7th Grade Space Science Unit Question Preview (ID: 3299)


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In 1543, ____ published his views of Earth and other planets revolving around the Sun.
a) Kepler
b) Magellan
c) Copernicus
d) Galileo

Water is found as a solid, liquid, and gas on ____.
a) Mercury
b) Venus
c) Earth
d) Mars

The Sun was formed when energy caused by ____ in the center of the cloud of gas and dust radiated into space.
a) nuclear fusion
b) evaporation
c) gravity
d) none of the answers are correct

People once believed that all planets and stars orbited around ____.
a) Mercury
b) Venus
c) Earth
d) Mars

A ____ occurs when the Moon moves directly between the Sun and Earth and throws a shadow on Earth.
a) solar eclipse
b) lunar eclipse
c) waning gibbous
d) waxing gibbous

The yearly orbit of Earth around the Sun is called its ____.
a) rotation
b) revolution
c) ellipse
d) tilt

Summer occurs on the hemisphere of Earth that is ____.
a) turned away from the sun
b) tilted away from the sun
c) turned towards the sun
d) tilted towards the sun

Which of the following occurs when Earth is positioned directly between the Sun and the Moon, making the Moon invisible to observers on Earth?
a) lunar eclipse
b) solar eclips
c) full moon
d) waxing moon

The fact that Earth’s axis is tilted 23.5 is responsible for _________.
a) the changing seasons
b) the change between night and day
c) solar eclipses
d) lunar eclipses

The Moon is visible to us because the Moon
a) reflects light from the Sun
b) reflects light from Earth
c) produces light through nuclear fusion
d) produces light through combustion

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