Seasons, Lunar Effects, and Gravity

As the Earth travels around the sun, this tilt causes different areas of the Earth’s surface to get different amounts of daylight at different times of the year. The angle of the Sun’s rays to the surface also causes areas to have more or less of the Sun’s energy. This causes the ________.

• months

• day and night

• seasons

• years

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At position A, which hemisphere would have summer?

• Northern hemisphere

• Southern hemisphere

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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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Which diagram shows the position of the Sun, Moon, and Earth during a spring tide?

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Jenny knows that when it is daytime on one part of Earth, it is nighttime on another. What makes daylight turn to darkness?

• the rotation of Earth

• the tilt of Earth on its axis

• Earth revolving around the Sun

• the Sun traveling away from Earth

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Natalie observed the Moon over a couple of weeks. Each night, the Moon appeared a little fuller. Natalie wants to predict which phase of the moon she can expect to see in the next few days. Based on Natalie’s observations, which phase of the moon will appear next?

• 1st Quarter

• Full Moon

• Waxing Crescent

• New Moon

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Which statement best explains why the sun appears to rise in the east and set in the west?

• The Earth revolves around the Sun

• The Earth rotates counter-clockwise on its axis

• The moon orbits the Earth

• The Sun revolves around the Earth

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If it is spring in the southern hemisphere, what season is the northern hemisphere having?

• summer

• winter

• spring

• fall

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As the moon orbits/revolves around the Earth is pulls on different parts of Earth causing _________?

• Tides

• Waves

• Seasons

If there is a New Moon on August 24th, when will the next new moon take place?

• August 31
• September 7
• September 12
• September 22

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