Study Guide C2L1 The Sun Earth Moon Connection

A __________ is the daily rising and falling level of the ocean and other large bodies of water.

The ​ (a)   is an object that revolves around the ​ (b)  

• Moon
• Earth
• tide
• lava
• solstice
• equinox

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​ The​ ​ (a)   is one of ​ (b)   of stars in the ​ (c)  

• Sun
• billions
• Milky Way
• Moon
• solstice
• orbit

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____ is when the visible portion of the Moon becomes larger.

• Waning

• Eclipsing

• Waxing

• Gravity

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The daily rising and falling of the ​ (a)   is caused by the ​ (b)   of the ​ (c)  

• tides
• Moon
• lava
• gravitational pull
• solar system
• Milky Way
• shadow
• Moon and the Sun
• oceans and lakes
• equinoxes

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Match the following

• an eclipse

• molten volcanic material

• revolution

• the largest object in our solar system

• lava

• our solar system is in

• the Milky Way galaxy

• the orbit of one object around another

• Sun

• The movement of one solar system object into the shadow of another is

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The Earth orbits the Sun once every _____ days.

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​ (a)   are days on which the hours of ​ (b)   are longest or shortest at the ​ (c)   of summer or winter. ​

• Solstices
• daylight
• beginning
• Equinoxes
• baseball practice

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The Earth casts a shadow on the Moon during a _______.

• solar eclipse

• tsunami

• solstice

• lunar eclipse

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Equinox is the beginning of ​ (a)  

• spring and fall
• summer and winter
• tides and stars

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