Earth's Motion, Tilt, Moon Phases, Tides & Energy

What moon phase is shown?

• Full
• First Quarter
• Wanning Gibbous
• New

Tides are caused mainly by...

• Strong winds blowing water onto the coast
• The pull of the Moon on the Earth
• Difference in how the Sun pulls the Earth
• Earth's rotation which causes water to move.

Which term best describes the motion of the Earth in it's orbit around the Sun?

• Solstice
• Revolution
• Rotation
• Eclipse

What does the Earth's tilt cause?

• The seasons
• Day and night
• earthquakes
• tides

What causes eclipses?

• The position of the Earth and Sun
• The position of the Earth, Moon, and Sun
• The position of the Earth and Moon
• None of the above

What is the shape of the Earth's orbit around the Sun.

• Circular
• Counter clockwise
• Elliptical, slightly oval
• back and forth

This occurs when Earth is farthest from the Sun resulting in long summer and short winter days

• Winter
• Solstice
• Equinox
• Eclipse

A solar eclipse occurs when

• The Sun's shadow is cast on the Earth and moon
• The moon's shadow is cast on the Earth
• The Earth's shadow is is cast on the moon.

What causes the Moon to revolve around Earth

• the Sun's gravity
• the Moon's gravity
• the Earth's gravity 
• the Moon's lack of gravity

What Moon phase is this?

• Full Moon
• Waxing Gibbous
• New Moon
• Half Moon