Sun, Earth, and Moon System

Earth's day and night cycle is caused by

• The gravitational pull of the moon
• The rotation of the Earth on its axis
• The movement of the clouds in the sky
• The Earth's orbit around the sun

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What causes the Earth's seasons?

• The Earth's rotation on its axis

• The gravitational pull of the moon

• The tilt of the Earth's axis

• The Earth's orbit around the sun

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What causes the phases of the moon?

• The rotation of the Earth on its axis

• The Earth's orbit around the sun

• The gravitational pull of the moon

• The moon's orbit around the Earth

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What causes a solar eclipse?

• The moon comes between the Earth and the sun

• The Earth comes between the moon and the sun

• The sun comes between the Earth and the moon

• The Earth's rotation on its axis

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What causes a lunar eclipse?

• The moon comes between the Earth and the sun

• The Earth comes between the moon and the sun

• The sun comes between the Earth and the moon

• The Earth's rotation on its axis

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During its orbit, when the moon is on the same side of the Earth as the sun, this is known as a

• blue moon
• half moon
• new moon
• full moon

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What causes the tides on Earth?

• The rotation of the Earth on its axis

• The Earth's orbit around the sun

• The gravitational pull of the moon

• The moon's orbit around the Earth

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One calendar year on earth is equivalent to

• One revolution around the sun

• One complete orbit of the moon

• One rotation of the Earth

• One conjunction of the spheres

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The moon goes through a complete set of phases roughly every

• 28 days

• 12 hours
• 6 months
• 365 days

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A lunar eclipse is generally viewable to everyone on the side of the Earth experiencing night time

• True
• Only visible from the North Pole
• False
• Depends on the phase of the moon

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