Earth Sun and Moon Systems

Patterns are predictable. Please select the answer that is NOT a pattern in our Earth, Sun and Moon system include.

• Moon phases

• seasonal changes

• sunrise and sunset

• meteor showers

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When the northern hemisphere is tilted away from the sun, it is

• Winter

• Fall

• Spring

• Summer

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What is an Axis?

• An obscuring of the light from a celestial body by the passage of an object between the celestial body and the observer or between the celestial body and its source of illumination

• The imaginary line through Earth that extends from the North Pole to the South Pole and is the center of Earth’s rotation

• A phenomenon or process that involves multiple steps and repeats itself

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What would seasons be like if Earth's axis were straight up and down and not tilted?

• Seasons would be the same.

• There would be no seasons

• Seasons would be more extreme

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What is illuminating the Moon?

• nuclear fusion

• mirrors

• sunlight

• flooded lights

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About how long does it take the moon to orbit the Earth?

• 29 days

• 1 day

• 15 days

• It doesn't

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What is the name of the following moon phase?

• new moon

• full moon

• waning gibbous

• waxing gibbous

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Please select phase 8

• new moon

• last quarter

• waxing gibbous

• waxing crescent

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Please select phase 1

• new moon

• waning gibbous

• first quarter

• waxing crescent

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Explain how a lunar eclipse occurs?

For a total lunar eclipse, the sun, the moon, and earth must be in a partiular alignment.

• sun, moon, earth

• earth, sun, moon

• moon, earth, sun

• moon, sun,earth

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