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- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Which term describes when the Earth spins on its axis.RotationRevolutionKepler's LawsPrecession
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Which type of motion causes night / day?RotationRevolutionKepler's 1st LawNutation
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Which term describes the time it takes for Earth to complete one circle around the sun.RotationRevolutionKepler's 1st LawBarycenter
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Earth's orbit follows an elliptical path.Kepler's 1st lawKepler's 2nd lawKepler's 3rd lawNutation
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.When Earth orbits around the sun, it slows down when it is close to the sun. It speeds up its orbit when it is further from the sun. This is because the sun's gravity is stronger when you are closer to it.Kepler's 1st lawKepler's 2nd lawKepler's 3rd lawNutation
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Planets further from the sun have an orbit that lasts MUCH longer than planets that are close to the sun.
Pluto's orbit lasts over over 90,000 days.
Mercury's orbit lasts 88 days.Kepler's 1st lawKepler's 2nd lawKepler's 3rd lawNutation - Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.During precession, the Earth wobbles a little. This DOES change the angle of the axis.NutationPrecessionBarycenterRevolution
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Causes seasons to be more dramatic.NutationPrecessionBarycenterRevolution
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Causes the stars to change direction in the sky (every 26,000 years)NutationPrecessionBarycenterRevolution
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.When the moon revolves around the Earth, the Earth wobbles a little because the moon's gravity is tugging on it.NutationPrecessionBarycenterRevolution
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Where does nuclear fusion occur with the sun?
Space
Radiation Zone
Photosphere
The Core
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.The energy from the sun is created by a process called:nuclear fissionnuclear fusionnuclear reactionnuclear core
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.What protects life on Earth from gamma rays, X rays, and particles emitted by the Sun?The ozone layer in the stratosphereThe ionosphereThe magnetosphere (Earth's magnetic field)Clouds
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What major energy transformation occurs during photosynthesis?Thermal --> ChemicalKinetic --> RadiantChemical --> RadiantRadiant --> Chemical