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What is the first step in preparing to do an experiment?
a) Make a conclusion
b) Ask the question, get a clear idea of what the problem is.
c) decide how many materials you need
d) observe

Why do we see only one side of the Moon from the Earth
a) Because only one side is available
b) Because the man in the moon only lets us see one side
c) Because the moons rotation and revolution are the same speed
d) Because the moon is lit by rocks and only one side has the rocks.

What is the name for the dark phase of the Moon?
a) The New Moon
b) Luna
c) The waxing crescent.
d) The full moon

Why do winter days have fewer daylight hours than summer days have?
a) Because the summer time is warmer
b) Because the sun shines more in summer
c) Because the tilt of the Earth on its axis affects the number of daylight hours
d) Because the sun sets earlier in the summer.

What is our Sun the center of?
a) The universe
b) The galaxy
c) The Solar System
d) The world.

If you are standing in the penumbra, what do you see?
a) A full eclipse
b) A large moon
c) The Red moon
d) A partial eclipse

Describe Earth's orbit (the shape and when it is closest to the Sun.)
a) Earths orbit is a large circle and is closer to the Sun during the summer
b) Earths orbit is an elipse and is closer to the Sun during the summer
c) Earths orbit is an elipse and is closer to the Sun when the Northern hemisphere has winter
d) It is a circle and is closest to the Sun when the northern hemisphere has winter.

What is the last step in an experiment?
a) Clean up your materials.
b) Conclude
c) To make a hypothesis
d) Make sure your results are what you wanted.

How are Earth, Sun and Moon arranged during the solar eclipse?
a) Sun, Moon, Earth
b) Sun, Earth Moon
c) Moon, Earth Sun
d) Earth then Sun, since it is a solar eclipse the moon is not in this arrangement.

How are the Sun, Moon, Earth arranged during a lunar Eclipse.
a) Moon, Earth Sun
b) Sun, Earth, Moon
c) Sun, Moon, Earth
d) Moon, then Earth, it is a lunar eclipse so the Sun is not in this arrangement.

Which object in our Solar System has the greatest gravitational pull?
a) Jupiter
b) Sun
c) Mars
d) Earth

When the South pole tilts toward the Sun, what kind of weather does the northern hemisphere have?
a) It is cool/cold
b) It is warm/hot
c) Cool then hot
d) warm then cold

When the southern hemisphere points away from the sun, what kind of weather is the Northern hemisphere having?
a) Cold/Cool
b) Warm/hot
c) Warm then cool
d) cool then hot

Why are summers hot in the Northern hemisphere during summer compared to the rest of the year?
a) Because the Sun is closer to Earth then.
b) Because the Earth is closer to the Sun then.
c) Because the Sun's rays are shining more directly on the Northern hemisphere then.
d) Because the Northern hemisphere is having day time.

A small body of rock and metal is a
a) comet
b) Moon
c) planet
d) asteroid

Describe Mars
a) It is covered with red dust that blows in the winds,
b) It is blue with water caps
c) Mars is made of methane
d) Mars is covered with ice

Which planet has the strongest force of gravity?
a) Mars
b) Earth
c) Pluto
d) Jupiter

What does a stars color tell you?
a) How bright it is
b) How far away it is
c) How much gravity it has
d) What the approximate surface temperature is.

What does magnitude tell you about a star?
a) How bright the star is
b) How hot the star is
c) How much gravity it has
d) How far away it is.

What is an astronomical unit?
a) the distance light travels in a year
b) the distance from one planet to another
c) The distance from Earth to the Sun.
d) The distance Earth is from the Moon.

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