Glencoe Physical Science with Earth Science

Chapter 7: The Earth-Moon-Sun System

Standardized Test Practice

1
During which month of the year is Earth farthest from the Sun?
A)March
B)August
C)July
D)December
2
What causes the apparent motion of the Sun?
A)Earth's revolution around the Sun
B)The Sun's revolution around Earth
C)The Sun's rotation
D)Gravitational pull
3
Which contains bands of charged particles known as Van Allen belts?
A)exosphere
B)ionosphere
C)magnetosphere
D)stratosphere
4
What causes the high surface temperature on Venus?
A)Large amounts of carbon dioxide in Venus's atmosphere traps heat.
B)The absence of rain forests on Venus causes the high surface temperatures.
C)The clouds in Venus's atmosphere cause high surface temperatures.
D)Venus is the closest planet to the Sun which causes it to have high surface temperatures.
5
What does the new giant impact theory explain?
A)The formation of a gigantic meteorite.
B)The formation of Earth's moon.
C)The formation of the Sun.
D)The formation of Mar's moons.
6
Which is a way that Venus and Earth are similar?
A)size
B)liquid water ocean
C)atmospheric density
D)surface temperature
7
How far is Earth's magnetic axis tilted from its geographic axis?
A)5°
B)11.5°
C)15°
D)23.5°
8
Which movement causes lunar phases?
A)Earth's revolution
B)Earth's rotation
C)the Moon's revolution
D)the Moon's rotation
9
What forms when small meteorites crash into the Moon?
A)marias
B)mountains
C)craters
D)cracks
10
How long is a month of lunar phases?
A)29.5 days
B)365 days
C)27.3 days
D)14 days
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