Earth,Moon And The Solar System Eagles
- 1.The pereodic rise and fall of the oceans's surface is the ____________________.
- A.
Wave
- B.
Ocean
- C.
Tide
- D.
Storm
- 2.The appearance and shape of the moon as you see it from Earth is called a ______________________.
- A.
Ball
- B.
Sun shine
- C.
Light
- D.
Phase
- 3.When the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow,a _____________________ occurs.
- A.
Solar eclipse
- B.
Lunar eclipse
- C.
Full moon eclipse
- D.
Shadow
- 4.When the Moon passes directly between the sun and Earth,a _________________heppens.
- A.
Lunar eclipse
- B.
Solar eclipse
- C.
Earth eclipse
- D.
Eclipse
- 5.The time from one phase of the Moon until the next time the Moon reaches the same phase is _______________ .
- A.
1 month
- B.
24 hours
- C.
48 hours
- D.
3 months
- 6.As _______________ rotates,the tides move around the planet.
- A.
Earth
- B.
Moon
- C.
Sun
- D.
Sky
- 7.The phases of the moon are caused by the revolution of the Moon and the Earth.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 8.What causes the light that shines from the Moon come from?
- A.
Light from the Sun that reflects off the Moon's surface
- B.
Light from the Sun that reflects off the Earth
- C.
Light from the sun that reflects off mars
- D.
Light from the earth that shines on the Moon
- 9.This galaxy includes the _____________________, which has the Sun at its center.
- A.
Space
- B.
Earth
- C.
Solar system
- D.
Planets
- 10.The solar system also has rocky asteroids and icy ______________________that orbit the Sun.
- A.
Comets
- B.
Rocks
- C.
Planets
- D.
Space
- 11.The force of attraction between any two objects is ______________.
- A.
Inertia
- B.
Gravity
- C.
Space
- D.
Friction
- 12.The strength of gravity increases as the _______________ of objects increases and decreases as the distance between objects increases.
- A.
Equator
- B.
Weight
- C.
Size
- D.
Mass
- 13.A path that one object takes as it moves around another object is its ___________________________.
- A.
Orbit
- B.
Atmosphere
- C.
Revolution
- D.
Spin
- 14.Moving objects have the tendency to keep moving in a straight line; this is called __________________.
- A.
Straight lining
- B.
Gravity
- C.
Inertia
- D.
Space
- 15.Every year, Earth makes one complete trip, or ______________, around the Sun.
- A.
Circle
- B.
Revolution
- C.
365 days
- D.
Flight
- 16.Sunlight strikes Earth differently at different times of year because Earth’s axis is _____________.
- A.
Bright
- B.
Curved
- C.
Straight
- D.
Tilted
- 17.The changes in the angle of sunlight on Earth’s surface cause the _________________.
- A.
Months
- B.
Seasons
- C.
Years
- D.
Sunlight
- 18.Rocks striking the Moon over billions of years have formed many _________________.
- A.
Craters
- B.
Caves
- C.
Mountains
- D.
Asteroids
- 19.When the Moon moves into Earth’s shadow, a ___________________occurs.
- A.
Lunar eclipse
- B.
Solar eclipse
- C.
Moon eclipse
- D.
Circle eclipse
- 20.The orbiting Hubble Space Telescope “sees” objects more clearly than Earth-based telescopes because Earth’s _____________ does not change Hubble’s view.
- A.
Mountains
- B.
Atmosphere
- C.
Clouds
- D.
Winds
- 21.Radio telescopes are giant dishes on Earth’s surface that gather __________________waves from objects in space.
- A.
Gravity
- B.
Friction
- C.
Violent
- D.
Radio
- 22.The solar system’s moons are natural ____________________,but artificial satellites orbit Earth to gather weather data and help people communicate.
- A.
Stars
- B.
Satellites
- C.
Rocks
- D.
Stars
- 23.Most of the solar system’s _______________________orbit the Sun in a belt between Mars and Jupiter. asteroids
- A.
Meteors
- B.
Asteroids
- C.
Planets
- D.
Stars
- 24.Balls of ice, dust, and rock in elongated elliptical orbits comets around the Sun are __________________
- A.
Comets
- B.
Asteroids
- C.
Cold
- D.
Moving
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