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Moon unit Quiz
1. How often do high tides occur in an area?
A. Twice every day B. twice every month
2. Which factor has the strongest effect on the Earth’s tides?
A. Gravitational pull from the sun B. gravitational pull from the moon
3. What happens to the force of gravity when the distance between objects increases?
A. gravity increases B. gravity decreases
4. The moon stays in orbit around Earth due to which factors?
A. Inertia and gravity B. distance and inertia
5. Approximately how long does it take for the moon to go through all of its phases?
A. 12.322 days B. 29.5 days (about one month)
6. The time it takes for the moon to orbit Earth is the same time it takes
A. the moon to rotate once on its axis B. the sun to orbit the moon
