MCA Science

When are the direct rays of the Sun directly above the equator?

• The solstices

• The equinoxes

• The eclipses

• The summer

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What is season is it in the northern hemisphere

• summer

• fall

• winter

• spring

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What is season is it in the southern hemisphere

• summer

• fall

• winter

• spring

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Which type of motion causes night / day? 

• Rotation

• Revolution

• Kepler's 1st Law

• Nutation

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The main human activity that releases greenhouse gases is...

• using bottled water

• burning fossil fuels

• texting on cellphones

• eating meat

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Over the past 200 years, the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has

• decreased slightly.   

• increased until recently, and then decreased.

• increased steadily.   

• stayed about the same.

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Consequences of climate change include:

• Stronger hurricanes

• Increased flooding

• Frequent droughts

• All of the above

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A lunar eclipse can occur only during the _________________.

• Full moon

• New moon

• Waxing moon

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Which type of eclipse occurs when the Moon comes directly between Earth and the Sun?

• Lunar eclipse

• Solar eclipse

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Tides are caused mainly by what?

• Moon’s gravitational pull

• Sun’s gravitational pull

• Earth’s gravitational pull

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