Earth, Moon, Sun Test

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

• spring

• summer

• fall

• winter

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Name that phase: #1

• new moon

• full moon

• waxing gibbous

• waning gibbous

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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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Moon phase #4 is a:

• waxing crescent

• waxing gibbous

• full moon

• new moon

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About how many days does it take to moon to go through a complete cycle?

• 7 days
• 365 days
• 29 days

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Define Waxing

• Moon is increasing and light part appears to be growing

• Completely illuminated
• dark side is facing earth
• Moon is decreasing and light part appears to be shrinking

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As the moon's shape appears to get smaller and darker, we say that the moon is _.

• swelling
• waxing
• waning
• disappearing

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Tides are caused by ___________

• wind
• gravitational pull of moon
• waves gravitation toward land
• rain

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Name the moon phase

• First Quarter
• Last Quarter
• New Moon
• Full Moon

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Which moon phase is this

• First Quarter
• Waxing gibbous
• Waning gibbous
• Full moon

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