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By size, the star known as our Sun is classified as:
a) supergiant
b) giant
c) average
d) dwarf

The Moon does not have an atmosphere because:
a) its surface is too cold.
b) ists surface is too hot.
c) its mass is too small.
d) its gravity is too strong.

The number of days in one lunar cyle is:
a) 1
b) 27.3
c) 29.5
d) 365.25

Name the period of time associated with the revolution of the Moon around Earth.
a) 1 Hour
b) 1 Day
c) 1 Month
d) 1 Year

Name the period of time associated with the rotation of Earth.
a) 1 Hour
b) 1 Day
c) 1 Month
d) 1 Year

Name the period of time associated with the revolution of Earth.
a) 1 Hour
b) 1 Day
c) 1 Month
d) 1 Year

Explain why the Northern and Souther Hemispheres experience seasonal changes in temperature and light.
a) Earth is closer to the sun in the summer and farther in the winter.
b) During summer in the northern hemisphere it is tilted toward the sun-opposite in the southern.
c) The north is pointed away from the sun during its summer - opposite in the south.
d) No one knows.

A moon's diameter is 6,000 km. What is its radius?
a) 12,000 km
b) 1,000 km
c) 3,000 km
d) 6,000 km

During a waxing crecent is the light side of the moon on the left or right?
a) neither
b) both
c) right
d) left

During a waning crescent is the light side of the moon on the left or right?
a) neither
b) both
c) right
d) left

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