Solution 4.6

The air pressure has dropped over the last hour indicating a storm is approaching. What instrument should you use to measure the air pressure?

• thermometer

• rain gauge

• anemometer

• barometer

The Earth ______________ around the sun.

• rotates

• tilts

• revolves

• doesn't move

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It takes the moon _______ days to revolve around the Earth.

• 16 days

• 27 days

• 20 days

• 32 days

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The reason we have seasons is due to the ....

• moon phases

• the tilt of the Earth's axis and its revolution around the sun

• the sun revolving around the Earth

• the moon spinning on its axis

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What is the moon phase shown?

• new moon

• third quarter

• first quarter

• full moon

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It takes the Earth about _____________ to revolve around the sun.

• 356 years

• 6 months

• 30 days

• 365 days

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What cause day and night on Earth?

• Earth's revolution

• moon phases

• Earth's tilt

• Earth's rotation

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When the Earth is between the Sun and the moon we have a ____________.

• first quarter

• new moon

• third quarter

• full moon

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How long does it take the Earth to rotate on its axis?

• 1 year

• 24 hours

• 30 days

• 48 hours

A/An ______________ is the path that an object takes around another object in space.

• orbit

• rotation

• tilt

• revolution

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