Sun Moon

The name of the program that sent humans to the moon was

• Gemini

• Cassini

• Apollo

• Voyagers 1 and 2

Name the eclipse.

• solar eclipse

• lunar eclipse

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Which body has the greater effect on Earth's tides?

• Sun

• Saturn

• Moon 

• Venus

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What type of tides would this arrangement of earth-moon-sun create?

• neap tide

• spring tide

• new moon tide

• full moon tide

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What type of eclipse is it when the moon is in between the Earth and sun?

• lunar eclipse

• solar eclipse

• full eclipse

• first quarter eclipse

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What moon phase is this picture?

• This is the waning crescent phase.

• This is the waxing gibbous phase.

• This is the waning gibbous phase.

• This is the new moon phase.

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As the moon's shape appears to get smaller, we say that the moon is _.

• swelling

• waxing

• waning

• disappearing

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How long is a lunar month?  

• 30

• 29.5

• 27

• 27.3

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The Moon orbits Earth in a ________________ direction

• clockwise

• counterclockwise

• upwards

• downwards

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If Katherine wanted to represent a solar eclipse, at what position should she place the Moon?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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