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Which season is taking place in the Northern Hemisphere in Position 1?

• Winter
• Spring
• Summer
• Fall

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What is the missing lunar phase?

• Third Quarter

• Waxing Crescent

• New Moon

• Waning Gibbous

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Use the calendar to predict the moon phase on March 9th.

• New Moon

• Full Moon

• Third Quarter

• First Quarter

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What is a lunar eclipse?

• The Earth between the sun and the moon.

• The Moon between the sun and the Earth.

• The Moon between the sun and Jupiter.

• The Earth between the sun and Mercury.

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a moon phase where the illuminated portion of the Moon is not visible from the Earth

• new moon

• full moon

• gibbous moon

• waning

• waxing

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The diagram below shows the Moon as it revolves around Earth. The numbered locations represent different positions of the Moon in its orbit. Which Moon phase would be seen by an observer in New York State when the Moon is at position 2?

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CHOOSE THE CORRECT MOON PHASE

• Waxing crescent

• New moon

• Waning gibbous

• Waning crescent

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Which season is the northern hemisphere experiencing?

• Spring
• Summer
• Fall
• Winter

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Why do the Sun and Moon appear to be the same size in the sky?

• The Sun is 400 times bigger, but the Moon is 100 times closer.
• The Sun is 100 times bigger, but the Moon is 400 times closer.
• The Sun is 400 times bigger, but the Moon is 400 times closer.
• The Moon is 400 times bigger, but the Sun is 400 times closer.

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A ________________ eclipse is when the moon passes through Earth's penumbra and simply gets dimmer.

• Penumbral

• Partial

• Total

• Annular

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