Sun, Moon, Earth

This takes one year:

• revolution

• rotation

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The longest amount of sunlight in the Northern Hemisphere occurs during the ...

• Winter Solstice

• Summer Solstice

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What is an orbit?

• A path an object takes while traveling around another object.

• The time it takes an object to make a full turn on its axis.

• An imaginary line that an object rotates around.

• An invisible force that is determined by the distance between two objects and their masses.

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What happens when the Earth passes between the sun and casts a shadow on the Moon?

• Nothing special.

• A lunar eclipse.

• The moon appears full at night.

• The moon appears to only be halfway lit.

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Which of the following is not a moon phase?

• New Moon

• Waning Gibbous

• Fourth Moon

• Waxing Crescent

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The Earth and the moon are held in their orbits by what combination of forces? Choose at least 2.

• Gravity

• Inertia

• Mass

• Rotation

• Revolution

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Which of the following words would best describe the moon's movement around the Earth?

• The moon revolves.

• The moon rotates.

• The moon eclipses.

• The moon tilts.

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Use the diagram below to answer the following question below:

• No, the Moon will always appear completely bright from the Earth's perspective.

• Yes, always in Diagrams 2 and 3, but never in Diagram 1.

• Yes, always in Diagram 3, but never in Diagrams 1 or 2.

• Yes, always in Diagram 2 and sometimes in Diagram 3.

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Use the diagram to answer the question below:

• Because Leticia’s diagram is showing that the half of the Moon that is facing the sun is lit by the sun, and the other half is dark.

• Because the Moon has some lighter-colored rock and some darker-colored rock, and Leticia’s diagram is showing that the half of the Moon with the lighter-colored rock has rotated to the left.

• Because there is a shadow from Earth falling on half of the Moon, and Leticia’s diagram is showing that shadow on the right half of the Moon.

• Because Leticia has made the diagram incorrectly - all of the moon should be the same brightness because the Earth provides light to the Moon.

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Use the diagram below to answer the following question below

• Diagram A is accurate because the whole Moon is bright as long as there are no shadows covering parts of it.

• Diagram B is accurate because the Moon is almost as close as it can be to the sun, so the Moon is almost fully lit by the sun.

• Diagram C is accurate because the half of the Moon that is facing the sun is lit by the sun, and the other half is dark.

• All three diagrams are sometimes accurate because light from the Earth is reflected on to the surface of the moon and makes it appear bright.

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