Life on Earth is most dependent upon ____________.

the gravitational pull of the moon

We do NOT have a solar or lunar eclipse each month because...

The tilt of the moon's orbit is at 5 degrees

The moon's orbital distance changes

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

The northern hemisphere is tilted away from the sun

The northern hemisphere is tilted toward 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?

The earth is a tilted planet. What is the degree of tilt?

90 degrees with respect to the sun

What effect does the tilt of the earth have?

It changes the angle that the sun strikes the earth in different land areas

It causes the earth to be farther away from the sun at different times of the year

When the earth is tilted away from the sun we have night

When the earth is tilted away from the sun we have day

The term equinox means....

equal amount of day light and equal amount of night

Equal amount of winter and summer

Equal amounts of hot dogs for everyone

The phase of the moon you see depends on

how much of the sunlit side of the moon faces Earth

whether or not an eclipse is occurring.

if the moon is making its own light

Name the planets in order from the one closet to the Sun

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Earth, Venus, Mercury

Mercury, Earth, Mars, Venus, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune

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

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The revolution of the earth (orbit around the Sun) leads to:

Seasons (e.g. summer, winter)

Day and night

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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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Which of these planets is farthest away
from the Sun?

What type of celestial object orbits the Sun?

Which of the following is NOT one of the terrestrial planets?

Our Sun and all of the objects that travel around it form the:

The rotation of the earth (spinning on its axis) leads to:

The revolution of the earth (orbit around the Sun) leads to:

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

Which moon phase is shown in this diagram?

Waxing means...

The third planet from the Sun

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Which of these planets is farthest awayfrom the Sun?

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Which of the following is NOT one of the terrestrial planets?

Our Sun and all of the objects that travel around it form the:

The rotation of the earth (spinning on its axis) leads to:

The revolution of the earth (orbit around the Sun) leads to:

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

Which moon phase is shown in this diagram?

Waxing means...

The third planet from the Sun

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