A lunar eclipse occurs when Earth’s shadow falls on the Moon.(1 point)
Responses
True
True
False
False
A solar eclipse occurs when the moon's shadow falls on the Earth. (1 point)
Responses
True
True
False
True
The phase of the moon that immediately precedes (comes before) the new moon is the __________.(1 point)
Responses
waxing crescent
waxing crescent
first quarter
first quarter
waning crescent
waning crescent
third quarter
waning crescent
A _____ occurs when the Moon moves directly between the Sun and EArth and throws a shadow on Earth.(1 point)
Responses
solar eclipse
solar eclipse
lunar eclipse
lunar eclipse
waning gibbous
waning gibbous
waxing gibbous
solar eclipse
The yearly orbit of Earth around the Sun is called its ______.(1 point)
Responses
rotation
rotation
tilt
tilt
ellipse
ellipse
revolution
revolution
Summer occurs on the hemisphere of Earth that is _____. (1 point)
Responses
Tilted away from the sun
Tilted away from the sun
turned towards the sun
turned towards the sun
Tilted towards the sun
Tilted towards the sun
Turned away from the sun
Turned away from the sun