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Where are most asteroids found?
a) all over solar system
b) outside solar system
c) in orbit between mars and jupiter
d) near earth

What is a comet's coma?
a) stony and icey center
b) chunk of iron
c) stream of gases at its back
d) atmosphere around its nucleus

A space rock in Earth's atmosphere is called?
a) meteor
b) meteorite
c) meteroid
d) asteroid

The positions of what objects are responsible for the moon phases?
a) only earth
b) only moon and earth
c) only moon and the sun
d) the moon, earth and sun

What moon phase occurs during a solar eclipse?
a) New moon
b) Full moon
c) First Quarter
d) Last quarter

If Earth's speed of rotation increased, which MIGHT result?
a) A day would be longer
b) A day would be shorter
c) There would be no night time
d) There would be no day time

How much of the moon can be seen during a new moon phase?
a) none
b) one-quarter
c) one half
d) all of it

What is the season in the Southern hemisphere, when it is summer in the Northern Hemisphere?
a) Spring
b) Fall
c) Winter
d) Summer

During a lunar eclipse, which takes place?
a) Sun casts a shadow on moon
b) Earth casts a shadow on moon
c) Moon casts a shadow on Earth
d) Moon casts a shadow on sun

What is the visible part of the sun during an eclipse?
a) umbra
b) penumbra
c) corona
d) tides

Which region on Earth receives direct sunlight all year?
a) north pole
b) south pole
c) southern hemisphere
d) equator

Due to the tilt of Earth axis...
a) All parts of Earth have the same seaons
b) We have day and night
c) Northern and southern hemispheres have opposite seasons
d) None of these

What causes warmer temperatures in the summer time?
a) volcanic activity
b) indirect sunlight
c) direct sunlight
d) greenhouse effect

The ______________ and ______________ hemispheres experience opposite seasons.
a) Western,Northern
b) Northern, Southern
c) Southern, Eastern
d) Eastern, Western

The partial shadow is...
a) umbra
b) penumbra
c) gravity
d) eclipse

If you are located within the penumbra shadow during a solar eclipse, you would see a
a) total solar eclipse
b) partial solar eclipse
c)
d)

Earth's axis is tilted...
a) 90 degrees
b) 23.5 degrees
c) 60 degrees
d) 74 degrees

The complete dark shadow is called...
a) umbra
b) penumbra
c) gravity
d) eclipse

The different phases of the moon refer to...
a) Changes in seasons on the moon
b) Changes in how much we see of the moon
c) Changes to the moon's physical shape
d) Changes in moon's rotation

The moon completes a cycle of its phases in...
a) 24 hours
b) 365 days
c) 29.5 days
d) 35 days

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