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          Viewed from Earth, how does the Moon’s appearance change during the first week?

• The Moon's appearance changes from a crescent moon to a quarter moon.
• The Moon's appearance changes from a thin crescent to a half moon.
• The Moon's appearance changes from a half moon to a gibbous moon.
• The Moon's appearance changes from a full moon to a new moon.

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Viewed from Earth, how does the Moon’s appearance change during the second week?

• From a waning crescent to the new moon

• From waxing gibbous to a full moon

• From waxing gibbous to a new moon

• From a full moon to the first quarter crescent moon

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Maria: These large, dark, flat areas on the Moon resulted from

• Volcanic eruptions
• Tectonic plate movements
• Alien activity
• Meteor impacts

            Highlands on the moon: Some special features of highlands are that they are

• Extreme elevation with no craters

• Low elevation and flat terrain that was created by lava

• Moderate elevation and no plate tectonics

• High elevation, older than the maria, and covered with craters

What causes the Moon to revolve around Earth?

• Solar wind
• Gravitational attraction
• The tilt on the Earth

• Magnetic force

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Earth’s rotation is its spinning motion.

How would day and night on Earth be different if the planet did not rotate?

• If Earth were to stop spinning the planet would be completely dark all the time

• If Earth were to stop spinning but continue to orbit the Sun, a “day” would take a whole year

• Day and night would alternate every hour if Earth did not spin

• There would be no difference in day and night

Compare the motions of Earth, the Sun, and the Moon in geocentric and heliocentric models of the universe.

• In the geocentric model, the Moon is at the center, and Earth and the Sun revolve around it. In the heliocentric model, the Earthnis at the center.

• In the geocentric model, Earth is at the center, and the Sun and Moon revolve around it. In the heliocentric model, the Sun is at the center, and Earth and the Moon revolve around it.
• In the heliocentric model, Earth is at the center, and the Sun and Moon revolves around it.

• In the geocentric model, the Sun is at the center, and Earth along with the other bodies in our solar system, revolves around it.

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Contrast a solstice and an equinox.

• A solstice is when the sun is closest to the Earth, resulting in the longest day of the year.
• A solstice is when the sun reaches its highest or lowest point in the sky, resulting in the longest or shortest day of the year. An equinox is when the sun crosses the celestial equator, resulting in equal day and night lengths.
• An equinox is when the sun is farthest from the Earth, resulting in the shortest day of the year.
• A solstice is when the sun is directly above the equator, resulting in equal day and night lengths. Equinox is when temperatures are equal in the northern and southern hemispheres.

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Explain why the southern hemisphere experiences summer when the northern hemisphere experiences winter.

• Due to Earth's tilted axis, the southern hemisphere has a different atmospheric composition during winter.

• The southern hemisphere has longer days during winter.
• The southern hemisphere is closer to the sun during winter.
• The Earth's axis is tilted, causing different parts of the planet to receive varying amounts of sunlight throughout the year.

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During neap tides, high tides are lower and low tides are higher. What causes the Moon to have less of an impact on tides at neap tides?

• Gravitational pull of the Sun partially cancels out the gravitational pull of the Moon.

• The Earth's rotation slows down during neap tides
• Neap tides only occur when the Moon is in a full moon phase

• The Moon is further away from Earth during neap tides

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