Earth, Sun, Moon, System

The equator is an imaginary line that divides the Earth into a northern and southern hemisphere. What is the measurement of the equator?

• 0 degrees

• 90 degrees

• 180 degrees

• 360 degrees

Why does the sun appear to move across the sky every day?

• The sun rotates on its axis

• The earth rotates on its axis

• The sun orbits the Earth

• The sun and moon share the same sky

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The moon is...

• always closer to the earth than to the sun

• sometimes closer to the sun than the Earth

• always closer to the sun than the earth

• sometimes closer to the earth than the sun

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What phase is the moon when no light is visible from the moon's surface?

• full

• new

• waxing gibbous

• waning crescent

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When the moon casts a shadow on the Earth it is a...

• lunar eclips

• solar eclipse

• summer solstice

• winter solstice

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What causes the tides?

• the sun and moon

• the Earth and gravity

• the moon and Jupiter

• Mars and Venus

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The moon revolves around the sun and the earth revolves around the moon.

• True

• False

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Tides follow a predictable pattern.

• True

• False

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Daylight hours equal night hours

• True

• False

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what causes seasons on Earth?

• the tilt of Earth's axis

• the moons gravitational pull

• the suns gravitational pull

• the moons revolution around earth

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