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The cycle of the moon lasts about a _.

• day
• year
• week
• month

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Name the moon phase

• waning crescent
• waxing crescent
• waning gibbous
• waxing gibbous

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(8.7B) Some students used records from the U.S. Naval Observatory to make the table below of the percent of the moon that was visible on each night in January 2011.
Based on this data, what part of the lunar cycle occurred between January 5 and Januray 7?

• Waxing crescent moon
• Waning crescent moon
• full moon
• new moon

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The earth is a tilted planet.  What is the degree of tilt?

• Approximately 25 degrees
• Exactly 25 degrees
• 23.5 degrees
• 90 degrees with respect to the sun

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Which part of Earth is experiencing night?

• A
• B
• C
• D

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This model is showing us a...

• lunar eclipse

• solar eclipse

• phases of the moon

• earth eclipse

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Which of the following best explains why the tilt of Earth on its axis creates the seasons? Because the axis of Earth is tilted

• the angle of sunlight varies on different parts of Earth at different times.

• the amount of time it takes for the light to reach Earth changes a little throughout the year.

• the surface area of Earth is not constant at all parts of its orbit.

• the north pole of Earth will always be pointed away from the Sun, making it colder.

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What is letter B's Equinox date?

• June 21
• December 21
• March 21
• September 21

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The diagrams above show Earth and the Moon in different positions, as seen from above (top view). Sunlight is coming from the left, but these diagrams do not show what parts of Earth or the Moon are light or dark.

Could the half of the Moon that faces Earth ever be completely dark in any of these diagrams?

• No, the Moon is always lit by the sun.

• Yes, always in Diagrams 2 and 3, but never in Diagram 1.

• Yes, always in Diagram 2, but never in Diagrams 1 or 3.

• Yes, always in Diagram 2 and sometimes in Diagram 3.

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a moon phase that looks like half a circle from Earth

• quarter moon

• full moon

• new moon

• gibbous moon

• crescent moon

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