Earth Science Review

The Apollo program

• never happened

• responsible for landing humans on the Moon.

• helped scientist understand the ocean better

• helped scientist study the rain forest

The seasons are caused by

• scientist playing with computers

• the Earth moving around the moon

• Earth’s fixed tilt in combination with its orbit around the sun.

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Lunar phases are

• sun changes

• part of the Earth's orbit

• part of the sun's orbit

• sequential changes in appearance of the moon

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the Lunar phases are;

• new, crescent(waxing), first quarter, gibbous(waxing), full, gibbous(waning), third quarter, crescent(waning)

• full, crescent, quarter, new

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Our timekeeping system is based on

• the lunar day

• the solar day

• Earth's day

Lunar eclipse occurs when

• the moon passes through the Earth’s shadow

• the sun passes through the Earth's shadow

• the Earth passes through the sun's shadow

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a lunar eclipse occurs when the moon passes through the Earth’s shadow and can only happen when

• there is a new moon

• there is a full moon

• the Earth is tilted

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If you see a total solar eclipse you are located

• penumbra portion of the Moon’s shadow

• in the umbra portion of the Moon’s shadow

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If you see a partial solar eclipse you are located in the

• penumbra portion of the Moon’s shadow

• umbra portion of the Moon’s shadow

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-Uranus and Neptune appear blue because of

• The sun's reflection

• Oxygen in their atmosphere

• methane in their atmosphere