Earth Moon Sun Systems Test

If the seasons were to change more gradually, what would cause this?

• the Earth increased the time it orbits around the sun

• the Earth increased the time it rotates on its axis

• the moon decreased the time it moves around the Earth

• the sun's energy decreases per year

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June 24th there was a first quarter moon. What moon will most likely appear on July 4th?

• waxing gibbous

• waning gibbous

• waning crescent

• waxing crescent

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Which lunar phase will occur about 7 days after a first quarter moon?

• new moon

• full moon

• waxing crescent

• waning crescent

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The moon appears to change in appearance because of what?

• of the changing relative positions of the Earth, moon, and sun

• of the Earth's shadow on the surface of the moon

• of the amounts of light the moon emits

• of the gravitational pull of the moon as it orbits the Earth

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If the speed of the Earth's rotation changed what would it affect?

• Earth’s would get larger

• length of day and night

• path of the moon's orbit

• length of the year

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About how many days after a full moon does a new moon occur?

• 28

• 4

• 14

• 7

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Which eclipse is being shown in the picture?

• Solar

• Lunar

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If the Sun were a flashlight, the moon was a tennis ball, and the Earth was a basketball; which action would be most correct?

• The tennis ball would move around the flashlight

• The tennis ball would move around the basketball

• The flashlight would move around the basketball

• The basketball would move around the tennis ball

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Which eclipse is being shown in the picture?

• Solar

• Lunar

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When does the Southern Hemisphere experience the coldest weather?

• When the Earth's orbit is the fastest

• . When the South Pole is tilted toward the Sun

• When the South Pole is tilted away from the Sun

• When the northern and southern hemispheres get equal amount of sunlight

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