Quiz about 8.7A-C

Question 1

The Moon ________ around the Earth.

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revolves

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moves parallel

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rotates

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moves perpendicular

Question 2

What moon phase is at position 1?

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new moon

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waxing gibbous

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waning gibbous

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waning crescent

Question 3

What moon phase is at position 6?

Accepted Answer

waning gibbous

Answer

waxing crescent

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waxing gibbous

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waning crescent

Question 4

What moon phase is at position 5?

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full moon

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waxing crescent

Answer

waxing gibbous

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waning crescent

Question 5

What moon phase is at position 3?

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1st quarter

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waxing crescent

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3rd quarter

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waning crescent

Question 6

What moon phase is at position 7?

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3rd quarter

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1st quarter

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waning gibbous

Answer

waning crescent

Question 7

What moon phase is at position 8?

Accepted Answer

waning crescent

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waxing crescent

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waxing gibbous

Answer

waning gibbous

Question 8

What moon phase is at position 4?

Accepted Answer

waxing gibbous

Answer

waxing crescent

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waning gibbous

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waning crescent

Question 9

What moon phase is at position 2?

Accepted Answer

waxing crescent

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waxing gibbous

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waning gibbous

Answer

waning crescent

Question 10

Name the moon phase

Accepted Answer

waxing crescent

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waning crescent

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waning gibbous

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waxing gibbous

Question 11

Name the moon phase

Accepted Answer

waxing gibbous

Answer

waning crescent

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waxing crescent

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waning gibbous

Question 12

Name the moon phase

Accepted Answer

waning crescent

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waxing crescent

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waning gibbous

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waxing gibbous

Question 13

Name the moon phase

Accepted Answer

waxing crescent

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waning crescent

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waning gibbous

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waxing gibbous

Question 14

How long does it take to cycle completely from one full moon to the next full moon?

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about 1 month

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about 1 day

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about 1 year

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about 1 week

Question 15

Name the moon phase

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waning gibbous

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waning crescent

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waxing crescent

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waxing gibbous

Question 16

Name the moon phase

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New Moon

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First Quarter

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Last Quarter

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Full Moon

Question 17

Name the moon phase

Accepted Answer

Full Moon

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First Quarter

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Last Quarter

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New Moon

Question 18

Name the moon phase

Accepted Answer

First Quarter

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Last Quarter

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New Moon

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Full Moon

Question 19

Name the moon phase

Accepted Answer

Last Quarter

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First Quarter

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New Moon

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Full Moon

Question 20

Which moon phase is nearest the sun?

Accepted Answer

New moon

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Full Moon

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1st quarter moon

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3rd quarter moon

Question 21

Which moon phase is furthest from the sun?

Accepted Answer

Full Moon

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New moon

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1st quarter moon

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3rd quarter moon

Question 22

Which means getting bigger or brighter?

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waxing

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waning

Question 23

Which means getting dimmer or decreasing?

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waning

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waxing

Question 24

How long does it take for the Earth to spin on its axis?

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24 hours

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It doesn't spin

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365 days

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3651/4 days

Question 25

What are the reasons for the season?

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Earth's tilt & revolution

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Earth's tilt & rotation

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Earth's rotation & rovolution

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Earth's tilt & resolution

Question 26

The hemisphere where you live

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northern

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equator

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southern

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eastern

Question 27

In winter, the axis of the earth is pointed away or toward the sun?

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away

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towards

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up

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down

Question 28

In summer, the axis of the earth is pointed away or toward the sun?

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towards

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up

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down

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away

Question 29

What season is depicted in the picture?

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summer

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winter

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fall

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spring

Question 30

What season is depicted in the picture?

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winter

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summer

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fall

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spring

Question 31

Which season is taking place in the Southern Hemisphere in Position 1?

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Summer

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Winter

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Spring

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Fall

Question 32

Which season is taking place in the Northern Hemisphere in Position 1?

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Winter

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Spring

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Summer

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Fall

Question 33

Which season is taking place in the Northern Hemisphere in Position 2?

Accepted Answer

Spring

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Winter

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Summer

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Fall

Question 34

Which season is taking place in the Northern Hemisphere in Position 3?

Accepted Answer

Summer

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Winter

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Spring

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Fall

Question 35

Which season is taking place in the Northern Hemisphere in Position 4?

Accepted Answer

Fall

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Winter

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Spring

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Summer

Question 36

If its ____ in the Northern hemisphere, then its fall in the Southern hemisphere.

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spring

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summer

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fall

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winter

Question 37

If its ____ in the Northern hemisphere, then its summer in the Southern hemisphere.

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winter

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spring

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summer

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fall

Question 38

What causes more heat,  indirect sunlight or direct sunlight?

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direct

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indirect

Question 39

The term equinox means....

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equal amount of day light and equal amount of night

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Equal amount of winter and summer

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Equal amounts of hot dogs for everyone

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The longest day of the year

Question 40

The Earth's axis is tilted _____ degrees.

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23.5

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25.3

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30.2

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24

Question 41

At position A, which hemisphere would have summer?

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Northern hemisphere

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Southern hemisphere

Question 42

At position D in the Northern hemisphere it would be _____?

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Spring

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Summer

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Winter

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Fall

Question 43

The Earth's _______ is an imaginary line that goes from the North Pole to the South Pole.

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axis

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vernal equinox

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solar eclipse

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solar flare

Question 44

What happens when the area in which you live tilts away from the sun?

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It is winter.

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It is summer.

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It is spring.

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It is fall.

Question 45

Day and night is caused by the _____________ of earth on its axis.

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rotation

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revolution

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orbit

Question 46

How long does it take the Earth to make one REVOLUTION around the Sun?

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365.25 days

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12 hours

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24 hours

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29.5 days

Question 47

The season that comes before winter is?

Accepted Answer

fall

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summer

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winter

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spring

Question 48

(8.7A) The diagram below shows four positions in Earth's orbit around the sun.
The Northern Hemisphere experiences the beginning of spring when Earth is in-

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Position 3

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Position 1

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Position 2

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Position 4

Question 49

(8.7A) A student draws the model shown below.
Which of these best compares the conditions at Location X and Location Y?

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It is winter at Location Y and summer at Location X

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It is day at Location X and night at Location Y

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There are more hours of daylight at Location X than at Location Y

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The moon is brighter when viewed from Location X than when viewed from Location Y

Question 50

(8.7B) The diagram below shows four phases of the moon as it revolves around Earth.
A student builds a model based on this diagram. The student uses foam balls to represent the moon and Earth and a flashlight to represent the sun. The student should shine the flashlight on the model of Earth from Position

Accepted Answer

4

Answer

1

Answer

2

Answer

3

Question 51

(8.7B) Some students used records from the U.S. Naval Observatory to make the table below of the percent of the moon that was visible on each night in January 2011.
Based on this data, what part of the lunar cycle occurred between January 5 and Januray 7?

Accepted Answer

Waxing crescent moon

Answer

Waning crescent moon

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full moon

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new moon

Question 52

_______are daily changes in ocean water.

Accepted Answer

Tides

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Waters

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Colors

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Earths

Question 53

Tides are caused by what force from the sun and moon?

Accepted Answer

gravitational

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strong

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tidal force

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armed forces

Question 54

Spring tides have the largest tidal ranges because...

Accepted Answer

the earth, moon, and sun are aligned for greater gravitational force.

Answer

the moon has the strongest gravitational force.

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the sun has the most gravitational force.

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none of the above

Question 55

Neap tides happen at _________ and _________ phases of the moon.

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1st quarter and 3rd quarter

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first quarter and new moon

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last quarter and full moon

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waxing and waning

Question 56

During a neap tide, the sun, moon, and earth are at a ___________ angle.

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90 degree

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360 degree

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23.5 degree

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45 degree

Question 57

What type of tide is evident when the moon is in the full moon phase?

Accepted Answer

spring tide

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high tide

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low tide

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neap tide

Question 58

What is a difference between spring and neap tides?

Accepted Answer

Spring tides occur when the earth and sun are IN LINE with the new or full moon.

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Spring tides occur when moon in 3rd or 1st quarter phases

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Spring tides are LOWER than neap tides

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Spring tides occur in Spring and neap tides can occur in any season

Question 59

What happens when there is a spring tide

Accepted Answer

High tides and very low tides

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Short Tides and semi-short tides

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low tides and medium tides

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small tidal ranges

Question 60

What type of tides would this arrangement of earth-moon-sun create?

Accepted Answer

spring tide

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neap tide

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new moon tide

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full moon tide

Question 61

What type of tide would this arrangement of earth-moon-sun create?

Accepted Answer

neap tide

Answer

full moon tide

Answer

new moon tide

Answer

spring tide

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