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8R Final Review - Astronomy
Test Description: Astronomy Earth Science Review for 8R Final Earth's Motions Moon Tides Eclipses Day and Night Time Zones
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) How long does it take for the Earth to rotate once on it's axis ?
A
1 month
B
24 hours
C
365 1/4 days
D
365 days
2) How long does it take for the Earth to revolve once around the sun ?
A
365 1/4 days
B
1 month
C
24 hours
D
365 days
3) Earth has day and night because....
A
..is tilted on its axis
B
..revolves around the sun
C
..it rotates
D
..the moon orbits the Earth
4) How long does it take for the moon to go through its phases ?
A
29 days
B
7 days
C
24 hours
D
365 days
5) What phase do we see when the moon is between the Earth and the Sun ?
A
Quarter
B
Full
C
Gibbous
D
New
6) What phase do we see when the Earth is between the Moon and the Sun ?
A
Gibbous
B
Full
C
New
D
Crescent
7) When the moon moves into the Earth's shadow we call that a __________.
A
Solar Eclipse
B
Quarter Moon
C
Lunar Eclipse
D
Crescent Moon
8) When the moon casts a shadow on the Earth we call that a ___________.
A
Lunar Eclipse
B
Solar Eclipse
C
Quarter Moon
D
Crescent Moon
9) During which phases are the tides the strongest ?
A
Crescent Moons
B
Gibbous and Crescent
C
Full and New
D
Quarter Moons
10) What causes the Earth's tides ?
A
Wind
B
The moon's gravity
C
Swimming Fish
D
The uneven heating of the Earth
11) As you go west the time will....
A
be later
B
be earlier
C
be the same
12) The tilt of the Earth's axis is...
A
23.5 degrees
B
0 degrees
C
66.6 degrees
D
15 degrees
13) The imaginary lines that run from North Pole to South Pole are called lines of...
A
Latitude
B
Longitude
C
Equators
D
Tropics
14) 0 degrees Latitude is the...
A
Tropic of Cancer
B
Prime Meridian
C
Tropic of Capricorn
D
Equator
15) The imaginary lines that go across the globe from west to east are called lines of...
A
Longitude
B
Latitude
C
Tropics
D
Circle
16) The Earth rotates from ______ to ________
A
North, South
B
West, East
C
East, West
D
South, North
17) The Earth has seasons because.....
A
of the melting polar ice caps
B
of warm fronts
C
of the uneven heating of the Earth
D
of Global Warming
18) On what day is the Northern hemisphere tilted away the most ?
A
September 22nd
B
June 21st
C
March 21st
D
December 21st
19) On what two days is the Earth's axis perpendicular to the sun's rays ? Neither tilting towards or away from the sun
A
April 15th and October 31st
B
January 1st and July 4th
C
June 21st and December 21st
D
March 20th and September 22nd
20) In the winter the Northern hemisphere is tilting _______ from the sun and the days are __________.
A
away, longer
B
towards, longer
C
towards, shorter
D
away, shorter
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