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When the Northern Hemisphere of Earth is tilting away from the Sun, What season is the Southern Hemisphere experiencing?

• Summer
• Winter
• Spring
• Fall

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What causes the moon's phases

• Where you are standing on Earth
• the amt of sunlight reflected onto the moon from the sun
• The tilt of Earth
• how fast the moon is moving

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What moon phase is at position 1? 

• new moon
• waxing gibbous
• waning gibbous 
• waning crescent 

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Name the moon phase

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

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What is the darkest inner part of the shadow cone called, where a total eclipse can be viewed.

• Total
• Umbra
• Penumbra

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The moon ____________ around the Earth.

• revolves

• rotates

• up

• down

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What do we call Earth's path as it revolves around the sun?

• pathway

• rotation

• orbit

• revolution

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Above is a model of the Earth and Sun system. Which of the following best explains what is happening on Earth using this model?

• Daylight hours are shorter in the Southern Hemisphere.

• Daylight hours are shorter in the Northern Hemisphere.

• Days are cooler in the Northern Hemisphere.

• Days are warmer in the Southern Hemisphere

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The changes in the moon's appearance is called

• Earth

• Solar system

• Moon phases

• Constellation

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How does a solar eclipse occur?

• Part of the Earth is in the moon's shadow.

• All of the Earth is in the moon's shadow.

• The Earth moves between the sun and moon casting its shadow on the moon.

• The moon moves into the Earth's shadow.

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