The Sun, Moon, and Earth

Which illustration demonstrates rotation?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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On the first day of which season or seasons in the Northern Hemisphere is Earth neither tilted toward or away from the sun?

• summer

• only spring

• spring and fall

• winter

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Which two letters represent winter?

• A, B

• B, D

• A, C

• C, D

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Some parts of the earth are warmer and other parts are colder. What is the reason for this uneven heating of the earth?

• Earth is closer to the sun during the summer.

• The sunlight strikes some parts of the earth more directly than other parts.

• The moon's light strikes the earth differently during its different phases.

• Some parts of the earth have more gravity which causes uneven hearting.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The sun and the earth are illustrated. What season best describes the northern hemisphere?

• spring

• summer

• fall

• winter

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Name that phase: #4

• new moon

• full moon

• waxing gibbous

• waning gibbous

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Although half of the moon is always illuminated, usually only a portion of the illuminated side is visible from earth. The diagram shows the relative positions of earth, the sun, and the moon. The positions of the moon are labeled 1-8. Which of the moons in the figure are in a gibbous phase?

• 2 and 4

• 2 and 8

• 4 and 6

• 6 and 8

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Earth has seasons because:

• earth rotates on its axis

• the distance between the earth and the sun changes

• earth's axis is tilted as it revolves around the sun

• the temperature of the sun changes

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Moon phase #1 is a:

• waxing crescent

• waxing gibbous

• full moon

• new moon

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Moon phase #2 is a:

• waning crescent

• waxing crescent

• waning gibbous

• full moon

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