Earth Sun Moon Quiz

a moon phase that looks like a full circle from Earth

• exomoon

• full moon

• gibbous moon

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

the border between light and dark on the Moon

• terminator

• year

• solar eclipse

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

the amount of time it takes for a planet to complete one orbit around a star or stars

• terminator

• solar eclipse

• year

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to shine light on an object and make it visible

• Illuminate

• Pattern

• Sun

• Lunar Eclipse

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

• Orbit

• Solar System

• Eclipse

• Pattern

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

What role does the moon play in controlling Earth's tides?

• It stabilizes the ocean currents

• It decreases the size of tides

• It has no significant effect

• It causes a tidal bulge on the side nearest and farthest from it

Eclipses can only occur when...

• the sun, moon, and the earth are lined up

• when the Earth's shadow falls upon the moon

• When the moon's shadow falls upon the earth

• when the moon rises after the sun has set

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The spinning of the Earth on its axis is

• rotation
• revolution
• precession
• nutation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

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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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What causes seasons on Earth?

• the revolution of Earth around the Sun

• the tilt of Earth's axis

• the tilt of Earth's axis as it revolves around the Sun

• the distance of Earth from the Sun

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1