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the tendency of an object to resist a change in motion

a) inertia

b) gravity

c) law of universal gravitation

d) orbit

the scientific law that states that every object in the universe attracts every other object

a) universal gravitation

b) conservation of energy

c) conservation of mass

d) superposition

the attractive force between objects

a) gravity

b) inertia

c) mass

d) all of the answer choices

either of the two days of the year on which neither hemisphere is tilted toward or away from the sun

a) equinox

b) solstice

c) summer

d) winter

either of the two days of the year on which the sun reaches its greatest distance north or south of the equator

a) solstice

b) equinox

c) fall

d) spring

the path of an object as it revolves around another object in space

a) orbit

b) revolution

c) rotation

d) law of universal gravitation

the movement of an object around another object

a) revolution

b) orbit

c) rotation

d) inertia

the spinning motion of a planet on its axis

a) rotation

b) revolution

c) orbit

d) solstice

an imaginary line that passes through a planet's center and its north and south poles, about which the planet rotates

a) axis

b) inertia

c) rotation

d) equinox

to reach a conclusion based on an assumption or something not proven

a) hypothesize

b) law

c) fact

d) science

At which positions is Earth experiencing a solstice?

a) A and C

b) B and D

c) A and B

d) C and D

At which positions is Earth experiencing an equinox?

a) B and D

b) A and C

c) C and D

d) D and A

Which of the following explains why Earth experiences predictable day and night patterns?

a) rotation

b) revolution

c) orbit

d) all of the answer choices

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