Earth, Moon and Sun System

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Earth, Moon and Sun System

• SOL Review

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The outer gas giants do NOT include

1. Jupiter
2. Pluto
3. Neptune
4. Saturn

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Rotation of the Earth causes

1. seasons
2. day and night
3. moon
4. eclipses

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As the distance between two objects increases,
the gravitational attraction between them

1. stays the same
2. increases
3. decreases
4. none of the above

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Seasons are caused  by the

1. distance between the earth and the sun
2. number of days in a month
3. phase of the moon
4. tilt of the earth on its axis

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A natural satellite of the earth is

1. the moon
2. a scientific satellite
3. a communications satellite
4. a weather satellite

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The time it takes a planet to make one complete
trip around the sun is called the

1. period of revolution
2. day
3. period of rotation
4. axis

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Planets revolve around the sun in elliptical
paths.  When they are farthest from the sun their
orbital speed

1. increases
2. decreases
3. stays the same
4. none of the above

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The moon's, not sun's, gravitational pull on the
earth causes tides because the

1. moon is larger than the sun
2. moon is smaller than the sun
3. moon is closer to the earth
4. moon's gravity is greater than the earth's
   gravity

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