Earth Science Exam Review
57 Questions
| Attempts: 37
A quiz about astronomy
Questions and Answers
- 1.
What keeps he moon in orbit aruond the Earth and the Earth in orbit around the Sun?
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gravity - 2.
Why does the moon light up?
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reflects light from the sun
it reflects light from the sun - 3.
How long does it take the moon to complete it's cycle of phases?
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29
twenty-nine
twenty nine - 4.
The moon cycle of phases time period is called what?
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a lunar month
lunar month - 5.
What phase is the moon in when almost all of the side facing the Earth is lighted?
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gibbous phase
gibbous - 6.
What phase is the moon in when the entire side facing the earth is in sunlight?
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full moon phase
full moon - 7.
What phase is the moon in when none of the side facing earth is in sunlight?
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new moon phase
new moon - 8.
What phase is the moon in when 1/2 of the side facing the earth is in sunlight?
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quarter phase
quarter - 9.
What phase is the moon in when a thin sliver of side facing the earth is in sunlight?
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crescent phase
crescent - 10.
Which occurs first?
- A.
Waxing Phase
- B.
Waning Phase
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A. Waxing Phase -
- 11.
What is the difference between waxing phases and waning phases?
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Waxing is increasing in light and waning is decreasing in light
Waning is decreasing in light and waxing is increasing in light - 12.
Which moon phase is A?
- A.
3rd quarter
- B.
1st quarter
- C.
Waning gibbous
- D.
Waning crescent
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A. 3rd quarter -
- 13.
Which phase is b?
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Waxing Crescent
Waxing crecent phase - 14.
Which phase is c?
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New
New Moon phase
New Moon - 15.
Which phase is d?
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waning crescent
waning crescent phase - 16.
Which phase is e?
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first quarter
first quarter phase - 17.
Which phase is f?
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waxing crescent
waxing crescent phase - 18.
Which phase is g?
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full moon
full moon phase - 19.
Which phase is h?
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waning crescent
waning crescent phase - 20.
Fill in the blanks:An eclipse is an event in which the ______ of on ______ body falls on another.(Use a semi colon ; to seperate the two words)
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shadow; celestial - 21.
Which eclipse is this picture illustrating?
- A.
A lunar eclipse
- B.
A solar eclipse
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B. A solar eclipse -
- 22.
Which eclipse is this picture illustrating?
- A.
A lunar eclispe
- B.
A solar eclipse
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A. A lunar eclispe -
- 23.
Where is the umbra in an eclipse?
- A.
Section where the sunlight is partially blocked
- B.
Cone shaped shadow casted on a celestial body where no light gets through.
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B. Cone shaped shadow casted on a celestial body where no light gets through. -
- 24.
Where is the penumbra in an eclipse?
- A.
Section where the sunlight is partially blocked
- B.
Cone shaped shadow casted on a celestial body where no light gets through
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A. Section where the sunlight is partially blocked -
- 25.
Periodic rise and fall of sea level
- A.
Spring Tides
- B.
Tidal range
- C.
Tide
- D.
Gravitational and centrifugal forces
- E.
Neap tides
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C. Tide -
- 26.
Difference between high and low tide
- A.
Neap Tides
- B.
Spring Tides
- C.
Tidal range
- D.
Gravitational and centrifugal forces
- E.
Tide
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C. Tidal range -
- 27.
Forces created by the sun and moon that create tides
- A.
Gravitational and centrifugal forces
- B.
Spring Tides
- C.
Tidal Range
- D.
Tides
- E.
Neap tides
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A. Gravitational and centrifugal forces -
- 28.
Highest high tide and lowest low tide
- A.
Tide
- B.
Gravitational and centrifugal forces
- C.
Tidal range
- D.
Neap Tides
- E.
Spring tides
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E. Spring tides -
- 29.
Tide occuring when the sun, moon, and earth form right angles
- A.
Spring tides
- B.
Neap tides
- C.
Gravitation and centrifugal forces
- D.
Tides
- E.
Tidal range
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B. Neap tides -
- 30.
Why is the Sun's effect on tides no as much as the moon's effect?
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Moon has greater gravity
The moon has greater gravity
because of greater gravity - 31.
What moon phase(s) are occuring when a spring tide occurs?
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new moon; full moon
new moon and full moon phase - 32.
What are the tides called when they occur at the same time as the 1st and 3rd quarter phases are occuring?
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neap tides - 33.
How many high tides and low tides occur in an area each day?
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2
two - 34.
What causes this?
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The Earth's rotation
rotation - 35.
There is a total of ___ major planets
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8
eight - 36.
The planets can be divided into inner and outer planets or can be divided into______ and ______ planets.
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gaseous; rocky
gaseous rocky
gaseous and rocky - 37.
The planets revolve around the sun in an ______ orbit.
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elliptical - 38.
The 2 planets that rotate or spin retrograde of the other planets are ____ and ______
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uranus and venus
venus and uranus - 39.
Name the planets, seperated by commas in alphabetical order, that have rings
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jupiter,neptune,saturn,uranus - 40.
Name the planet that has the most rings
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saturn - 41.
The planet that has seasons similar to Earth is...
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Mars - 42.
What causes the redness on Mars?
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iron oxide - 43.
The planet that has the longest rotation is
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venus - 44.
The planet that has the longest revolution is...
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neptune - 45.
The planet that has the most moons is...
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jupiter - 46.
The dawrf planet is
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pluto - 47.
Dwarf planets are found in....
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kuiper's belt - 48.
Venus has clouds that keep the heat "in" thus causing the planet to be hot. Earth's clouds do the same thing. What is this called?
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greenhouse effect - 49.
A large storm exists on jupiter. It can be seen and indentified as a ______ _____.
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red spot - 50.
The planet that has its North Pole pointing at the sun thus causing it to spin retrograde is....
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uranus
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