Quiz about 8.7ABC -- Causes of Day/Night/Seasons, Lunar Cycle, Ocean Tides

Question 1

Why do globes lean sideways?

Accepted Answer

To demonstrate the tilt of Earth's axis.

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To allow them to spin easier.

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To demonstrate the effects of gravity.

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To demonstrate day and night.

Question 2

What causes the seasons to change?

Accepted Answer

Earth's tilt in relation to the sun.

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The warming and cooling of Earth's core.

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The distance from the sun.

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Earth's rotation on its axis.

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

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 4

Why does the area around the equator stay the same temperature all year?

Accepted Answer

The equator always receives direct sunlight.

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The equator rotates slower than the poles.

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The equator remains the same distance from the sun.

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The equator has 18 hour days.

Question 5

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 6

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 7

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 8

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

Accepted Answer

Spring

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Winter

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Summer

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Fall

Question 9

What is Earth's annual motion around the sun called?

Accepted Answer

Revolution

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Rotation

Question 10

One rotation of Earth is equal to

Accepted Answer

a day.

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a year.

Question 11

How long does Earth take to make a complete rotation?

Accepted Answer

24 hours

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365 days

Question 12

What would seasons be like if Earth's axis were straight up and down?

Accepted Answer

There would be no seasons.

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Seasons would be the same.

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Seasons would be more extreme.

Question 13

If Earth rotated slower, we would have...

Accepted Answer

longer days.

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shorter days.

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shorter years.

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longer years.

Question 14

Which seasons have an equal amount of daylight and darkness?

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Spring and Fall

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Winter and Summer

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Winter and Spring

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Summer and Fall

Question 15

The Northern Hemisphere gets __________ sunlight in the winter, which leads to _________ temperatures.

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less direct, colder

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less direct, hotter

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more direct, hotter

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more direct, colder

Question 16

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

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neap

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high

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low

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spring

Question 17

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

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spring

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high

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low

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neap

Question 18

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

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spring tide

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neap tide

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new moon tide

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full moon tide

Question 19

Waning phases are when the light is being:

Accepted Answer

Lost

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Gained

Question 20

Waxing phases are when the light is being:

Accepted Answer

Gained

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Lost

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Staying the same

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Neither

Question 21

What is it called when you are able to see half the moon and the light on the moon is decreasing?

Accepted Answer

3rd quarter

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New moon

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1st quarter

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Full Moon

Question 22

What is it called when more than half of the moon is lit on the right side and light is increasing?

Accepted Answer

Waxing gibbous

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Waxing cresent

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Waning gibbous

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Waning cresent

Question 23

Does this picture represent a waxing or waning moon?

Accepted Answer

waxing

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waning

Question 24

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

Accepted Answer

away

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towards

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up

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down

Question 25

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 26

What is this phase?

Accepted Answer

Waning Crescent

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Waxing Crescent

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Waxing Gibbous

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First Quarter

Question 27

Question 27.

Accepted Answer

2

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1

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3

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4

Question 28

Which phases are waxing?

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4 and 5

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1 and 2

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2 and 3

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3 and 4

Question 29

Which phases are waning?

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1 & 2

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2 & 4

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4 & 5

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5 & 1

Question 30

With this moon shining, which tide will be occurring?

Accepted Answer

Neap Tide

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Spring Tide

Question 31

On thursday it was a full moon, now, it's Sunday, what is the lunar phase?

Accepted Answer

Waning Gibbous

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New Moon

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Waning Crescent

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Waxing Gibbous

Question 32

New Moon, ______________, First Quarter

Accepted Answer

Waxing Crescent

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Waning Gibbous

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Waxing Gibbous

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Waning Crescent

Question 33

What Moon phase is this?

Accepted Answer

Waning Gibbous

Answer

Waning Crescent

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Waxing Crescent

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Waxing Gibbous

Question 34

To spin on its own axis

Accepted Answer

rotation

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revolution

Question 35

To go around another object

Accepted Answer

revolution

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rotation

Question 36

What moon phase is this picture?

Accepted Answer

This is the full moon phase.

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This is the waxing gibbous moon phase.

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This is the waning gibbous moon phase.

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This is the first quarter moon phase.

Question 37

If a New Moon occurred on April 1st, when would the moon be at position seven?

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in three weeks

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in one week

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in two weeks

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in four weeks

Question 38

If today was a full moon, what would be the moon phase in one week?

Accepted Answer

Third Quarter

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New Moon

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First Quarter

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Full Moon

Question 39

Rising and falling of Earth's sea levels due to the gravitational pull of the moon and sun on earth as it rotates.

Accepted Answer

Tides

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Moon Phases

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Seasons

Question 40

Strongest tides occurring during new and full moon

Accepted Answer

Spring tides

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Neap tides

Question 41

Weakest tides occurring during 1st and last quarter

Accepted Answer

Neap tide

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Spring tide

Question 42

Name the moon phase

Accepted Answer

waxing crescent

Answer

waning crescent

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waning gibbous

Answer

waxing gibbous

Question 43

Name the moon phase

Accepted Answer

waxing gibbous

Answer

waning crescent

Answer

waxing crescent

Answer

waning gibbous

Question 44

Name the moon phase

Accepted Answer

waning crescent

Answer

waxing crescent

Answer

waning gibbous

Answer

waxing gibbous

Question 45

Name the moon phase

Accepted Answer

waxing crescent

Answer

waning crescent

Answer

waning gibbous

Answer

waxing gibbous

Question 46

Name the moon phase

Accepted Answer

New Moon

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First Quarter

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Last Quarter

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Full Moon

Question 47

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 48

How much of the moon is always lit?

Accepted Answer

half

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can't tell

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always changes

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3/4

Question 49

What moon phase came right BEFORE this one?

Accepted Answer

New Moon

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First Quarter

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Last Quarter

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Full Moon

Question 50

How many phases does the moon go through?

Accepted Answer

8

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4

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10

Answer

16

Question 51

As the moon's shape appears to get smaller, we say that the moon is _.

Accepted Answer

waning

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swelling

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waxing

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disappearing

Question 52

Phases of the moon in which the moon appears to be getting larger are referred to as _.

Accepted Answer

waxing

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waning

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new

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eclipse

Question 53

The cycle of the moon lasts about a _.

Accepted Answer

month

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day

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year

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week

Question 54

Name the moon phase that would come AFTER this moon.

Accepted Answer

waning crescent

Answer

waxing crescent

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waning gibbous

Answer

waxing gibbous

Question 55

At position A, which hemisphere would have summer?

Accepted Answer

Northern hemisphere

Answer

Southern hemisphere

8.7ABC -- Causes of Day/Night/Seasons, Lunar Cycle, Ocean Tides

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