Seasons, Moon Phases, Eclipses

The distance to the sun affects the seasons.

• True

• False

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How do the seasons happen?

• Earth's distance away from the sun

• Earth's rotation and revoultion

• Earth's tilted axis and revolution

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How often does a solstice happen in a year?

• three times

• once

• twice

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What is an equinox?

• This is the time in the year that is halfway between the solstices.

• This is the time in the year that is a quarter between the solstices.

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What point is it summer in the southern hemisphere?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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The phase of the Moon you see depends on

• where you are on Earth’s surface.

• how much of the sunlit side of the Moon is visible from Earth.

• how much of the Moon’s surface is lit by the Sun.

• whether or not an eclipse is occurring.

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From new Moon phase to full Moon phase, you see

• An increasing amount of the lighted side of the Moon.

• B. a decreasing amount of the lighted side of the Moon.

• C. the same amount of the lighted side of the Moon

• D. more of the lighted side, then less of the lighted side of the Moon.

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For a solar eclipse to occur,

• A. the Sun must be directly between the Earth and the Moon.

• B. the Moon must be directly between the Earth and the Sun.

• C. the Moon must be directly behind Earth.

• D. Earth must be directly between the Sun and the Moon.

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Why don’t we experience eclipses every lunar cycle?

• Eclipses can only happen during June and December

• Eclipses can only happen during April and November

• The moon’s orbit is offset at a 5° angle relative to Earth’s orbit, so the Moon isn’t always in the same orbital plane as the Sun and Earth.

• The Moon’s tilted axis pulls the Moon closer and farther from Earth, so the moon isn’t always in the same orbital plane as the Sun and Earth.

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You are less likely to see a total solar eclipse than a total lunar eclipse because the Moon’s umbra only covers a small area on Earth’s surface.

• True

• False

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