Quizziz E.S.S 1 Ch. 7: Sun-Moon-Earth System

How long is 1 lunar phase cycle?

• 27.3 days

• 365 days

• 29.5 days

• 14 days

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The image depicted is:

• New Moon

• Waning Gibbous

• 1st Quarter

• 3rd Quarter

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The image depicted is:

• Waxing Crescent

• Waning Crescent

• Waxing Gibbous

• 3rd Quarter

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The image depicted here is:

• Waning Gibbous

• 3rd Quarter

• Waxing Gibbous

• 1st Quarter

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The image depicted is:

• 1st quarter

• Waning Gibbous

• Full Moon

• Waxing Gibbous

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The image depicted is:

• Waxing Crescent

• 3rd Quarter

• 1st Quarter

• Waning Crescent

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Which forms when small meteorites crash into the moon:

• Regolith

• Maria

• Mountains

• Craters

TOTAL Solar Eclipses are rare because:

• The Sun and Moon's gravitational attraction prevents this from occurring.

• The umbra area is so small few people get to observe them.

• The Sun only blocks the Moon from our view once every 1,000 years.

• None of the responses are correct.

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There are many craters on the surface on of the Moon as compared to the surface of the Earth because:

• Jupiter's gravity throws off objects in our Solar System- aiming them at the Moon rather than Earth.

• The Moon is geologically and meteorologically dead- there are no quakes/volcanic activity and no wind/rain/snow to erode away/destroy crater impacts.

• Meteors are only attracted to surfaces of Moons, not planets.

• None of the responses are correct.

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The presence of maria on the Moon indicates that ____.

• The Moon has a dense atmosphere.

• The Moon once contained magma beneath its surface.

• Few meteorites have hit the Moon.

• Many meteorites have hit the moon recently.

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