Sun, Earth, and Moon Unit Test Review

When it is summer in the Southern Hemisphere, the Northern Hemisphere is experiencing ​ ​ (a)   . This is because of the ​ (b)   .

• winter
• tilted axis of the Earth
• summer
• spring
• fall
• rotation of the Earth on its axis

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Which point on the diagram best represents the positions of the Earth and the Sun when it is summer in South America?

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At which point on the diagram is the number of hours shortest in North America?

• Point A

• Point B

• Point C

• Point D

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What would happen if the Earth wasn't tilted?

• We would not have day and night

• We would not have seasons

• We would not have moon phases

• Nothing would change

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The image depicts Earth's orbit around the Sun. Which position represents summer in the Northern Hemisphere?

• Position 1

• Position 2

• Position 3

• Position 4

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The Earth moves in predictable patterns. One of the patterns causes the seasons as the Earth moves around the Sun along its elliptical orbit. This movement around the Sun is called

• a rotation

• an equinox

• a season

• a revolution

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The Earth moves in predictable patterns. One of these patterns causes approximately 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness during a 24-hour period in areas around the equator. This pattern is known as

• seasons

• lunar cycle

• rotation

• revolution

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Mrs. Gilbertson goes to wake up her daughters in the morning. When they wake up, they ask their mom why it is still dark outside and not daytime. What is the best explanation for why the sky isn't yet light outside?

• Part of the Earth they are living on is still rotated away from the sun.

• The part of the Earth they are living on has rotated toward the sun.

• The part of the Earth they are living on is tilted away from the Sun.

• The part of the Earth they are living on is tilted toward the Sun.

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On the night of April 26th, 1775, Benjamin Franklin flew a kite with a key attached to it in a lightning storm and hence discovered electricity existing in nature. According to the calendar, what moon phase did Benjamin Franklin observe this fateful night when he flew his kite?

• Waning Gibbous

• Waxing Gibbous

• Third Quarter

• Waning Crescent

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A student observed the phases of the Moon over one month period and recorded the data in the table. According to the diagram, which phase of the moon should occur on Day 10?

• Waxing Gibbous

• First Quarter

• Waxing Crescent

• Waning Crescent

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