Duplicate of Sun-Earth-Moon System & Solar System

Earth rotates on its axis once every

The tendency of an object to resist a change in motion is

A total solar eclipse can only be seen by people in the area of Earth within the Moon's umbra.

When the mass of an object increases, the gravitational force

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

Which season is illustrated in the diagram on the left in the Northern Hemisphere?

The spinning of Earth on its axis is ______.

Daylight hours are shorter for the hemisphere tilted toward the Sun.

Which type of tide results from the alignment in the picture?

Earth's yearly orbit around the sun is a(n) _____.

Which of the following has the greatest effect on earth's tides?

When the Northern hemisphere is having Spring, the Southern hemisphere is having?

Earth is closest to the Sun in

The point at which the Sun reaches its greatest distance north or south of the equator ____.

The imaginary line around which a planet such as Earth spins is the _____.

Earth is farthest from the Sun in January.

Summer solstice begins in June in the northern hemisphere and in December in the Southern hemisphere

Night and day on Earth are caused by Earth's revolution around the Sun.

An elongated, closed curve is called a(n) _____.

Which type of tide results from the alignment in the picture?

The seasons are caused by a combination of which of the following?

When Earth's shadow falls on the Moon ____.

Which of the following results in equal hours of day and night?

When the Moon temporarily blocks the sunlight reaching Earth _____.

Which season is illustrated in the diagram on the right for the southern hemisphere?

People are more likely to see a total lunar eclipse than they are to see a total solar eclipse.