Earth Moon

In Spanish, I'm called "luna," you knew?

And the word ______ means “related to the moon.”

I'm the only body in space that humans visited

• gibbous

• quarter

• lunar

• crescent

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How long does the moon's rotation and revolution take?

• 28 minutes

• 29.5 seconds

• 29.5 days

• 24 hours

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What do the Earth and the moon have in common?

• water

• atmosphere

• Sphere of rock

Why does Earth appear to be the same size as the Moon in the sky?

• They are both the same distance from Earth.

• They are the same size.

• The Sun is about 400 times farther away from Earth than the Moon.

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How big is the moons diameter?

• 1,391,016km

• 3,475 km

• 12,742km

• 2,578km

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The gravity that pulls us to the ground comes from:

• an axis

• Earth

• orbit

• the North star

The Sun, Earth, and Moon all rotate on an axis.

• True

• False

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Why would a diagram show that it's brighter on the left half of the Moon?

• The Moon has lighter-colored rocks and some darker-colored rocks. The lighter-colored rocks are on the left side.

• The left side is facing the sun and is lit by the sun, and the other half is dark.

• As the Moon gets closer to the sun more of it is lit by the sun.

• There is a shadow from Earth falling on half of the Moon.

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What is the primary reason for the phases of the Moon as observed from Earth?

• The Moon's rotation on its axis

• The Earth's rotation on its axis

• The relative positions of the Earth, Moon, and Sun

• The Moon's distance from Earth

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