Sun-Earth-Moon

Sun-Earth-Moon

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Which is the outer layer of the sun's atmosphere?

• solar wind

• corona

• sunspots

• chromosphere

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Which of the following lists some of the layers of the Sun in order from the center of the Sun outward?

• radiation zone, convection zone, chromosphere, core

• radiation zone, convection zone, core, photosphere

• core, radiation zone, convection zone, photosphere

• corona, photosphere, chromosphere, core

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areas of gas on the sun’s surface that are cooler than

the gases around them

• Freckles

• Corona

• Sun spot

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Why does the area around the equator stay the same temperature all year?

• The equator rotates slower than the poles.
• The equator remains the same distance from the sun.
• The equator always receives direct sunlight.
• The equator has 18 hour days.

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What does the earth's tilt cause?

• The seasons
• Day and Night
• Tsunamis
• Earthquakes

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Which of the following best describes the tilt of the earth when it is summer in the southern hemisphere?

• The northern hemisphere is tilted toward the sun
• The northern hemisphere is tilted away from the sun
• The norther hemisphere is tilted neither toward or away from the sun
• Why are you talking about the northern hemisphere when you asked about the southern hemisphere?

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What happens when the area in which you live tilts away from the sun?

• It's summer in your area
• It's spring in your area
• It's fall in your area
• It's winter in your area

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Why does the area around the equator stay the same temperature year-round?

• It remains the same distance from the sun year round.
• It recieves the same amount of direct sunlight year round.
• Its days are more than 18 hours long year round
• The equator rotates slower than the poles

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What causes the seasons to change?

• The Earth's distance from the Sun
• The waming and cooling of Earth's core
• The Earth's tilt in relation to the sun
• The Earth rotation on its axis.

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Without the Greenhouse Effect the Earth would be

• warm 
• cold
• dead

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What happens to the temperature if more greenhouse gases are released into the atmosphere?

• Temperature goes up
• Temperature goes down

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What is the greenhouse effect?

• The warming of a planet due to trapped radiation.
• The cooling of Earth due to air pollution.
• The heating of a solid, such as a rock.

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How long does it take for the moon to revolve around the Earth?

• 365 days
• 24 days
• 27.5 days
• 24 hours

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The moon gets its light from

• the sun

• the Earth

• itself

• aliens

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What is a high tide?

• Sea pulled TOWARD the moon where Earth is CLOSEST to the moon

• Sea pulled AWAY from the moon where Earth is FARTHEST to the moon

• Sea pulled AWAY from the moon where Earth is CLOSEST to the moon

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True or False: Tides are caused by the gravitational pull of the Moon and Sun on the surface waters of Earth.

• True

• False

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The cycle of the moon lasts about a _.

• month

• year

• week

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Which moon phase is shown?

• Third or Last Quarter

• First Quarter

• New Moon

• Waxing Crescent

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Which moon phase is shown?

• First Quarter

• Third or Last Quarter

• Full Moon

• Waning Crescent

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Which moon phase is shown?

• First Quarter

• Third or Last Quarter

• Full Moon

• Waning Crescent

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There are ______ phases of the moon.

• 12
• 10
• 8
• 5

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"Waning" means

• Growing
• Shrinking

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Waxing means...

• Growing
• Dying
• Losing light
• Moving

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How long after a new moon will it take to see another new moon?

• 12 days
• 29.5 days
• 27.3 days
• 365 days

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What is this moon phase?

• waning crescent
• waxing crescent
• waning gibbous
• waxing gibbous

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Name this moon phase.

• new moon
• 1st quarter moon
• last quarter moon
• waning gibbous

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Name this phase of the moon.

• waning crescent
• waxing crescent
• waning gibbous
• waxing gibbous

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What is this moon's phase?

• new moon

• first quarter phase

• full moon phase

• third quarter phase

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Since some light will still illuminate the moon, it will appear

• red

• green

• yellow

• blue

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The position of the Earth, moon and Sun during a lunar eclipse is

• sun--moon--Earth

• Earth--sun--moon

• sun--Earth--moon

• moon--sun--Earth

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During a lunar eclipse

• Earth's shadow covers the moon

• the sun's shadow covers the moon

• the moon covers the sun

• Earth's shadow covers the sun

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A lunar eclipse occurs at which moon phase?

• quarter moon

• new moon

• crescent moon

• full moon

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A lunar eclipse occurs at which moon phase?

• quarter moon

• new moon

• crescent moon

• full moon

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_______are daily changes in ocean water.

• Waters

• Tides

• Colors

• Earths

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_______are daily changes in ocean water.

• Waters

• Tides

• Colors

• Earths

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The tidal force exerted by the ______ is stronger that the tidal force exerted by the _______.

• earth, ocean

• sun, moon

• moon, stars

• moon, sun

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Because the moon is so much closer than the sun, the moon's gravitational force is much stronger than that of the ___.

• sun

• earth

• moon

• sea

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____ ____ occur in the spaces between the high tides.

• High tides

• Medium tides

• Low tides

• Super tides

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The moon is mainly responsible for the tides on Earth because it is _________ _________.

• much closer

• far away

• behind the sun