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There are many objects that can be seen in space. There are more __________ in the night sky than ___________.
a) Suns; stars
b) Earths;Moons
c) planets; stars
d) stars; planets

What is the seventh phase of the moon?
a) first quarter
b) waning crescent
c) last quarter
d) full moon

Brad in North America is eating lunch at school. His cousin Kevin in Australia is sleeping in the middle of the night. Which can you conclude about the position of Earth?
a) Australia is facing the Sun.
b) North America is facing the Sun.
c) The Southern Hemisphere is tilted toward the Sun.
d) The Northern Hemisphere is tilted toward the Sun.

As Earth rotates, the side of Earth facing the Sun receives...
a) starry night
b) all the seasons
c) clouds and shade
d) heat and light

To turn on an axis is to ______________.
a) season
b) revolve
c) equator
d) rotate

______________ is a made up line that circles the Earth halfway between the North and South Poles.
a) axis
b) equator
c) revolve
d) phases

The different ways the Moon looks throughout the month is called __________________.`
a) revolve
b) phases
c) season
d) constellation

____________ is the phase of the Moon when a thin part of the Moon's near side is lit.
a) quarter moon
b) full moon
c) crescent moon
d) gibbous moon

What is an imaginary line that runs through the center of Earth running North to South?
a) axis
b) equator
c) hemisphere
d) rotate

__________ is to move in an orbit around another object.
a) phases
b) seasons
c) revolve
d) rotate

Earth's rotation on its axis causes day and night.
a) true
b) false
c)
d)

The sun appears to rise in the east and set in the west.
a) true
b) false
c)
d)

The tilt of the Earth's axis causes the seasons to change.
a) true
b) false
c)
d)

A _______ _____________ is the phase of the Moon when half of the Moon's near side is sunlit.
a) full moon
b) quarter moon
c) crescent moon
d) new moon

The phase of the Moon when the Moon's near side receives no sunlight is called _______ __________.
a) crescent moon
b) full moon
c) quarter moon
d) new moon

What is the first phase of the moon?
a) new moon
b) waxing crescent
c) full moon
d) waxing gibbous

What is the second phase of the moon?
a) waxing gibbous
b) new moon
c) full moon
d) waxing crescent

What is the third phase of the moon?
a) full moon
b) waxing gibbous
c) first quarter
d) last quarter

What is the fourth phase of the moon?
a) waxing crescent
b) full moon
c) waning crescent
d) waxing gibbous

What is the fifth phase of the moon?
a) full moon
b) new moon
c) waning crescent
d) last quarter

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