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How long does it take the earth to complete a revolution?
a) one month
b) one day
c) one year
d) one hour

A lunar eclipse can be seen during which moon phase?
a) full moon
b) first qurater
c) third quarter
d) new moon

What causes day and night?
a) Earth's rotation on its axis
b) Ecllipses
c) the tilt of Earth on its axis
d) Earth's revolution around the sun

A solar eclipse occurs when
a) the sun is directly between Earth and the moon
b) the moon is directly behind Earth
c) the moon is directly between Earth and sun
d) Earth is directly between the sun and the moon

Compared to Earth, the moon is
a) about 1/2 the diameter
b) about the same diameter
c) about 1/4 the diameter
d) about 1/8 the diameter

A total solar eclipse if visible from
a) anywhere on Earth
b) anywhere on Earth that is having night time
c) ony from the moon's umbra
d) only from the moon's penumbra

What moon phase does a solar eclipse occur during?
a) full moon
b) new moon
c) 1st quarter
d) 3rd quarter

Who was the father of the Geocentric Model?
a) Ptolemy
b) Galileo
c) Kepler
d) Copernicus

What are the dark, flat areas of the moon?
a) craters
b) maria
c) highlands
d) valleys

Which of the following is not a believer in the Heliocentric Model?
a) Brahe
b) Galileo
c) Ptolemy
d) Kepler

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