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Which celestial object is shown in the photograph near the center of the star trails?

• The Sun
• Polaris
• Sirius
• The Moon

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When the part of the world that you're living in is leaning away from the Sun, its _____

• winter
• spring
• summer
• autumn

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What are the reasons for the seasons?

• Earth's tilt and rotation.
• Earth's rotation and revolution.
• Earth's tilt and revolution.
• Earth's tilt and resolution

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A solar eclipse only happens during a ________ moon.

• New
• Cresent
• Gibbous
• Full

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The term equinox means....

• equal amount of day light and equal amount of night
• Equal amount of winter and summer
• Equal amounts of hot dogs for everyone
• The longest day of the year

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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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A solar eclipse only happens during a ________ moon.

• New
• Cresent
• Gibbous
• Full

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Which diagram(s) BEST represent(s) the position of the Moon during a New moon?

• A
• B
• C
• A and C

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At position A, which hemisphere would have summer?

• Northern hemisphere
• Southern hemisphere
• Neither hemisphere

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After a new moon, which phase of the moon appears next?

• Crescent moon
  
• New moon
• Gibbous moon
• Full moon

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