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Which of the following is true about the moon?

• It makes its own light.

• It does not make its own light.

• It has light colored rocks.

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The sun, the planets that orbit the sun, and other objects that orbit the sun

• Solar System

• Moon Phases

• The Milky Way

• The Galactic Neighborhood

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Should all models be "to scale"?

• Yes-otherwise it is not accurate.

• No-some things are too big or too small to see.

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What is true about the sun and the moon?

• The sun illuminates the half of the Moon that is facing it, and the other half is dark.

• The sun illuminates the half of the Moon that is not facing it, and the other half is dark.

• The sun illuminates the entire moon and no part of it is dark.

• The Moon makes its own light and the sun doesn't have anything to do with it.

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Light from the sun travels...

• in straight lines

• unpredictably

• like a river, wherever there is an open path

• depends; it can change direction if it is bright enough

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What is a moon?

• A rocky sphere that travels around a planet

• A gaseous sphere that travels around a planet

• A sphere made of water and rock that travels around a planet

• An ovule shaped planet made of rock that revolves around a planet

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Where does the moon get it's light?

• The moon generates it's light from its core

• The moon is illuminated by the neighboring stars

• The moon is illuminated by the suns rays

• The moon is illuminated by the light from the earth

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On the moon, the border between light and dark is...

• Terminator

• Light-Dark border

• Neil Armstrong divide

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What does Illuminate mean?

• to shine light on something and make it barely visible

• to flicker light on something

• to shine light on something and make it visible

• to make an entire object bright on all sides

What does scale mean?

• the negative size and distances of things

• the relative size and distances of things

• the average size and distances of things

• the observable size and distances of things

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