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Earth And Moon Review
Test Description: Earth and Moon Review
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What is the slow conical (toplike) motion of Earth’s axis of rotation?
A
Precession
B
Scarp
C
Convection
D
Circumpolar
2) During the new and full moon phases, the Sun’s gravitation boosts the tidal bulges in the same direction as the Moon, creating this type of tide
A
Neap
B
Winter
C
Spring
D
Creep
3) The imaginary sphere surrounding Earth on which all objects in sky can be located
A
Circumpolar
B
Sky Sphere
C
Celestial Sphere
D
Winter Sphere
4) The circulation of substances from warm to cold and cold to warm
A
Rotation
B
Precession
C
Convection
D
Radiation
5) The apparent path of the sun and Earth on the celestial sphere
A
Revolution
B
Rotation
C
Ecliptic
D
Circumpolar
6) A type of eclipse that occurs when the moon is too far away from Earth to completely cover the sun in our sky
A
Annular
B
Spring
C
Neap
D
Pressesion
7) During the quarter moon phases, the sun pulls the tidal bilges in a different direction from the Moon, diminishing the tides, creating this type of tide
A
Spring
B
Neap
C
Creep
D
Winter
8) Sunlight and heat from Earth’s interior warm Earth’s surface, which radiates energy absorbed by gasses, heating the Earth
A
Convection
B
Precession
C
Greenhouse Effect
D
Neap
9) Long lines of cliffs created from the moon’s surface settling and its shrinking interior
A
Precession
B
Annular
C
Neap
D
Scarps
10) Stars near the poles of the celestial sphere that move in trails that circle the pole and never set
A
Ecliptic
B
Circumpolar
C
Neap
D
Celestial Sphere
11) 11. When are the solstices?
A
Summer is July 21st and Winter is January 22nd
B
Vernal is April 20th, and Autumnal is October 22nd
C
Summer is June 21st and Winter is December 22nd
D
Vernal is March 20th, and Autumnal is Sept 22nd
12) What is a distinct feature of the dark side of the moon?
A
It is mostly covered in maria and has few craters
B
It is where the transformers are stationed to prepare for the upcoming invasion
C
The far side has only a few, small maria and covered in highlands and craters
D
We are not sure exactly what the dark side looks like, technology is still not there
13) In which direction to stars appear to move at the equator?
A
Right to left
B
Straight up to down
C
Straight down to up
D
Left to right
14) What is the collision-ejection theory?
A
Earth was created by an impact with mars to create the moon
B
Moon is created from material ejected by the impact of a large planetlike body with a young Earth
C
Moon collided with Mars and part of Venus broke off to become the moon
D
Zombie fecal matter surrounded Earth, and came together to from the moon
15) What is Pangaea?
A
Supercontinent that once existed containing all the current continents on Earth
B
The ridge that splits the Atlantic Ocean
C
A movie about aliens vs kitten attacks
D
The continent is now called Africa
16) What is the difference between rotation and revolution?
A
Rotation involves a wobble the Earth makes, revolution creates the seasons
B
Rotation causes day and night, revolution creates the seasons
C
Rotation causes the year, revolution causes days
D
Rotation creates the seasons, revolution causes day and night
17) What causes the seasons?
A
Earth’s axis is tilted, and as Earth revolves around the sun, different parts of Earth receive more direct sunlight
B
Aliens focus a ray toward the sun that cause an extreme heat which in turn causes one side of the planet to be warm
C
Earth’s revolution brings the planet closer to the sun cause the northern hemisphere to have summer
D
Our daily rotation causes the Earth to heat unevenly
18) In what direction does the moon, sun, and stars appear to cross our sky?
A
South
B
West
C
East
D
North
19) Which of the following is not a plate boundary?
A
Convergent
B
Transform
C
Fault
D
Divergent
20) How long does it take for precession to make a complete cycle?
A
26,000 years
B
26,000 days
C
2,600 years
D
260,000 months
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