The Sun-Earth-Moon System Quiz 6.1

The yearly orbit of Earth around the Sun is called its

• rotation
• ellipse
• revolution
• tilt

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Summer occurs on the hemisphere of Earth that is

• turned away from the Sun
• tilted toward the Sun
• tilted away from the Sun
• turned toward the Sun

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The seasons are caused by

• the direction Earth's rotation axis is pointed with respect to the sun
• the distance Earth is from the Sun
• the shape of Earth's orbit
• the tides of the ocean

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Which phase of the Moon is shown if this is a picture of what the sky looks like at midnight?

• new moon
• first quarter
• full moon
• third quarter

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Which phase of the Moon is shown if a picture of what the sky looks like at midnight?

• new moon
• first quarter
• full moon
• third quarter

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Which phase of the Moon is shown if this is a picture of what the sky looks like at midnight?

• new moon
• first quarter
• full moon
• third quarter

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A _________ occurs when the Moon moves directly between the Sun and Earth and throws a shadow on Earth?

• solar eclipse
• lunar eclipse
• waning gibbous
• waxing gibbous

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A lunar eclipse can only occur during which type of moon phases?

• first quarter
• full moon
• new moon
• third quarter

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What is the definition of rotation?

• motion of one object around another

• the path an object follows is it moves around another

• line on which an object rotates

• spinning motion

The Sun revolves around Earth.

• True

• False

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