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What is the best model for Earth's orbit?
a) a circle
b) an oval
c) a star
d) none of the options above

What season is the gravity and orbital velocity (speed) the greatest?
a) Summer
b) Fall
c) Spring
d) Winter

Why do we have seasons?
a) the Earth's tilt
b) Earth moves closer and farther away from the Sun during its revolution.
c) Earth wobbles when it rotates
d) Earth's eccentricity

In NYS, what direction do we look to see our shadows?
a) North
b) South
c) East
d) West

How long is a full cycle of moon phases?
a) a day (24 hours)
b) a week (7 days)
c) a month (29.5 days)
d) a year (365.25 days)

In NYS, what direction is the Sun?
a) North
b) South
c) East
d) West

When do Spring Tides occur?
a) During New Moon and Full Moon.
b) During 1st quarter and 3rd quarter Moon.
c) During the spring season.
d) During the fall season.

When do Neap Tides occur?
a) During New Moon and Full Moon.
b) During 1st and 3rd Quarter Moon.
c) During the Summer and Winter.
d) During the Spring and Fall.

What moon phase and celestial body lineup does a Lunar eclipse occur?
a) During a Full Moon, when there is a lineup of the Sun, Earth, and Moon
b) During a New Moon, when there is a lineup of the Sun, Earth, and Moon
c) During a Full Moon, when there is a lineup of the Sun, Moon, and Earth.
d) During a New Moon, when there is a lineup of the Sun, Moon, and Earth.

The angle of Polaris above the horizon equals the....
a) longitude
b) latitude
c) tilt of the Earth
d) days of summer

What are the two main sources of evidence of Earth's rotation?
a) The changing position of constellations over a year
b) The moon phases
c) The Coriolis Effect and the Foucault Pendulum
d) The fact that we always see the same side of the Moon.

What season is Earth closest to the Sun?
a) Summer
b) Fall
c) Spring
d) Winter

What dates are the equinoxes (when we have the same hours of day as night)?
a) June 21st and December 21st
b) March 21st and September 23rd
c) April 21st and October 23rd
d) March 1st and September 1st

What moon phase and celestial body lineup does a Solar Eclipse occur?
a) During a Full Moon, when there is a lineup of the Sun, Earth, and Moon
b) During a New Moon, when there is a lineup of the Sun, Earth, and Moon
c) During a Full Moon, when there is a lineup of the Sun, Moon, and Earth.
d) During a New Moon, when there is a lineup of the Sun, Moon, and Earth.

Contour lines connect...
a) points of equal value
b) streams
c) the highest to the lowest elevation
d) the stars in the sky

What is a topographic profile?
a) A description of the landscape
b) A birds-eye map of a landscape
c) The bedrock composition of a landscape
d) A cross-section of a landscape

How do I know what direction a stream flows on a contour map?
a) Streams always flow from high elevation to low elevation. Also, contour lines bend upstream to form v's.
b) Streams flow where the contour lines are the closest.
c) Streams flow where the contour lines are the most spread out.
d) Streams flow from low elevation to high elevation. Contour lines bend downstream to form v's.

When an object is moving away from us, it appears to be....
a) red-shifted (longer wavelengths)
b) blue-shifted (shorter wavelengths)
c) red-shifted (shorter wavelengths)
d) blue-shifted (longer wavelengths)

A _____ degree difference in longitude equals 1 hour. It is earlier to the _____.
a) 15, east
b) 15, west
c) 10, east
d) 10, west

What direction does latitude measure? What direction does longitude measure?
a) Latitude is North and East, Longitude is South and West
b) Latitude is East and West, Longitude is North and South
c) Latitude is North and South, Longitude is East and West
d) Latitude is South and West, Longitude is North and East

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