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The moon completes a cycle of its phases in...
a) 24 hours
b) 365 days
c) 29.5 days
d) 35 days
The different phases of the moon refer to...
a) Changes in seasons on the moon
b) Changes in how much we see of the moon
c) Changes to the moon's physical shape
d) Changes in moon's rotation
Earth's axis is tilted...
a) 90 degrees
b) 23.5 degrees
c) 60 degrees
d) 74 degrees
The complete dark shadow is called...
a) umbra
b) penumbra
c) gravity
d) eclipse
The partial shadow is...
a) umbra
b) penumbra
c) gravity
d) eclipse
If you are located within the penumbra shadow during a solar eclipse, you would see a
a) total solar eclipse
b) partial solar eclipse
c)
d)
The ______________ and ______________ hemispheres experience opposite seasons.
a) Western,Northern
b) Northern, Southern
c) Southern, Eastern
d) Eastern, Western
What causes warmer temperatures in the summer time?
a) volcanic activity
b) indirect sunlight
c) direct sunlight
d) greenhouse effect
What is the visible part of the sun during an eclipse?
a) umbra
b) penumbra
c) corona
d) tides
Which region on Earth receives direct sunlight all year?
a) north pole
b) south pole
c) southern hemisphere
d) equator
Due to the tilt of Earth axis...
a) All parts of Earth have the same seaons
b) We have day and night
c) Northern and southern hemispheres have opposite seasons
d) None of these
What is the season in the Southern hemisphere, when it is summer in the Northern Hemisphere?
a) Spring
b) Fall
c) Winter
d) Summer
During a lunar eclipse, which takes place?
a) Sun casts a shadow on moon
b) Earth casts a shadow on moon
c) Moon casts a shadow on Earth
d) Moon casts a shadow on sun
What moon phase occurs during a solar eclipse?
a) New moon
b) Full moon
c) First Quarter
d) Last quarter
If Earth's speed of rotation increased, which MIGHT result?
a) A day would be longer
b) A day would be shorter
c) There would be no night time
d) There would be no day time
How much of the moon can be seen during a new moon phase?
a) none
b) one-quarter
c) one half
d) all of it
The positions of what objects are responsible for the moon phases?
a) only earth
b) only moon and earth
c) only moon and the sun
d) the moon, earth and sun
Where are most asteroids found?
a) all over solar system
b) outside solar system
c) in orbit between mars and jupiter
d) near earth
A space rock in Earth's atmosphere is called?
a) meteor
b) meteorite
c) meteroid
d) asteroid
What is a comet's coma?
a) stony and icey center
b) chunk of iron
c) stream of gases at its back
d) atmosphere around its nucleus
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