Earth-Sun-Moon Review

The visible part of the Moon becomes larger

• Waxing

• waning

• New moon

• Crescent moon

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The visible part of the Moon becomes smaller

• full moon

• waxing

• waning

• crescent moon

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The daily rising and falling levels of the oceans and other large bodies of water

• oceans

• gravity

• lakes

• tides

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the spin of an object around its axis

• rotation

• revolution

• orbit

• spinning

the orbit of one object around another object

• circling

• spinning

• rotation

• revolution

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What causes our days and nights here on Earth?

• The rotation of the moon

• The rotation of the Earth on its axis

• The revolution of the Moon

• The revolution of the Earth

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What is Earth's axis?

• An imaginary line through the center of the Earth

• A metal pole through the center of the Earth

• The way the Earth revolves

• The way the moon revolves

What causes the Earth's seasons?

• The revolution of the Earth around the Sun

• The way the Earth spins on it's axis

• The way the Earth is tilted on it's axis in relation to how it revolves around the Sun

• The way the Moon revolves around the Sun

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If the Moon doesn't emit its own light, how can I see it at night?

• The moon reflects the sun's light.

• The moon reflects the Earth's light

• The moon is battery powered.

• The sun reflects the moon's light.

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If the alignment is Earth - Moon - Sun, what phase of the moon will we see

• Gibbous

• Full Moon

• New Moon

• Crescent

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