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How Do Earth and Its Moon Create Cycles?
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What moon phase is the arrow pointing too?
New Moon
Full Moon
Waxing gibbous
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What moon phase is the arrow pointing too?
Last Quarter
First Quarter
waning gibbous
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What causes the moon phases?
The moon’s position in orbit
The moon moving into the sun’s shadow
The Earth’s position in orbit
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What happens in the Southern Hemisphere as the March equinox approaches in the Northern Hemisphere?
The days become shorter.
The shadows become shorter at noon.
The days become longer.
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What moon phase is the arrow pointing too?
Waxing Crescent
Waning Crescent
Waning Gibbous
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Why is the length of day different on each planet?
Each planet is a different size
Each planet is the same size
each planet takes a different amount of time to complete 1 rotation.
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How does the moon affect tides?
High tides happen when the moon is out.
High tides happen when the moon is full.
The moon's gravity pulls on the Earth’s water.
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What force combines with a planet's forward motion to affect its movement in the solar system?
The gravitational pull of the sun
The gravitational pull of the Earth
The gravitational pull of the moon
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How often does Earth’s moon make a complete orbit around Earth?
About a month
About a week
About a day
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What moon phase is the arrow pointing too?
Last Quarter
Full Moon
New Moon
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What path do the moons on all planets follow?
moons orbit the planets.
moons stays on the dark side of a planet.
moons orbit the sun.
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When does a lunar eclipse take place?
When the moon passes in front of the sun
When there is a new moon
When the Earth moves between the Sun and a full moon
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What moon phase is the arrow pointing too?
Full Moon
New Moon
1st Quarter
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What causes the seasons on Earth?
Earths orbit around the sun and the tilt on its axis.
The suns rotation around the Earth.
The orbit of the moon around the Earth.
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Which best explains the fact that the stars appear to move across the night sky?
Stars revolve around Earth
Earth rotates on its axis
Stars rotate on their axis
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What creates the daily cycle of tides?
the rotation of Earth
the revolution of Earth
the suns gravitational pull
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What causes the length of shadows to change?
The apparent motion of the sun
The tilt of Earth on its axis
The rotation of the sun
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What moon phase is the arrow pointing too?
Full Moon
First Quarter
Last Quarter
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What shape it the path of each planet around the sun?
The path is oval
The path is square.
The path is nearly circular
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What moon phase is the arrow pointing too?
waning gibbous
waxing gibbous
waxing crescent
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What moon phase is the arrow pointing too?
Waxing Gibbous
Waning Gibbous
Waxing Crescent
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What causes a solar eclipse?
The sun moves between the Earth and the moon.
The Earth moves between the moon and the sun.
The moon moves between the Earth and the sun.
