Earth and Space Science Finals

What time of the year is the noontide altitude of the Sun the greatest?
Summer Solstice
Fall Equinox
Winter Solstice
Spring Equinox
Both 2 and 4
A person viewing a total Solar eclipse would be standing in the________?
 
 
 
Perihelion
The Sun rises in the same spot on the horizon each day of the year
True
False
Why doesn't the Moon have an atmosphere?
The solar wind blew it off
Meteorites
The Moon is too small to have enough gravity
Why does the Moon have older rocks than the Earth?
Space debris like meteorites hitting the crust
The Moon has no erosion or plate tectonics
It was formed before the Earth
Radiation from the Sun
About how many years old do scientists believe the Solar System is?
250 million
4.6 million
4.6 billion
65 million
250 billion
Impact craters on the Moon are the result of__________?
Space debris like meteorites hitting the crust
The Moon has no erosion or plate tectonics
It was formed before the Earth
Radiation from the Sun
As the Moon revolves around the Earth, the Moon___________?
Always has 1/4 of its surface lighted
Always has the same side facing us
Has a solar and lunar eclipse every month
The Moon's period of rotation is exactly 2 times its period of revolution
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