Ohio Science Fusion Earth Moon Sun

How long does it take Earth to rotate on its axis?

• About a year

• 24 hours

• 6 months

• 27.3 days

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Why are temperatures warmer in the summer than in the winter?

• The rotation of Earth

• The tilt of Earth's axis

• The Earth is closer to the sun

• The revolution of the moon

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Why do we see different phases of the moon?

• We see different amounts of the illuminated half of the moon because the moon moves to different positions around the Earth.

• We see different phases of the moon due to the colored rocks we see from Earth.

• We see different amounts of the Moon due to how close it is to the sun.

• We don't see different phases of the moon.

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A moon phase that looks like a banana from Earth

• Exomoon

• Crescent moon

• Full moon

• Gibbous moon

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A moon phase that looks like a full circle

• New moon

• Crescent moon

• Quarter moon

• Gibbous moon

• Full moon

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The nearly circular path a smaller object (like the Moon) travels around a larger object (like Earth)

• Model

• Waning

• Waxing

• Orbit

• Illuminate

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the star that is the main source of light at the center of our solar system

• moon

• exoplanet

• Sun

• Earth

• illuminate

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A moon phase that looks like almost fully illuminated from Earth

• Full moon

• Quarter moon

• Crescent moon

• Waxing

• Gibbous moon

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The sun, the planets that orbit the sun, and other objects that orbit the sun

• Exoplanet

• Exomoon

• Moon phase

• Illuminate

• Solar system

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When the Moon is completely dark due to Earths shadow

• Orbit

• New moon

• Lunar eclipse

• Exoplanet

• Waning

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