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The Northern Hemisphere gets __________ sunlight in the winter, which leads to _________ temperatures.

• less direct, hotter
• less direct, colder
• more direct, hotter
• more direct, colder

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A lunar eclipse only happens during a ________ moon.

• New
• Cresent
• Gibbous
• Full

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At position A, which hemisphere would have summer?

• Northern hemisphere
• Southern hemisphere

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Name the moon phase

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

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During what phase of the moon can a lunar eclipse occur?

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

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A solar eclipse only happens during a ________ moon.

• New
• Cresent
• Gibbous
• Full

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During a solar eclipse...

• The sun is blocked by the moon
• The Earth is blocked moon
• The moon is blocked by the sun
• You are blocked

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When the visible (lit) portion of the moon is increasing, the moon is:

• waning
• full
• waxing
• new

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The length of a year on Earth is a little over 365 days. The length of a year on a planet is BEST described as the time it takes for which to occur?

• the planet to revolve once around the Sun

• the seasons to complete a full cycle

• the planet to rotate once on its axis

• the Sun to rotate once on its axis

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Some students are using objects to model the Earth-Sun-Moon system. They wish to represent the positions of these objects during a solar eclipse. To accurately model the solar eclipse, the golf ball should be placed in which labeled position?

• Position W

• Position Y

• Position Z

• Position X

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