A lunar eclipse occurs when Earth’s shadow falls on the Moon.(1 point)

Question

Responses

True
True

False

Answer 1

False

Answer 2

A solar eclipse occurs when the moon's shadow falls on the Earth. (1 point)
Responses

True
True

False

Answer 3

True

Answer 4

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

Answer 5

waning crescent

Answer 6

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

Answer 7

solar eclipse

Answer 8

The yearly orbit of Earth around the Sun is called its ______.(1 point)
Responses

rotation
rotation

tilt
tilt

ellipse
ellipse

revolution

Answer 9

revolution

Answer 10

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

Answer 11

tilted towards the sun