Glencoe Physical Science with Earth Science

Chapter 7: The Earth-Moon-Sun System

The Earth-Moon-Sun System

1
How does the pull of gravity indicate that Earth's shape is spherical?
A)All objects affected by Earth's gravity tend to change velocity.
B)All objects affected by Earth's gravity tend to have unbalanced forces.
C)All objects affected by Earth's gravity tend to fall toward the center of the planet.
D)All objects affected by Earth's gravity tend to fall in the same direction.
2
What feature of Earth's surface has led to such a difference between Earth and Venus?
A)atmospheres
B)mountains
C)oceans
D)temperatures
3
_______ is the attractive force between two objects that depends on the masses of the objects and the distance between them.
A)Inertia
B)Gravity
C)Motion
D)Momentum
4
What is the name of a round, three-dimensional object?
A)sphere
B)diameter
C)square
D)ellipse
5
What is the name of an elongated, closed curve with two foci?
A)orbit
B)wandering
C)sphere
D)ellipse
6
What is the name of the phenomena that occurs when charged particles collide with atoms in the atmosphere and emit light?
A)aurora
B)harmful radiation
C)solar wind
D)magnetic field
7
When does the Sun reach an equinox?
A)When it reaches the greatest distance south of the equator.
B)When it reaches the greatest distance north of the equator.
C)When it is directly above Earth's equator, and the number of daylight hours equals the number of nighttime hours.
D)When there are more hours of daylight hours than there nighttime hours.
8
During which month does Earth's northern hemisphere experience more hours of daylight?
A)December
B)June
C)March
D)October
9
_______ is the spinning of Earth on its axis, an imaginary line drawn through Earth from its rotational north pole to its rotational south pole.
A)Rotation
B)Revolution
C)Ecliptic
D)Equinox
10
What term is given to an area 15° wide and has the same time?
A)international date line
B)time zone
C)coordinated universal time
D)prime meridian
11
How many degrees does Earth spin in one hour?
A)ten degrees
B)five degrees
C)fifteen degrees
D)three hundred and sixty degrees
12
What is the ecliptic?
A)It is the plane of Earth's orbit around the Sun.
B)It is the plane of the Sun's orbit around Earth.
C)It is the motion of Earth in its orbit around the Sun.
D)It is the spinning of Earth on its axis.
13
Why do seasons change?
A)Earth's seasonal changes are caused by gravitational pull.
B)Earth's seasonal changes are caused by its tilt, rotation, and revolution.
C)Earth's seasonal changes are caused by an equinox.
D)Earth's seasonal changes are caused by a solstice.
14
What happens to the sea level at spring tide?
A)High tides are lower and low tides are lower.
B)High tides are lower and low tides are higher.
C)High tides are higher and low tides are higher.
D)High tides are higher and low tides are lower.
15
How are Earth, Moon, and the Sun aligned during a solar eclipse?
A)The Sun is directly between Earth and the Moon.
B)The Moon is directly between Earth and the Sun.
C)The Earth is directly between the Moon and the Sun.
D)The Sun disappears.
16
How are Earth, Moon, and the Sun aligned during a lunar eclipse?
A)The Moon is on the opposite side of Earth from the Sun.
B)The Sun and Moon are next to each other.
C)Earth is on the opposite side of the Moon and the Sun.
D)The Moon disappears.
17
What are the flat, dark-colored regions on the Moon called?
A)shadows
B)rays
C)maria
D)craters
18
Where is the Moon's crust thickest?
A)on the side facing away from Earth
B)on the side facing the Earth
C)the area around maria
D)the area surrounding depressions
19
_______ are depressions on the Moon's surface.
A)Oceans
B)Craters
C)Mountains
D)Marias
20
Which eclipse do you experience if you are standing in the Moon's umbra?
A)partial solar
B)partial lunar
C)total solar
D)total lunar
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