Earth-Moon-Sun: Moon Phases, Tides and Seasons

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The moon moves from its "new" phase as the light grows into a strange, bulging shape many days later.

This phase must be

• waning gibbous

• waning crescent

• waxing gibbous

• waxing crescent

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The moon moves from its "full" phase as the light shrinks into a thin sliver many days later.

This phase must be

• waning gibbous

• waning crescent

• waxing gibbous

• waxing crescent

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What is the correct order of objects to create a full moon?

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To create a solar eclipse, the moon must be able to block the sun and cast a shadow onto Earth.

Which one of these images could a solar eclipse happen in?

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To create a lunar eclipse, the Earth must be able to block the sun and cast a shadow onto moon.

Which one of these images could a lunar eclipse happen in?

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In which image might a moon in gibbous phase be created?

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The tides change position based on

• the orbit of Earth

• the rotation of the Earth below them

• the change in strength of gravity from the moon

• the change in strength of gravity from the sun

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Why do the oceans feel more gravity from the moon than the sun?

• the moon is more massive

• the moon is much further away

• the sun is more massive

• the moon is much closer

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The moon only shows one side of it to Earth, due to the way it moves through space.

The moon revolves around the Earth ______ for every _____ time it rotates.

• once, two

• twice, one

• once, one

• halfway, one

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The shadow of the moon is always on the far side form the sun, but the phase we see depends on

• how fast it rotates

• how much of the lit part faces Earth

• how fast it orbits

• how much light the sun radiates that day

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