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Earth Science 1st nine weeks review
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List 6 prefixes and suffixes, moon phases, eclipses, and seasons.
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What are the reasons for the seasons?
Earth's rotation and revolution
Earth's tilt and resolution
Earth's tilt and rotation
Earth's tilt and the moon's rotation
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peri-
egg
around
middle
bone
3
poly-
many
disease
egg
light
4
penumbra means...
ink
almost shadow
light
uhhhh...
5
plasmo-, -plasm
bone
basic substance
many
after, behind
6
When the moon is
not
illuminated, it is called a
full moon
third quarter
first quarter
new moon
7
When the right side of the moon is crescent shaped, it is called
waxing gibbous
waxing crescent
full moon
waning crescent
8
When the moon is halfway lit on the right side, it is called
first quarter
new moon
third quarter
waning crescent
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phyto-, -phyte
around
plant
before
basic substance
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this describes the moon when the illuminated portion is decreasing (the left side is lit)
gibbous
waning
waxing
crescent
11
What is a lunar month?
the time from one full moon to the next full moon
the month of October
the time from one new moon to the next new moon
the time it takes the moon to orbit the Earth
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the figure of the moon that appears as a curve with pointy ends
waning
crescent
gibbous
waxing
13
osteo-
bone
before
many
disease
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pre-
before
around
disease
basic substance
15
Earth is tilted towards the sun in the Northern hemi. What season is it in the Southern hemi?
summer
winter
spring
fall
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a solar eclipse occurs when
the moon is directly between the Earth and the sun
the sun is directly between the Earth and the moon
the Earth tilts 52 degrees towards the sun
the Earth is directly between the sun and the moon
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path-, -pathy
around
light
disease
part
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this describes the moon when the illuminated part is increasing (the right side is lit)
gibbous
waxing
crescent
waning
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When more than half of the left side of the moon is illuminated, it is called
new moon
waning gibbous
waxing gibbous
full moon
20
When the moon is fully illuminated, it is called a
new moon
waning gibbous
full moon
waxing gibbous
21
a lunar eclipse occurs when
the Earth tilts 52 degrees towards the sun
the sun is directly between the Earth and the moon
the Earth is directly between the sun and the moon
the moon is directly between the Earth and the sun
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the figure of the moon that is more than half full
crescent
waxing
gibbous
waning
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post-
plant
before
after, behind
different
24
marg-
basic substance
border, edge
plant
light
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umbra means...
dark
moon
uhhhhh...
shadow
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photo-
basic substance
light
root, roolike
many
