Gravity, Models of the Solar System, Moon Phases, & Eclipses

What will the result be if Earth's shadow appears on the surface of the Moon?

• A lunar eclipse that occurs when Earth is between the Sun and the Moon

• A solar eclipse that occurs when the Moon is between Mars and Earth.

• A lunar eclipse that occurs when the Moon is between the Sun and Earth.

• A solar eclipse that occurs when Earth is between the Sun and the Moon.

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A total eclipse of the sun can only occur during which phase of the moon?

• new moon

• waxing gibbous

• waning gibbous

• full moon

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Which of the following is true about the Moon?

• All sides of the Moon can be seen from Earth.

• The Moon does not rotate on its own axis.

• The Sun does not reach the Moon at all during a new moon.

• People on Earth see the same half of the Moon every full moon.

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Which of the following pictures shows the position of Earth, the Moon, and the Sun during a solar eclipse?

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Which of the following is true of lunar eclipses?

• A lunar eclipse happens when the Sun is blocked by the Moon.

• A lunar eclipse occurs when Earth is between the Sun and the Moon.

• A lunar eclipse happens when the Sun's shadow is blocking the Moon.

• A lunar eclipse happens every lunar cycle when the Moon is full.

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Which of these best describes why lunar eclipses do not occur during every lunar cycle?

• The Moon only moves between the Sun and Earth a few times a year

• The Moon's orbit is on a different plane than Earth's orbit around the Sun.

• The Moon takes longer to orbit the Earth than it takes the Earth to orbit the Sun.

• The Moon is only in Earth's shadow on months where the weather is the sunniest.

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What is the term for the inner, darker, cone shaped area of an eclipse's shadow?

• diamond-ring effect

• umbra

• penumbra

• rilles

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Which of the following statements best explains why the Moon has phases?

• Earth is blocking the Sun's illumination of the Moon.

• The phases of the Moon are relative to a

  person's location on Earth.

• Earth casts a large shadow on the Moon that limits the Moon's visibility as it moves around Earth.

• As the Moon revolves around Earth, the illuminated side of the Moon is not always fully visible from Earth.

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Why do planets orbit the Sun?

• The planets are drawn to the Sun's magnetic poles.

• The planets are drawn to the Sun because there is no weight in space.

• The planets are held in orbit by the gases from the Sun.

• The planets are held in orbit because of the gravity created by the Sun.

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During the lunar cycle, the Moon always appears

• to wax, but not wane.

• o wane, but not wax.

• to wax, then wane.

• to wane while waxing

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