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, D What Do We Call The Day Ofx 201801-ASTA-1c x HW #3 avbid-4683950-dt-content-rid-19686344_1/courses/star11 127201801Mw%20%233%281%29. pdf 10. What makes it possible to see the Moon from Earth? a. The surface of the Moon emits its own light, which can be seen from Earth b. The Moon absorbs light during the day and emits light at night c. Light emitted by Earth illuminates the Moon's surface, making it visible d. Light emitted by the Sun is reflected to Earth by the Moon's surface 11. If the Moon is a full Moon tonight, it will beone week later and will appear illuminated on the side. a. Waxing, left b. Waning, left c. Waxing, right d. Waning, right Use the diagram below for the next TWO questions 12. Put the meridian times of the moon (i.e. the times that it is directly overhead) in chronological order, starting with 6pm. a. b. c. d. A, B, D, E, C D, B, A, C, E E, D, B, A, C A, C, E, D, B Rank the positions of the moon in terms of the percentage of the moon's surface that is illuminated as seen from Earth in increasing order, from least to greatest 13. e. All are equal 14. It's 9am. You look up in the sky and see a moon with half its face bright and half dark What phase is it? a. First quarter b. Waxing gibbous c. Third quarter d. Half moon e. It could be any phaseExplanation / Answer
10. The option is D. Light emitted by the sun is reflected to the Earth from the moon's surface. Planets and their satellites don't have their own light. They get light from the sun. Thus, the sun's light is reflected from the moon's surface and thus, we can see the moon from the Earth's surface.
11. If the moon is on a full moon tonight. it will be WANING one week later, and will be illuminated on the LEFT side. So, the option is B. The moon will be a gibbous moon one week later.
13. OPTION B.
14. The moon is a HALF MOON (option D) Iif at 9 pm the moon is illuminated on one half and dark on the other half.
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