Sun/Moon/Earth Systems Practice

What phase of the moon is this?

• Waxing Crescent

• Full moon

• First Quarter

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What phase of the moon is this?

• New Moon

• Full Moon

• First Quarter

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What phase of the moon is this?

• Waxing Crescent

• Waxing Gibbous

• New Moon

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What phase of the moon begins the lunar cycle?

• New Moon

• First Quarter

• Full Moon

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How many days does it take the moon to orbit the Earth?

• 27 days

• 7 days

• 365.25 days

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During an annular eclipse, where is the moon in its orbit?

• closest to the sun

• farthest point

• closest to the Earth

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When the moon is in a waning phase, the amount of it we see is _____________________.

• increasing

• decreasing

• about half

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When the moon is in the waxing phase, the amount of the moon that we see is ___________________.

• increasing

• decreasing

• staying the same

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The axis is the imaginary line that runs from _________________________________

• the equator to the poles

• from the North Pole to the South Pole

• From the North Pole to the Prime Meridian

Why can't we feel the Earth moving at over 1000 miles per hour?

• the Earth is moving so slowly that we cannot feel it

• We actually can feel it but it is just the wind

• We are moving the same speed so we cannot feel it