What is a difference between spring and neap tides?

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

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

Spring tides are LOWER than neap tides

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

Why does Earth have seasons?

because the moon moves around the Earth

because the Earth gets closer to and then farther from the sun

because the temperature of the sun changes

What would change if the Earth was NOT tilted on its axis?

we would not have different seasons

we would not have day and night

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

Why is the Equator warmest?

Because it receives the most direct sunlight

Because it is closest to the sun.

Why don’t we have a solar eclipse every new moon?

The moon’s orbit is tilted 5 degrees in respect to the earth

The moon only orbits the earth 2 -5 times a year

We always see the same side of the moon because?

The moon rotates and revolves at roughly the same rate the Earth does

The moon revolves on axis slower than it rotates around Earth

What is a lunar month?

The time from one new moon to the next new moon.

The time from one full moon to the next full moon.

The time it takes the moon to orbit the earth.

One task shared by all the Apollo missions:

Take pictures of the landing vehicle.

Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong are two astronauts known for

First ones to complete a space walk

First ones to drive the moon rover

Which of the following is NOT true about a total solar eclipse?

It can be viewed from every spot on earth

It is dangerous to look at without the proper device

When it happens, the moon blocks all of the sun except the corona

You must be within the moon's umbra to see it

What three events can occur with this alignment of the sun, earth, and moon?

solar eclipse, new moon, spring tide

solar eclipse, new moon, neap tide

solar eclipse, full moon, neap tide

solar eclipse, full moon, spring tide

Why does a spring tide create much higher tides than normal tidal ranges?

Because the moon and sun are combining their gravitational strength

Because the moon is in its spring position, causing it to create more force

Because it happens during springtime when the water is the lightest

Because this is when the moon grows in size and goes super saiyan

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The spinning of an object on its axis is called______

orbit

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

revolution

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rotation

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The earth orbits around...

The sun.

the moon

other planets

the Milky Way

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The different shapes of the moon you see from Earth are called ________.

lunar eclipse

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What is responsible for the moon's illumination?

infrared rays

sunlight reflecting on the surace of the moon

sunlight bouncing off the earth's atmosphere

gamma rays

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Which is the MAIN cause of the ocean's tides?

the tilt of the Earth's axis

The earth's rotation on it's axis

the gravitational pull of the moon,

the uneven heating of the oceans by the sun

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

neap tide

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new moon tide

full moon tide

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Sun, Moon and Earth Relationship

The spinning of an object on its axis is called______

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

The earth orbits around...

The different shapes of the moon you see from Earth are called ________.

What is responsible for the moon's illumination?

Which is the MAIN cause of the ocean's tides?

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

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

What is a difference between spring and neap tides?

What do we call tides that have a smaller range that happen when the sun and moon are at right angles to each other?

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