Gravity, Models of Solar System, Moon Phases, and Eclipses

When Earth's shadow appears on the Moon...

• a lunar eclipse occurs because Earth is between the Sun and the Moon.

• a solar eclipse occurs because the Moon is between Mars and Earth.

• a lunar eclipse occurs because the Moon is between the Sun and Earth.

• a solar eclipse occurs because Earth is between the Sun and the Moon.

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A total eclipse of the sun can only happen during a...

• new moon

• waxing gibbous

• full moon

• waning crescent

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Which is TRUE?

• 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.

• We see the same half of the Moon every full moon.

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The picture shows the alignment needed for a ___________ to occur.

• Lunar Eclipse

• Solar Eclipse

• 1st Quarter Moon

• Full Moon

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What is true regarding a lunar eclipse?

• 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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Why don't we see a lunar eclipse every complete cycle of the moon around Earth?

• 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 innermost, darkest, cone shaped

area of an eclipse's shadow called?

• corona

• penumbra

• umbra

• umbrella

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Why does the moon have 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.

• It revolves around Earth and the illuminated side of the Moon is not always visible from Earth.

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What causes the planets to orbit around 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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From the start of the lunar cycle at new moon all the way to new moon again, the moon always appears to

• wax, but not wane.

• wane, but not wax.

• wax, then wane.

• wane while waxing.

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