Studies Weekly: Watching the Sky

What are tides?

Which has a bigger effect on the tides—the sun or the moon?

Why?

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Space Junk: High-Speed Litter in Orbit

How many pieces of debris or junk are being tracked in the space?

Watching the Sky

A gibbous moon is __________.

• more than a half circle but less than a full one

• something that happens once a year

• blue

• harder to see than any other

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Watching the Sky

A crescent moon is __________.

• the prettiest of all phases

• more than a new moon, but smaller than a half moon

• an oval

• almost full

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Watching the Sky

The backside of the moon __________.

• is purple

• is always visible

• is a myth

• cannot be seen from Earth

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Watching the Sky

What season is the southern hemisphere experiencing during January?

• Fall

• Winter

• Summer

• Spring

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Watching the Sky

The Earth moves around the sun

• in an elliptical orbit

• in the summer

• in a circular orbit

• in lunar module

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Watching the Sky

Where there is only a shadow of the moon we call it:

• a full moon

• a crescent moon

• a new moon

• August

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Examine the illustration of moon phases. Which moon phase immediately follows a waxing gibbous moon?

• a full moon

• blue arrows represent cooler air and red arrows represent air that is warming and rising

• red and blue are easier to see than green and purple

• blue and red are colorful

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Which two moon phases are directly opposite each other in the cycle illustration?

• new moon and waxing crescent moons

• 3rd quarter and 1st quarter moons

• waxing gibbous and the 1st quarter moons

• waxing crescent and full moons

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