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SCIENCE SOL REVIEW |
Earth Moon and Sun System |
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Multiple Choice: Read each question and chose the best answer.
1. The outer gas giants do NOT include:
a. Jupiter
b. Pluto
c. Neptune
d. Saturn
2. The earth's rotation causes:
a. seasons
b. day and
night
c. moon
d. eclipses
3. As the distance between two objects increases, the
gravitational attraction between them:
a. stays the same
b. increases
c. decreases
d. none of
the above
4. The seasons are caused by the:
a. distance between the earth
and the sun
b. number of
days in a month
c. phase of
the moon
d. tilt of
the earth on its axis
5. A natural satellite of the earth is:
a. the moon
b. a
scientific satellite
c. a
communications satellite
d. a weather
satellite
6. The time it takes a planet to make one complete trip
around the sun is called the:
a. period of revolution
b. day
c. period of
rotation
d. axis
7. Planets revolve around the sun in elliptical
paths. When they are farthest from the sun their orbital speed:
a. increases
b. decreases
c. stays the
same
d. none of
the above
8. The moon's, not sun's, gravitational pull on the earth
causes tides because the:
a. moon is larger than the sun
b. moon is
smaller than the sun
c. moon is
closer to the earth
d. moon's
gravity is greater than the earth's gravity
Refer to the following information to answer question 9.
DATE TIME SEA LEVEL
June
20 2:04
A.M.
2.62 ft.
8:35
A.M.
0.52 ft.
2:44
P.M.
3.12 ft.
8:35
P.M.
0.62 ft.
9. Ocracoke Island has shallow sand bars all around it
that will prevent even small sailboats from coming close to shore at low tide
without being grounded. But at high tide, these sand bars do not cause a
problem. On June 20, the crew of a sailboat wants to get as close as
possible to the island without getting stuck on the sand bars. They radio
you at the Coast Guard station to ask what time they should come in so as to
take advantage of high tide and daylight. Based on the data table above,
what time should you tell them?
a. 2:04 A.M.
b. 8:35 A.M.
c. 2:44 P.M.
d. 8:36 P.M.
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