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What causes tides?
a) gravitational pull of the moon
b) gravitational pull of the Earth
c) gravitational pull of the sun
d) Gravity between Earth, Moon and Sun.

What is the name for an Earth centered model of the universe?
a) geocentric
b) heliocentric
c) elliptical
d) gravitational

The sun and moon pulling in different directions produce ______ tides.
a) high
b) low
c) spring
d) neap

The gravitational pulls from both the sun and moon combine to produce ______ tides.
a) high
b) low
c) spring
d) neap

During what moon phase does a solar eclipse occur?
a) full moon
b) new moon
c) 1st quarter
d) 3rd quarter

Which term describes the rise and fall of ocean waters?
a) phases
b) tides
c) eclipses
d) moon

When the Earth is directly between the moon and the sun it is produces a _______ eclipse
a) partial
b) annular
c) solar
d) lunar

When the moon passes directly between the sun and Earth and blocks the sun's light is is called a ______ eclipse
a) partial
b) annular
c) solar
d) lunar

What phase of the moon follows the new moon?
a) waxing gibbous
b) full moon
c) 1st quarter
d) waxing crescent

One revolution of the Earth around the sun takes ______________.
a) one day
b) one month
c) one year
d) 29 1/2 days

The motion of the Earth spinning on its axis is ________.
a) revolution
b) rotation
c) gravitation
d) heliocentric

What is the name of the sun-centered model of the solar system?
a) elliptical
b) geocentric
c) heliocentric
d) gravitational

Ancient scientists, Aristotle and Ptolemy, developed early models of our solar system with _____ at the center.
a) Earth
b) Sun
c) Moon
d) a black hole

His calculations proved that the shape of a planet's orbit is an ellipse, not a circle.
a) Aristotle
b) Galileo
c) Ptolemy
d) Kepler

A pattern or group of stars that people imagine represents a figure, animal or object.
a) constellation
b) galaxy
c) star cluster
d) solar system

A streak of light produced when a small piece of rock burns up as it enters Earth's atmosphere.
a) comet
b) asteroid
c) meteor
d) moon

The different shapes of the moon are called _______.
a) quarters
b) constellations
c) phases
d) crescents

What is the reason(s) for seasons on Earth?
a) Earth's rotation and revolution around the Sun
b) Earth's tilt on its axis and revolution around the Sun
c) Earth's distance from the Sun
d) Moon's revolution around Earth

A body that orbits a planet is called a _________.
a) galaxy
b) constellation
c) satellite
d) star

A giant ball of super heated gas or plasma , composed of hydrogen and helium.
a) planet
b) star
c) meteor
d) comet

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