Eclipses and Tides

A solar eclipse only occurs during which moon phase?

• 1st Quarter
• New Moon
• Full Moon
• 3rd Quarter

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A lunar eclipse only occurs during which moon phase?

• New Moon
• 3rd Quarter
• Full Moon
• 1st Quarter

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Why isn't there an eclipse every month?

• Because the moon orbits the sun differently than Earth does.
• Because the Earth's orbit and the moon's orbit are at the same angle, flat plane.
• Because the moon's orbit is offset from Earth's orbit by 1.5°, not in a flat plane.
• Because the lunar cycle is longer than a month.

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Which type of eclipse is shown in the diagram?

• Solar Eclipse
• Lunar Eclipse
• Total Eclipse
• Partial Eclipse

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A[n] ___________ tide occurs when the sun, Earth, and the moon are nearly in a line. 

• spring
• high
• low
• neap

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A[n] ______________ tide occurs when the sun is at right angles to the line between Earth and the moon. 

• high
• neap
• low
• spring

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A neap tide occurs during which two lunar phases?

• Full Mooon and New Moon

• Waxing Crescent and Waning Crescent

• Waxing Gibbous and Waning Gibbous

• 1st Quarter and 3rd Quarter

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What type of type of tide is it if the Moon is in Letter A

• spring
• neap
• solar
• lunar

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What type of type of tide is it if the Moon is in Letter B

• Neap
• Spring
• Lunar
• Solar

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What phase is diagram #6 showing?

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

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