Question 1

What causes the phases of the Moon?

Accepted Answer

The relative position of the Sun, Earth, and Moon

Answer

The rotation of the Earth

Answer

The distance of the Moon from Earth

Answer

The spin of the Moon

Question 2

What is the main reason we experience seasons on Earth?

Accepted Answer

The tilt of the Earth's axis

Answer

The distance of Earth from the Sun

Answer

The rotation of the Earth

Answer

The shape of the Earth

Question 3

During a solar eclipse, which celestial body is in front of the others?

Accepted Answer

The Moon

Answer

The Earth

Answer

A star

Answer

The Sun

Question 4

What is it called when the Moon is fully illuminated and appears bright in the night sky?

Accepted Answer

Full Moon

Answer

Half Moon

Answer

Crescent Moon

Answer

New Moon

Question 5

What is the term for the time it takes for the Moon to complete one orbit around the Earth?

Accepted Answer

Lunar month

Answer

Solar year

Answer

Season

Answer

Day

Question 6

What phenomenon occurs when the Earth passes between the Sun and the Moon?

Accepted Answer

Lunar eclipse

Answer

Meteor shower

Answer

Planetary alignment

Answer

Solar eclipse

Question 7

What is the primary reason the Earth has day and night?

Accepted Answer

The rotation of the Earth on its axis

Answer

The phases of the Moon

Answer

The orbit of the Earth around the Sun

Answer

The tilt of the Earth's axis

Question 8

What keeps the Moon in orbit around the Earth?

Accepted Answer

The gravitational pull of the Earth

Answer

The Moon's rotation

Answer

The position of the stars

Answer

The Sun's gravity

Question 9

What is the name of the phase when the Moon is not visible from Earth?

Accepted Answer

New Moon

Answer

Full Moon

Answer

Waning Gibbous

Answer

First Quarter

Question 10

What is the approximate distance from the Earth to the Moon?

Accepted Answer

238,855 miles

Answer

93 million miles

Answer

50,000 miles

Answer

1,000 miles

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