Astronomy Review

Occurs when Earth is positioned between the moon and the sun and when Earth's shadow crosses the lighted half of the moon.

• Solar Eclipse

• Eclipse

• Lunar Eclipse

• Perigee

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Name the moon phase

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

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Which moon phase is shown in this diagram?

• new moon
• first quarter
• full moon
• last quarter/3rd quarter

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Tides are caused by ___________

• wind
• gravitational pull of moon
• waves gravitation toward land
• rain

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Waxing means...

• Growing
• Dying
• Losing light
• Moving

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Name the phase of the moon for letter f

• Waning Gibbous
• Waxing Gibbous
• Waning Crescent
• Waxing Crescent

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Which planet is closest to the sun?

• Uranus
• Mercury
• Neptune
• Earth

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The __________ has planets, moons, comets, and asteroids.

• solar system
• earth
• rotation
• United States

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The GAS GIANTS or Outer planets are:

• Mercury, Earth, Jupiter, Saturn
• Saturn, Neptune, Pluto, Mars
• Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune
• Earth, Mars, Saturn, Neptune

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Which model of the solar system has the sun in the center with all of the planets orbiting it?

• heliocentric

• geocentric

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