Lunar Phases, Seasons, and Eclipses

choose 2 things that cause seasons

• Moon Phases

• Rotation

• Tilt of the Earth

• Revolution of the Earth around the sun

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The Moon orbits Earth in a _______ direction.

• clockwise

• upwards

• counterclockwise

• downwards

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Which statement explains Earth’s position relative to the sun?

• The Northern Hemisphere is experiencing winter.

• The Southern Hemisphere is experiencing winter.

• The Northern and Southern Hemispheres are both experiencing autumn.

• The Northern and Southern Hemispheres are both experiencing summer.

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What causes the change within every twenty-four hours from day to night on Earth?

• Earth’s rotation on its axis

• the tilt of Earth on its axis

• Earth’s revolution around the Sun

• the distance from Earth to the Sun

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What is an Axis?

• An obscuring of the 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

• The imaginary line through Earth that extends from the North Pole to the South Pole and is the center of Earth’s rotation

• A phenomenon or process that involves multiple steps and repeats itself

A solar eclipse can ONLY occur when the moon is in which phase?

• New Moon

• Full Moon

• Quarter Moon

• Crescent Moon

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Which statement correctly identifies the eclipses shown in the images?

• Both images show different types of lunar eclipses.

• Both images show different types of solar eclipses.

• Image 1 shows a lunar eclipse.

  Image 2 shows a solar eclipse.

• Image 1 shows a solar eclipse.

  Image 2 shows a lunar eclipse.

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When the northern hemisphere is tilted away from the sun, it is

• Winter

• Fall

• Spring

• Summer

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Name the moon phase.

• waning crescent

• waning gibbous

• waxing crescent

• waxing gibbous

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Where does the moon get its light?

• Sun's reflection

• Earth's reflection

• The moon produces its own light

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