8th Grade IV Bimester Mid Term

Mention the closest star to the Earth

The path an object follows as it moves around another object is an

• Orbit

• Revolution

• Axis

• None of the above

The motion of one object around another object is called

• Orbit

• Revolution

• Axis

• None of the above

Sunlight tends to become ____________ the farther you travel from the equator

• more spread out

• less spread out

• equal

• none of the above

There are ________________ each year when the direction of Earth’s rotation axis is special relative to the Sun

Is a day when Earth’s rotation axis is the most toward or away from the Sun.

• Solistice

• Equinox

• December

• June

Is a day when Earth’s rotation axis is leaning along Earth’s orbit, neither toward nor away from the Sun.

• Solistice

• Equinox

• December

• June

Is a day when there are about 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkeness everywhere on Earth

• September Equinox

• March Equinox

• September Solistice

• March Solistice

The large, dark, flat areas on the Moon are called__________

One complete rotation of the Moon takes ___________

• 3 years

• 27.3 days

• 24.3 days

• 365.3 days