaroundthe
Sun
29. HowmanydaysdoesittakefortheEarthtotravelaroundthesun?
3651/4
30. Howmanydaysisitfromonefullmoontothenextfullmoon?
291/2
31. Solsticeiswhen
a. dayisshorterthannight
b. nightisshorterthanday
c. twodaysayearwhenthesunisdirectlyoverhead
d. alloftheabove
32. Equinox
a. meansequalnight.
b. happenswhenthenoonsunisdirectlyovertheequator.
c. alltheearthhas12hoursofdayand12hoursofnight.
d. alloftheabove
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33. StatetheBigBangTheory.
theuniverseexpandedfromanextremelyhotanddensestate
34. Listthenamesoftheplanetsintheordertheyorbitthesun.
WordBank:Earth,Saturn,Venus,Neptune,Jupiter,Mercury,Mars,Uranus
Mercury,Venus,Earth,Mars,Jupiter,Saturn,UranusNeptune
35. Whoprovedthatgalaxiesexist?
a. EdwinHubble
b. IsaacNewton
c. TyroBrahe
d. CharlesMessier
36. Listthecolorofstarsfromhottesttocoolest
blue,blue/white,white,white/yellow,yellow,orange,red
37. Thepathanobjecttakesaroundthesuniscalled.
a. Universe
b. Nebulae
c. Orbit
d. Star
38. Anovalshaped,likeaflatcircleis?
a. Meteor
b. Universe
c. Star
d. Elliptical
39. Ahugegroupofstarsthatarefairlyclosetoeachotherinspace?
a. Universe
b. Galaxy
c. Planet
d. Model
40. Whichwordmeansthespinningofanobject,suchasaplanet?
a. energy
b. rotation
c. universe
d. astronaut
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41. Thediagramshowsour.
a. galaxy
b. universe
c. solarsystem
42. InertiaandcombinetokeepEarthinorbitaroundthesun.
a. gravity
b. distance
c. universal
43. yourweightisconstantanywhereintheuniverse.
a. True
b. False
44. Themostcommonphaseofmatterintheuniversefoundinallstarsisa.
a. Solid
b. Liquid
c. Gas
d. Plasma
45. TheEnglishmathematicianandscientistwhoformulatedthelawofuniversalgravitationwas
a. Galileo
b. Newton
c. Huygens
d. Cavendish
46. Whydogalaxiesappeartomoveawayfromeachother?
a. Galaxiesarespinning.
b. Theuniverseisexpanding.
c. Othersmoveclosertogether.
d. Starsstillarebeingborn.
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47. Newton'sLawofUniversalGravitationstatesthatthestrengthofgravitationalforcebetweentwo
objectsdependsontheirmassesandthedistancebetweenthem.
48. Thelengthofdaylightanddarknessvariesdependingonthe
a. weather
b. precipitation
c. climate
d. season
49. TheclimatechangethatcausesheavierthannormalprecipitationintheUnitedStatesanddroughtin
AustraliaandAfricais.
a. seasons
b. ElNino
c. sunspots
50. Whataretheseasonsinorder?
a. Summer,Spring,Winter,Fall
b. Summer,Fall,Spring,Winter
c. Summer,Winter,Fall,Spring
d. Summer,Fall,Winter,Spring
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51. ThediagramsbelowshowthepositionsoftheSun(A),Earth(B),andMoon(C).Circlethediagram
thatrepresentswhenafullmoonwouldbeobservedfromEarth.
2nddiagram
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52. ThediagrambelowshowsthemoonindifferentpositionsasitorbitstheEarth.Write"solareclipse"on
theline(s)bythemoon'sposition(s)whereasolareclipsemaypossiblybeseenfromEarth.Write
"lunareclipse"ontheline(s)wherealunareclipsemaypossiblybeviewedfromEarth.
SolarEclipse-whenmoonisdirectlybetweentheEarthandlightfromsun(3:00on
diagram)
LunarEclipse-whenEarthisbetweenthemoonandlightfromthesun(9:00on
diagram)
53. TheEarthistiltedonitsaxis.Thiscausesa. dayandnight
b. phasesofthemoon
c. theseasons
d. ayear
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