Sun Earth Moon System

Name the moon phase

• Waning Crescent

• Last Quarter or (third quarter)

• New Moon

• Full Moon

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What two things cause the seasons on Earth?

• The tilt of the Earth on its axis and the revolution around the sun

• The tilt of the Earth on its axis and the rotation around the axis

• The tilt of the Earth on its axis and tides

• Dancer and Prancer

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Which of the following images shows a lunar eclipse?

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To what degree is the axial tilt of the Earth?

• 90 degrees

• 23.5 degrees

• 25.3 degrees

• Dancer

The spinning of Earth around its axis that causes day and night is called

• Rotation

• Revolution

• Orbit

• Axial rotation

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The path an object follows as it moves around another object

• Orbit

• Rotation

• Revolution

• Solstice

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The orbit of one object around another object.

• Orbit

• Sostice

• Rotation

• Revolution

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When Earth's rotation axis is tilted directly away or toward the sun.

• Revolution

• Solstice

• Rotation

• Equinox

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When Earth's rotation axis is tilted neither toward or away from the sun.

• Solstice

• Equinox

• Orbit

• Revolution

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One complete rotation of the Earth takes__________.

• 365 days (1 year)

• 24 hours (1 day)

• 1 month

• 12 hours