Study Guide for Test this week 3-30

1. Mr. Ball’s 4th grade class

2.  a. revolution
 b. ellipse
 c. rotation
 d. eclipse

3.  A. revolution
 b. rotation
 c. axis
 d. ellipse

4.  a. eclipse
 b. ellipse
 c. rotating
 d. revolution

5.  A. the earth rotates on an axis
 b. the earth revolves around the sun
 c. the sun revolves around the earth
 d. the moon sometimes block the light from the
sun

6.  a. 24 days
 b. 365 days
 c. 24 hours
 d. 28 days

7.  A. 24 hours
 b. 28 days
 c. 300 days
 d. 365 and 1/4 days

8.  Aa line that runs from east to west around the
center of the globe
 b. an imaginary line that runs through the earth
from the North Pole to the South Pole
 c. An set of imaginary lines that run from north
to south around the globe
 d. the path that the earth takes around the sun

9.  A 23.5 degrees
 b. 10 degrees
 c. 45 degrees
 d. 180 degrees

10.  A Winter
 b. Summer
 c. Spring
 d. Fall

11.  A. 100 miles
 b. 93,000 miles
 c. 93 million miles
 d. 365 million miles

12.  A. chlorophyll
 b. oxygen
 c. photosynthesis
 d. chloroplasts

13.  A. solar eclipse
 b. apocalypse
 c. ellipse
 d. lunar eclipse

14.  A. solar eclipse
 b. lunar eclipse
 c. ellipse
 d. condensation

15.  A. it produces its own light from volcanoes on the
surface of the moon
 b. the earth’s light is absorbed by the moon.
 c. fairy dust
 d. sunlight reflects off the moon’s surface
.

16.  A rotation
 b. orbit
 c. axis
 d. eclipse

17.  A. The seasons change
 b. You can feel the earth moving
 c. The stars move around the earth
 d. You are moving along with it

18.  A. The sun is lower in the sky in the middle of the
day
 b. The sun is higher up in the sky in the middle of
the day
 c. The light from the moon affects the shadows
 d. none of these

19.  A. solar eclipse
 b. lunar eclipse
 c. full moon
 d. new moon

20.  A. The Northern Hemisphere is tilted toward the
sun
 b. The Southern Hemisphere is tilted toward the
sun
 c. Neither pole is tilted toward the sun
 d. It is summer in the Northern Hemisphere

21.  A. Spring, Summer, Fall, Christmas
 b. Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, Summer
 c. Winter, Spring, Fall, Winter
 d. Basketball, Soccer, Football, Baseball

22.  The tilt of the earth affects how much sunlight is
directly shining on a part of the earth. When the
northern hemisphere is tilted towards the sun, it is
summer in the United Stated. But in Australia the
earth is tilted further from the sun. So it is Winter

23.  In a solar eclipse the moon gets between the earth
and the sun, casting a shadow of the moon on the
earth. During a lunar eclipse the earth gets
between the moon and the sun, casting a shadow
of the earth on the moon,