Moon, Earth and Sun

At which location in Earth's rotation is it summer in the Northern Hemisphere?

• SS

• VE

• WS

• AE

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From new moon phase to full moon phase, you see

• an increasing amount of the lit side of the moon.

• a decreasing amount of the lit side of the moon.

• the same amount of the lit side of the moon.

• more of the lit side, then less of the lit side of the moon.

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You are less likely to see a total solar eclipse than a total lunar eclipse because

• the moon’s shadow covers all of Earth during a solar eclipse.

• new moon phases occur less often than full moon phases.

• only people on the daytime side of Earth can see a solar eclipse.

• the moon’s umbra only covers a small area on Earth’s surface.

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During a total lunar eclipse the moon is in Earth’s

• corona.

• penumbra.

• umbra.

• orbit.

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What are the phases of the moon?

• The repeating pattern of night and day

• The monthly pattern of lunar and solar eclipses

• The sequence of seasons the moon causes on Earth

• The different shapes of the moon as seen from Earth

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One complete revolution of Earth around the sun takes about

• 24 hours.

• 250 days

• 365 days

• 6 months.

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Because the moon rotates once for each revolution around Earth,

• you see some phases more than others.

• a different side of the moon faces Earth each day.

• you never see the far side of the moon from Earth.

• the far side of the moon is visible only during the full moon phase.

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During what phase of the moon can a lunar eclipse occur?

• new moon

• first quarter

• waxing gibbous

• full moon

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A total solar eclipse is visible from

• all over Earth.

• only within the moon’s umbra.

• only within the moon’s penumbra.

• only the dark side of Earth.

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When do neap tides occur?

• at new moon

• when the sun’s pull is in the same direction as the moon’s pull

• when the sun’s pull is at right angles to the moon’s pull

• at full moon

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