Moon Phase & Sun's Path Review

Multiple Choice

Name the moon phase

• waning crescent
• waxing crescent
• waning gibbous
• waxing gibbous

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Name the moon phase

• waning crescent
• waxing crescent
• waning gibbous
• waxing gibbous

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Name the moon phase

• First Quarter
• Last Quarter
• New Moon
• Full Moon

Multiple Choice

Name the moon phase

• First Quarter
• Last Quarter
• New Moon
• Full Moon

Multiple Choice

Name the moon phase

• First Quarter
• Last Quarter
• New Moon
• Full Moon

Multiple Choice

Name the phase of the moon for letter a

• First Quarter
• Last Quarter
• Waxing Gibbous
• Waning Gibbous

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Name the phase of the moon for letter f

• Waning Gibbous
• Waxing Gibbous
• Waning Crescent
• Waxing Crescent

Multiple Choice

What is illuminating the Moon?

• Nuclear Fusion
• Sunlight
• Mirrors
• Flood Lights

Multiple Choice

Name the moon phase

• waning crescent
• waxing crescent
• waning gibbous
• waxing gibbous

Multiple Choice

Which moon phase is when you can't see the moon at all?

• Waning crescent
• Full moon
• Waxing gibbous
• New moon

Multiple Choice

The cycle of the moon lasts about a _.

• day
• year
• week
• month

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What is the difference between a gibbous moon and a crescent moon?

• The gibbous shows more than half of the bright side of the moon.
• The crescent shows more than half of the bright side of the moon.
• The gibbous shows less than half of the bright side of the moon. 

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How many phases does the moon go through?

• 4
• 8
• 10
• 16

Multiple Choice

Changes in the moon's appearance are

• phases
• eclipses
• stages
• cycle

Multiple Choice

Define Gibbous

• Less than half of moon visible
• More than half of moon visible
• All of moon visible
• None of moon visible

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The 1st Quarter moon is lit on the:

• Left Side
• Right Side

Multiple Choice

Name the moon phase that would come AFTER this moon.

• waning crescent
• waxing crescent
• waning gibbous
• waxing gibbous

Multiple Choice

What moon phase is this picture?

• This is the full moon phase.
• This is the waxing gibbous moon phase.
• This is the waning gibbous moon phase.
• This is the first quarter moon phase.

Multiple Choice

When the Moon is receiving sunlight on the side facing away from Earth, the phase is what?

• Waxing Gibbous

• New Moon

• Waning Gibbous

• Full Moon

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We see only one side of the Moon because...

• The Moon rotates and revolves around Earth in the same length of time.

• We see both sides of the Moon.

• The Sun orbits Earth at the same time it rotates.

• The Earth orbits the Moon at the same time it rotates.

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What phase is number 4?

• Waning crescent

• Waning gibbous

• Waxing crescent

• Waxing gibbous

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Which phase is number 13?

• Waning gibbous

• Last quarter

• New Moon

• Waxing Crescent

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How long does it take for the Moon to rotate on its axis?

• One day

• One week

• One month

• One year

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What does "waxing" mean?

• Can't be seen at all

• Getting smaller and darker

• Getting bigger and brighter

• Total illumination

Multiple Choice

Tides are....

• Temperature changes in the ocean caused by the Sun

• Caused by daily eclipses

• The regular rise and fall of ocean levels

• Created by the change of seasons

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Tides occur...

• Daily

• Hourly

• Monthly

• Weekly

Multiple Select

Which tide would be the highest and lowest?

• Tide 1 would be highest

• Tide 1 would be lowest

• Tide 2 would be lowest

• Tide 2 would be highest

Multiple Choice

The gravitational pull of the _____ causes the tides on Earth.

• Jupiter

• Sun

• Moon

• Mars

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How many tides are there in a 24 hour period?

• It takes longer that 24 hours to have tides

• 2 tides

• 3 tides

• 4 tides

Multiple Choice

Phases of the moon in which the moon appears to be getting larger are referred to as ____.

• waxing

• new

• waning

• eclipse

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is most responsible for the changing of seasons on Earth?

• Orbit of the Earth around the Sun

• Rotation of the Sun

• Tilt of axis of Earth

• Rotation of the Earth

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The Moon orbits Earth in a _______ direction.

• clockwise

• upwards

• counterclockwise

• downwards

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Which type of eclipse occurs when the Moon comes directly between Earth and the Sun?

• Lunar Eclipse

• Solar Eclipse

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A solar eclipse only happens during a ____ moon.

• New

• Gibbous

• Crescent

• Full

Multiple Choice

Name the eclipse.

• solar eclipse

• lunar eclipse

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A lunar eclipse only occurs during which moon phase?

• New Moon

• Full Moon

• 3rd Quarter

• 1st Quarter

Multiple Choice

Name the moon phase.

• waning crescent

• waning gibbous

• waxing crescent

• waxing gibbous

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You are less likely to see a total solar eclipse than a total lunar eclipse because...

• new moon phases occur less often than full moon phases

• only people on the daytime side of Earth can see a solar eclipse

• the moon's shadow covers all of Earth during a solar eclipse

• the moon's umbra only covers a small area on Earth's surface

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Where is the sun directly overhead on December 21?

• The Tropic of Capricorn (23.5 degrees S)

• The south pole

• The Tropic of Cancer (23.5 degrees N)

• The equator

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Where is the sun directly overhead on June 21?

• The Tropic of Capricorn (23.5 degrees S)

• The north pole

• The Tropic of Cancer (23.5 degrees N)

• The equator

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Where is the sun directly overhead on March 21?

• The Tropic of Capricorn (23.5 degrees S)

• The north pole

• The Tropic of Cancer (23.5 degrees N)

• The equator

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What season is represented at point B?

• Winter

• Spring

• Summer

• Fall

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What equation is used to determine Earth's rate of rotation?

• 360 degrees / 365 days

• 24 hours / 360 degrees

• 360 degrees / 24 hours

• 24 hours / 365 days

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What time is at position 1?

• 12 p.m. (noon)

• 9 a.m.

• 3 p.m.

• 6 a.m.

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Which date is represented by the diagram?

• March 21

• June 21

• September 21

• December 21

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What equation is used to determine Earth's rate of revolution?

• 360 degrees / 365 days

• 24 hours / 360 degrees

• 360 degrees / 24 hours

• 24 hours / 365 days

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What season is represented at point D?

• Winter

• Spring

• Summer

• Fall

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On which day do observers in New York State experience the greatest duration of insolation?

• March 21

• June 21

• September 23

• December 21

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What time is at position 3?

• 12 p.m. (noon)

• 9 a.m.

• 3 p.m.

• 6 p.m.

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How many degrees per hour does the Sun appear to move across the sky?

• 41 degrees

• 23.5 degrees

• 90 degrees

• 15 degrees

Multiple Choice

If the last full moon was on April 4th, when can you expect to see the next full moon? 

• April 29th
• July 4th
• May 4th
• September 12th

Multiple Choice

Which of the following choices has the moon phases in the correct order? 

• Full moon, new moon, waxing gibbous, first quarter, waxing crescent, waning gibbous, waning cresent, last quarter
• waxing gibbous, new moon, first quarter, waxing crescent, full moon, waning crescent, third/last quarter, waning gibbous
• New Moon, Waxing Crescent, First Quarter, Waxing Gibbous, Full Moon, Waning Gibbous, Third/last quarter, Waning Crescent
• New Moon, Waning Crescent, First Quarter, Waning Gibbous, Full Moon, Waxing Gibbous, Third/Last Quarter, Waxing Cresecent 

Multiple Choice

Use the calendar to predict the moon phase on March 26th.

• Waxing Crescent

• Waning Crescent

• Waning Gibbous

• Waxing Gibbous

Multiple Choice

If we are experiencing a new moon on March 6 what will the moon look like on 15?

Multiple Choice

Why do we experience the changing of the season on the earth?

• distance from the sun
• rotation of the earth
• change in solar output
• tilt of the earth's axis

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What season is when the north pole is tilted toward the sun?

• summer
• winter
• fall
• spring

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What is the longest day of the year?

• winter solstice
• summer solstice
• fall equinox
• spring equinox

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What would seasons be like if Earth's axis were straight up and down and not tilted?

• Seasons would be the same.
• Seasons would be more extreme.
• There would be no seasons.

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Which location has the greatest number of hours of daylight?

• A

• B

• C

• D

• E

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The electromagnetic spectrum from long wavelength to short.

• gamma, xray, ultraviolet, visible light, infrared, microwaves, radio

• radio, visible, microwaves, infrared, ultraviolet,x ray, gamma

• radio, microwave, infrared, visible, ultraviolet, xray, gamma

• gamma,radio, microwave,infrared, visible, ultraviolet, xray

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The electromagnetic spectrum radiations have the same speed but different wavelength

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Causes sunburns

• Xrays

• Ultraviolet

• visible light

• gamma rays

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Has the longest wavelength

• gamma rays

• radio waves

• microwaves

• ultraviolet

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All types of electromagnetic radiation have the same _________ but different frequencies and wavelengths.

• Energy

• speed

• wavelength

• frequency

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This type of radiation can help heat up food and can be found in cellphones

• microwaves

• UV

• Infrared

• gamma

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Which of the following has longer wavelength than visible light but shorter wavelength than microwaves.

• radio waves

• infrared

• UV

• x ray

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As white light travels through a prism

• All the colors of the rainbow are seen

• Only red and purple are seen

• White light is absorbed

• White light is refracted

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Colors of white light low frequency to high

• red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet

• violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red.

• indigo, blue, red, orange, yellow, green, violet

• red, yellow, orange,green,blue,indigo,violet

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Which of the following daily uses are correct?

• UV and radio broadcasting

• gamma rays and heat detection

• microwaves and tanning

• radio waves and satellite communication

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As wavelength gets longer...

• Frequency increases

• Frequency decreases

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As wavelength gets shorter (decreases)...

• Frequency and energy increases

• Frequency and energy decreases

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Which color waves have the shortest wavelength?

• red

• yellow

• green

• violet

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What do electromagnetic waves NOT need to transfer energy?

• matter

• speed

• wavelength

• frequency

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Why does Earth experience sunrise and sunset each day?

• because Earth revolves each day around the sun

• because the sun rotates each day around Earth

• because the moon revolves around the sun

• because Earth rotates each day on its axis

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Why is it light during the day and dark at night?

• The sun stops producing light at night.

• B. The sun moves away from Earth at night.

• Only half of Earth is facing the sun as Earth rotates.

• D. Only half of the moon produces light as Earth

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Why do different parts of Earth receive different amounts of sunlight each day?

• a. Earth′s axis is tilted.

• B. Earth′s gravity is weak.

• c. Earth′s revolution speed increases during each day.

• D. Earth′s distance from the sun changes during each day

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Why do we experience the changing of the season on the earth?

• distance from the sun
• rotation of the earth
• change in solar output
• tilt of the earth's axix

Multiple Choice

What season is when the north pole is tilted toward the sun?

• summer
• winter
• fall
• spring

Multiple Choice

When is the winter solstice?

• December
• June
• March
• September

Multiple Choice

What is the longest day of the year?

• winter solstice
• summer solstice
• fall equinox
• spring equinox

Multiple Choice

When are the equinoxes?

• June & December
• July & January
• April & October
• March & September

Multiple Choice

Because of the direction that the Earth rotates on it's axis, what direction does the sun rise every day?

• north
• south
• east 
• west

Multiple Choice

If in the southern hemisphere is winter, what is the northern hemisphere?

• Shimoneta
• Winter
• Autumn
• Summer

Multiple Choice

At position A, which hemisphere would have summer?

• Northern hemisphere
• Southern hemisphere

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Very cold climates occur at Earth’s North and South Poles because the polar regions

• are usually farthest from the Sun
• absorb the greatest amount of insolation
• receive the most hours of daylight
• receive low-angle insolation

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On which day of the year would the intensity of insolation at Kingston, New York, most likely be greatest?

• March 21
• June 21
• September 21
• December 21

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Locations in the Northern Hemisphere are warmest in summer because sunlight in summer is

• least intense and of shortest duration
• least intense and of longest duration
• most intense and of shortest duration
• most intense and of longest duration

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In New York State, the risk of sunburn is greatest between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. on summer days because

• The air temperature is hot
• The angle of insolation is high
• Earth's surface reflects most of the sunlight
• The Sun is closest to the Earth

Multiple Choice

State the day represented by Sun's Path Z.

• September 23
• December 21
• March 20
• June 21

Multiple Choice

What time of the day is represented by the location of the Sun on the diagram?

• 6 AM
• 9 AM
• 12 PM
• 6 PM

Multiple Choice

What Latitude experiences direct Sun Rays on December 21st?

• 23.5°N
• 0° (Equator)
• 23.5° S
• 66.5° S

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The term equinox means....

• equal amount of day light and equal amount of night
• Equal amount of winter and summer
• Equal amounts of hot dogs for everyone
• The longest day of the year

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Earth's axis is tilted at - 

• 23.5 degrees
• 33.5 degrees
• 28 degrees
• 90 degrees

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Why do globes lean sideways?

• To allow them to spin easier.
• To demonstrate the tilt of Earth's axis.
• To demonstrate the effects of gravity.
• To demonstrate day and night.