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When the Southern Hemisphere is having fall, the Northern Hemisphere is having
a) Spring
b) Summer
c) Fall
d) Winter

The imaginary vertical line that cuts through the center of the Earth
a) axis
b) equator
c) longitude
d) latitude

Earth's oval-shaped orbit around the Sun
a) rotation
b) revolution
c) axis
d) ellipse

How many days are in a leap year?
a) 360
b) 364
c) 365
d) 366

What hemisphere do we live in?
a) Northern
b) Southern
c) Eastern
d) Western

The shape of the lighted part of the moon as seen from Earth
a) Season
b) Phase
c) Eclipse
d) Round

Having an increasing portion of its surface illuminated
a) solar eclipse
b) lunar eclipse
c) waning moon
d) waxing moon

Having a decreasing portion of its surface illuminated
a) solar eclipse
b) lunar eclipse
c) waning moon
d) waxing moon

An eclipse of the moon
a) solar eclipse
b) lunar eclipse
c) total eclipse
d) partial eclipse

An eclipse of the sun
a) solar eclipse
b) lunar eclipse
c) total eclipse
d) partial eclipse

An eclipse that completely blocks our view of an object in space such as the moon or the sun
a) lunar eclipse
b) solar eclipse
c) total eclipse
d) partial eclipse

An eclipse that partly blocks our view of an object in space such as the moon or the sun
a) lunar eclipse
b) solar eclipse
c) total eclipse
d) partial eclipse

Spring, summer, fall, or winter
a) seasons
b) months
c) phases
d)

Spinning of Earth on its imaginary axis, which takes 24 hours to complete
a) revolution
b) ellipse
c) rotation
d) position

Earth's year-long elliptical orbit around the sun
a) revolution
b) ellipse
c) rotation
d) position

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