Seasons and Eclipses

If the apparent motion of the Sun is directly overhead in the middle of the day, what season would be happening?

• Summer

• Fall

• Winter

• Spring

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A day when Earth's rotation axis is learning along Earth's orbit, neither toward nor away from the Sun is called the...

• Solstice

• Equator

• Leap Year

• Equinox

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Which Moon phase occurs during a Solar Eclipse?

• Waxing Gibbous

• Waning Crescent

• Full Moon

• New Moon

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Which Moon Phase occurs during a lunar eclipse?

• New Moon

• Waning Gibbous

• Full Moon

• Third Quarter

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What season is the SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE experiencing at C?

• winter

• spring

• summer

• fall

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According to the illustration, what season is it in the Northern Hemisphere?

• Winter

• Spring

• Fall

• Summer

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Compare the position of the Sun in the summer to the position of the Sun during winter.

• Sun is lower in the sky in the winter than in the summer

• There is no difference in the Sun's position

• Sun is closer to Earth in the summer than in the winter

• Earth takes longer to rotate in winter than in the summer

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What would happen if Earth's axis was straight up and down instead of tilted?

• Life on Earth would not be possible

• There would be no night or day

• There would be no seasons

• Earth would be covered with ice

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Which number represents the spring equinox in the Northern Hemisphere?

• Number 1

• Number 2

• Number 3

• Number 4

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What is a solar eclipse?

• When the Moon covers the Sun from Earth's view

• When the Moon falls in the Earth's shadow

• When the Moon goes behind the Sun

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