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Has 4 distinct seasons, are the most common ecosystem in the US, and the winters usually cause animals to hibernate and migrate.

• Desert
• Deciduous Forest
• Tropical rain forest
• Tundra

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Why do we experience the changing of the season on the earth?

• distance from the sun
• rotation of the earth
• change in solar output
• tilt of the earth's axix

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Type of eclipse

• Solar
• Lunar
• Neap
• Spring

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A solar eclipse only occurs during which moon phase?

• 1st Quarter
• New Moon
• Full Moon
• 3rd Quarter

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What do we call the sun's outer atmosphere that you see during a solar eclipse?

• an umbra
• the corona
• a penumbra
• a shadow

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Because the tidal bulge follows the moon;s revolution-Many places on Earth experience ___ high tides and ___ low tides each day.

• 4 and 4

• 1 and 1

• 2 and 2

• 3 and 3

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The Earth sits straight up and down (NO TILT).

• true

• false

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How much of the Moon is always reflecting light from the Sun?

• The entire moon is always illuminated

• Half of the Moon is always illuminated; it's just not always facing Earth

• Half of the Moon is illuminated only during the new moon

• Half of the Moon is illuminated only during the full moon

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What causes the blockage of the sun?

• The fish swimming in the water

• The nitrogen left in the water

• The blooms of bacteria in the water

• None of the above

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Which moon phase is shown in this diagram?

• new moon

• 1st quarter

• full moon

• 3rd quarter

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