5.ESS1.4 Earth, Moon & The Sun Review

​An __________ takes place when one celestial body, such as a moon or planet, moves into the shadow of another celestial body.​

• orbit

• eclipse

• rotation

• revolution

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A ___________ eclipse is when our view of the sun is being blocked by the moon. For this to happen, the moon has to be between the Earth and the sun.

• solar

• lunar

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The positions of the Sun, moon, and Earth affect what we see in the day and night sky, including positions of constellations.

• true

• false

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Eclipses would happen _______________________ if it were not for the fact that the moon’s orbit around the Earth is tilted about five degrees from the Earth’s orbit around the sun.

• less frequently

• more frequently

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A __________ eclipse occurs when the moon passes through the Earth’s shadow in space. For that to happen, the Earth has to be between the sun and the moon.

• solar

• lunar

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Which kind of eclipse does this image show?

• solar

• lunar

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The phases of the Moon are the different ways the Moon looks from ________ over about a month depending on the position of the Sun-Earth-moon system.

• Saturn

• Neptune

• The Sun

• Earth

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When does a lunar eclipse occur?

• at night

• when the Earth's shadow covers the moon

• when the Earth comes between the Sun and a full moon

• all of the above

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Which kind of eclipse does this image show?

• solar

• lunar

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Tides on Earth are caused by __________.

• friction

• gravity of the moon

• meteors, comets & asteroids

• Earth's density

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