Movement of Earth and Moon

The cycle of the moon lasts about a _.

• day

• year

• week

• month

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What causes day and night cycles?

• Mars

• seasons

• Earth's rotation

• moon phases

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What do we call Earth's path as it revolves around the sun?

• pathway

• rotation

• orbit

• revolution

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It takes the moon __ days to revolve completely around Earth.

• 27.3 days

• 365 days

• 24 hours

• 23.5 days

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It takes the moon __ days to rotate once.

• 27.3 days

• 365 days

• 24 hours

• 23.5 days

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When the MOON moves directly between the Sun and Earth, we experience a __ eclipse.

• solar

• lunar

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When the EARTH moves directly between the Sun and moon, we experience a __ eclipse.

• solar

• lunar

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*Sun, moon, and Earth line up

**high tides are HIGHER

***low tides are LOWER

• spring tide

• neap tide

Since the moon rotates and revolves at the same rate (27.3 days), explain what happens with the moon.

• We only see one side of the moon.

• The moon stays in the same place in the sky.

• We see the moon because of sunlight so its rotation and revolution don't matter.

• We see both sides of the moon at different times during the lunar cycle.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The earth rotates every _____________.

• 24 hours

• 15 hours

• 365 days

• hour

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