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Grade 8 Planetary Motion
Earth                 on its axis once every 24 hours.
  1. revolves
  2. rotates
  3. flips
  4. reverses
Grade 8 Planetary Motion
During a lunar eclipse,
  1. Earth casts a shadow on the Moon.
  2. the Moon casts a shadow on Earth.
Grade 8 Planetary Motion
We experience day and night on Earth because
  1. the Moon orbits Earth.
  2. Earth is spinning.
  3. Earth is tilted.
  4. Earth is round.
Grade 8 Planetary Motion
What point in a planet's orbit is closest to the Sun?
  1. perihelion
  2. aphelion
  3. elliptical
  4. None of the above
Grade 8 Planetary Motion

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The diagram shows the alignment of the Sun, Moon, and Earth during a neap tide.
Spring Tide 2
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 8 Planetary Motion
The Sun reaches it highest point in the sky in the Northern Hemisphere during
  1. September.
  2. December.
  3. January.
  4. June.
Grade 8 Planetary Motion
Which of the following is NOT true of gravity's pull?
  1. gravity between two ants is just as great as gravity between two people
  2. objects that are further apart do not exert as much pull as objects that are closer together
  3. In the presences of a large mass, such as a planet, gravitational forces between smaller objects are negligible
  4. not all pairs of objects exert the same gravitational attraction
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