Unit 3 Review: The Sun, Earth and Moon System

What keeps the Earth in the Solar system?

• string
• gravity
• moon
• other planets

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Revolution is ________________________?

• A war

• Earth's monthly orbit around the sun

• The spinning of Earth around its axis

• Earth's yearly orbit around the sun

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If Earth revolved more slowly, what would happen?

• Years would be longer.
• Years would be shorter.
• Summer would be longer.
• Winter would be shorter.

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What would happen if the Earth's axis was tilted at a greater angle than it is now? 

• Days would be more than 24 hours.
• Days would be less than 24 hours.
• Hotter summers, colder winters
• More tilt would not make a difference.

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The moon rotation around the Earth lasts about

• 12 months
• 365 1/4 days
• 30 days
• 15 days

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The Earth's movement around the sun
Lasts 365 1/4 days

• rotation
• revolution/orbit
• eclipse
• tide

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Which of the following causes the ocean’s tides?

• The Earth's spinning makes the oceans slosh like a bathtub.
• The Earth's gravity pulling on the moon.
• The Sun and Moons gravity pulling on the Earth.
• The Sun's gravity pulling on the moon.

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The Earth revolves around the ___________?

• The sun

• The Earth doesn't revolve

• The moon

• Both the sun and the moon

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When the Northern Hemisphere of Earth is leaning away from the Sun, What season is the Southern Hemisphere experiencing?

• Summer
• Winter
• Spring
• Fall

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The spinning of Earth around its axis that causes day and night is called

• Rotation

• Revolution

• Orbit

• Axial rotation

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