Sun-Moon-Earth Astronomy Test

What is the difference between Rotation and Revolution?

• Revolution is spinning and Rotation is going around another object

• Rotation is spinning and Revolution is going around another object

• Rotation is the Earth’s movement and Revolution is the movement of the other planets

• They mean the same thing

What is an orbit?

• The circle the earth makes around the sun

• The circle the moon makes around the Earth

• The path one object in space takes around another

• All of these are true

• None of these are true

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What is an axis?

• An imaginary that a planet spins around

• An imaginary line that runs through the planet

• Both of these are true

• None of these are true

What is indirect light?

• Light that hits Earth at a low angle, spreading it out

• Light that hits Earth at a high angle, and is focused on a small area

What is an equinox?

• When there are no seasons

• When all parts of the Earth get 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness

• When one pole has 24 hours of light and the other has 24 hours of darkness

What is a solstice?

• When there are no seasons

• When all parts of the Earth get 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness

• When one pole has 24 hours of light and the other has 24 hours of darkness

Which motion causes day and night?

• Earth orbiting the Sun

• The Sun orbiting Earth

• The Moon orbiting Earth

• Earth rotating on its axis

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As the Earth goes through one day, what do we call the noon hour?

• The time when your location on Earth is at dawn (start of the day)

• The time when your location on Earth is in the middle of the day side

• The time when your location on Earth is at dusk (end of the day)

• The time when your location on Earth is in the middle of the night side

The 23 ½ degree tilt of Earth on its axis as it orbits the Sun causes:

• The phases of the moon

• Solar eclipses

• Seasons

• Tides

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What season is it in Rochester when the Earth physically closest to the Sun?

• Winter

• Spring

• Summer

• Fall

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