Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Seasons are caused by ____.
a. | Earth’s rotation | c. | Earth’s tilted axis | b. | precession | d. | Earth’s distance from the sun |
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Which type of eclipse is pictured in the diagram above?
a. | total solar eclipse | c. | penumbral eclipse | b. | annular eclipse | d. | lunar eclipse |
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The oldest features on the moon are ____.
a. | highlands | c. | craters | b. | maria | d. | regolith |
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The moon’s period of revolution is 27 1/3 days, and its period of rotation
is ____.
a. | 27 1/3 days | c. | 30 1/3 days | b. | 29 1/2 days | d. | 33 1/2 days |
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The moon is closest to Earth at ____.
a. | perigee | c. | perihelion | b. | apogee | d. | aphelion |
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The geocentric model of the universe stated that ____.
a. | Earth revolved around the celestial sphere | b. | the sun was the
center of the universe | c. | Earth was a
“wanderer” | d. | Earth was the center of the
universe |
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Which diagram below shows the moon in a gibbous phase?
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Which statement supports the giant-impact hypothesis of the moon’s
formation?
a. | The moon lacks a sizable iron core. | b. | The moon is covered with
craters. | c. | The moon’s surface has changed dramatically over the past hundred million
years. | d. | The moon has no mantle. |
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Using Tycho Brahe’s data, which scientist proposed three laws of planetary
motion?
a. | Newton | c. | Galileo | b. | Kepler | d. | Copernicus |
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According to the third law of planetary motion, the period of revolution of a
planet is related to the planet’s ____.
a. | distance to the sun | c. | gravitational attraction | b. | size | d. | orbital speed |
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