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Earth's ________ on its axis causes day and night.

• rotation
• revolution
• phase
• comet

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What are ocean tides?

• Long waves due to the gravitational pull of the moon only.
• Long period waves caused by wind.
• Short period waves caused by wind. 
• Long waves due to the gravitational pull between the Earth,sun and the moon

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How many phases does the moon go through?

• 4
• 8
• 10
• 16

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A lunar eclipse results when

• Moon passes through sun's shadow
• Moon passes through earth's shadow
• Earth passes through moon's shadow
• Earth passes through sun's shadow

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Define Gibbous

• Less than half of moon visible
• More than half of moon visible
• All of moon visible
• None of moon visible

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When the Earth's shadow falls on the moon, the shadow causes what to happen?

• Lunar eclipse
• Solar eclipse
• Partial eclipse

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A solar eclipse only happens during a ________ moon.

• New
• Cresent
• Gibbous
• Full

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During the moon phases shown in the image Earth will experience a -

• Spring Tide

• Neap Tide

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The Moon is a _________________of Earth

• Planet

• Comet

• Star

• Satellite

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True or False: The Earth is closer to the sun during the summer months.

• True

• False

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