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RulesRules
• Each member of the team answers 1 question.
• The team with the most points will get 5 points added to tomorrow’s test.
• If necessary there will be a tie-breaker question to decide the winning team.
Who wants to be a Who wants to be a scientist?scientist?
50/50
ask the audiencephone a friend
The team has 3 opportunities to get help:
1. How long is one rotation of Earth ?
A 12 hours
B 24 hours
C 365 ¼ days
D 60 minutes
B 24 hours
1. What is the date of the vernal equinox?
A September 22
B March 21
C June 21
D December 21
B March 21
2. What is the tendency of an object to resist a change in
motion?
A pressure
B mass
C gravity
D inertia
D inertia
2. The craters on the Moon were caused by
A highlands
B volcanoes
C meteoroid impacts
D maria
C meteoroid impacts
3. Which of these statements about our
Moon is true?
A It is made of green cheese.
B It is a planet.
C It has dark, flat areas once thought
to be ancient seas.
D It has oceans of water on it.
C It has dark, flat areas once thought to be ancient seas.
3. The darkest part of a shadow is the
A umbra
B penumbra
C eclipse
D phase
A umbra
4. The moon’s mass is _____ of Earth’s mass.
A 1/4
B 1/40
C 1/8
D 1/80
D 1/80
4. Which statement is NOT true?
A The Earth orbits the Sun.
B The Moon orbits the Earth.
C The phases of the moon you see depends
on how much of the sunlit side of the moon faces Earth.
D The Moon gives us energy.
D The Moon gives us energy
5. Which of these does NOT produce light?
A The Moon
B The Sun
C The North Star
D The Milky Way
A The Moon
5. We get seasons on Earth mainly because:
A The Earth gets farther from the Sun
B The Moon gets in the way of the Sun
C The Earth’s axis is tilted
D The Earth gets closer to the Sun
C The Earth’s axis is tilted
6. Why does a solar eclipse happen?
A The Sun goes behind another planet
B The Moon comes between the Sun and the Earth
C The Earth faces away from the Sun
D The Sun goes out for a while
B The Moon comes between the Sun and the Earth
6. One complete revolution of Earth is
called aA day
B year
C eclipse
D rotation
B year
7. The moon’s surface has dark, flat areas
called A highlands
B craters
C maria
D meteoroids
C maria
7. The moon is about ____ the diameter of the
Earth. A 1/4
B 1/2
C 1/8
D 1/3
A 1/4
8. When Earth’s shadow falls on the moon, the shadow causes a ___
A new moon
B solar eclipse
C full moon
D lunar eclipse
D lunar eclipse
8. The force of gravity depends on _____________ .
A mass and weight
B speed and distance
C mass and distance
D weight and speed
C mass and distance
9. The tide with the greatest difference
between low tide and high tide is _______?
A spring tide
B neap tide
C intertidal zone
D gravity tide
A spring tide
9. Which phase of the moon is this?
A waxing crescent
B waning crescent
C waxing gibbous
D waning gibbous
B waning crescent
10. It takes the moon about ______ to revolve
around Earth. A 24 hours
B 22 days
C 28 hours
D 27 days
D 27 days
10. What is the date of the summer solstice?
A September 22
B March 21
C June 21
D December 21
C June 21
11. The path Earth follows as it goes around the sun
A revolution
B orbit
C rotation
D year
B orbit
11. Earth rotates on its axis causing
A seasons
B day and night
C tides
D solstice
B day and night
12. The moon’s surface is covered with round
pits called
A highlands
B craters
C maria
D moon rocks
B craters
12. The best theory of the moon’s origin is
called the
A crash theory
B moon creation theory
C collision-ring theory
D big bang theory
C collision-ring theory
The Killer Question
What is the diameter of the
moon?
3, 476 km
3,476 km
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