Earth, Moon, Sun Chapter 2

What holds us to Earth's surface?

• inertia
• Moon's gravity
• Earth's gravity
• Sun's gravity

What causes tides on Earth?

• intertia
• Earth's gravity
• Moon's gravity
• Water's gravity

Each day on Earth there will be ______ high tides at each beach.

• 1
• 2
• 4
• 6

When the moon moves directly between the Earth and the sun during a new moon, a ____ may occur.

• Solar Eclipse
• Lunar Eclipse
• Full Moon
• solstice

Which of the following is a natural satellite of the Earth?

• International Space Station
• Hubble Telescope
• Sun
• Moon

What is the imaginary line that Earth rotates around?

• rotation
• axis of rotation
• revolution
• axis of revolution

What two things cause seasons on Earth?

• Earth's tilt and rotation
• Earth's tilt and revolution
• Earth's Moon and rotation
• Earth's Moon and revolution

What causes day and night on Earth?

• revolution
• rotation
• seasons
• equinox

Craters are:

• space rocks
• long valleys cause by moonquakes
• dents caused by collisions by space objects
• dents caused by moonquakes

The movement of one object around another object is called

• revolution
• rotation
• eclipse
• spinning