Earth/Sun/Moon System

A lunar eclipse occurs when the line up is this:

• Sun -Earth-Moon
• Moon, Sun, Earth
• Earth-Sun-Moon
• Sun-Moon-Earth

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The line up for a solar eclipse is: 

• Sun-Earth-Moon
• Earth-Sun-Moon
• Sun-Moon-Earth
• Earth-Moon-Mars

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Why don't we have a solar eclipse every month?

• The Sun is tilted on its axis

• The moon's tilted orbit

• The speed of the moon's rotation

• The speed of the Earth's rotation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

A solar eclipse only happens during a ________ moon.

• New
• Cresent
• Gibbous
• Full

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

When the visible (lit) portion of the moon is increasing, the moon is:

• waning
• full
• waxing
• new

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

When the Earth is between the moon and sun, it is most likely a:

• new moon
• full moon
• waxing crescent
• waxing gibbous

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The Moon orbits Earth in a ________________ direction

• clockwise
• counterclockwise
• upwards
• downwards

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Name the moon phase

• Waxing Gibbous
• Waxing Crescent
• Waning Crescent
• Waning Gibbous

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Name the moon phase

• Waning Crescent
• Waxing Crescent
• Waning Gibbous
• Waxing Gibbous

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The 1st Quarter moon is lit on the:

• Left Side
• Right Side

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1