Earth and Space Science: L2.3 and L2.4

When it’s summer in the Northern Hemisphere, it’s ______ in the Southern Hemisphere.

• Summer

• Winter

• Spring

• Fall

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Earth isn't straight up and down. Instead, it's tilted on its __.

• Axis

• Equator

• Hemisphere

• Prime meridian

How long does it take the Earth to make one REVOLUTION around the Sun?

• 12 hours

• 24 hours

• 365 1/4 days

• 29.5 days

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Which term is used to describe the light that is hitting a region straight on?

• Direct sunlight

• Straight sunlight

• Blunt sunlight

• Open sunlight

Sunlight hits Earth’s surface most directly at the _______. Because of this, this area doesn't experience seasons.

• North pole

• South pole

• Equator

• Equinox

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What is the larger outer lighter part of the shadow cone called, where a partial eclipse can be viewed?

• Total

• Umbra

• Penumbra

• Partial

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If the sun is 400x wider than the moon, how do they cover each other exactly during a total eclipse?

• The Sun is much closer to Earth than the Moon.

• The Moon is 400x farther away than the Sun to the Earth.

• The Sun is 400x farther away than the Moon to the Earth.

• Scientists are not sure how this happens.

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For a solar eclipse to occur, what has to happen?

• The Sun must be directly between Earth and the Moon.

• The Moon must be directly between Earth and the Sun.

• Earth must be directly between the Sun and the Moon.

• The Earth, Moon, and Sun must form a right angle.

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What is the darkest inner part of the shadow cone called, where a total eclipse can be viewed?

• Total

• Umbra

• Penumbra

• Partial

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What do we call the sun's outer atmosphere that you see during a solar eclipse?

• an umbra

• a corona

• an orbit

• a shadow

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