Earth Sun and Moon

The imaginary line through Earth that extends from the North Pole to the South Pole and is the center of Earth's Rotation

• Axis

• Tilt

• Equator

• Tropic of Capricorn

What is the cause of the seasons?

• The distance of Earth to the Sun

• The tilt of Earth as it rotates around the Sun

• The changing distance of Earth to the Sun as it revolves around the Sun

• The tilt of Earth as it revolves around the Sun

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The shape of the illuminated portion of the Moon as seen by an observer, usually on Earth

• Lunar Phases

• Tides

• Axis

• Tilt

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Why can't we see a New Moon?

• The light side is facing toward the Sun

• The light side is facing toward Earth

• Clouds are covering the Moon

• The light side is between the Sun and Earth, forming an eclipse

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What moon phase would occur ONE week after the moon shown

• New Moon

• Full Moon

• Waning Crescent

• First Quarter

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Solar eclipses occur when

• The Sun is between Earth and the Moon

• There is a full Moon

• The Moon is between Earth and the Sun

• Earth is between the Moon and the Sun

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A lunar cycle is

• approx. 28 days

• approx. 14 days

• approx. 30 days

• approx. 365 days

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The slant of Earth's axis, which is 23.5 degrees from vertical compared to Earth's orbital plane around the Sun; as a result, the North Pole always points toward the North Star.

• Tilt

• Eclipse

• Earth's Rotation

• Axis

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An obscuring of light from a celestial body by the passage of an object between the celestial body and the observer or between the celestial body and its source of illumination.

• Earth's Rotation

• Lunar Phases

• Seasons

• Eclipses

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Describe the days and nights on Earth when the Northern Hemisphere is experiencing direct sunlight.

• Shorter days and longer nights

• Longer days and longer nights

• Longer days and shorter nights

• Shorter days and shorter nights

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