Quiz about Planetary Science Review

Question 1

Name the moon phase

Accepted Answer

waxing crescent

Answer

waning crescent

Answer

waning gibbous

Answer

waxing gibbous

Question 2

Name the moon phase

Accepted Answer

waxing gibbous

Answer

waning crescent

Answer

waxing crescent

Answer

waning gibbous

Question 3

Name the moon phase

Accepted Answer

waxing crescent

Answer

waning crescent

Answer

waning gibbous

Answer

waxing gibbous

Question 4

Name the moon phase

Accepted Answer

waxing crescent

Answer

waning crescent

Answer

waning gibbous

Answer

waxing gibbous

Question 5

Name the moon phase

Accepted Answer

New Moon

Answer

First Quarter

Answer

Last Quarter

Answer

Full Moon

Question 6

Name the moon phase

Accepted Answer

Full Moon

Answer

First Quarter

Answer

Last Quarter

Answer

New Moon

Question 7

Name the moon phase

Accepted Answer

First Quarter

Answer

Last Quarter

Answer

New Moon

Answer

Full Moon

Question 8

Name the moon phase

Accepted Answer

Last Quarter

Answer

First Quarter

Answer

New Moon

Answer

Full Moon

Question 9

Name the moon phase that would come AFTER this moon.

Accepted Answer

waning crescent

Answer

waxing crescent

Answer

waning gibbous

Answer

waxing gibbous

Question 10

The four parts of a year

Accepted Answer

season

Answer

space

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time

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tide

Question 11

What season is letter A?

Accepted Answer

Summer

Answer

Winter

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Spring

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Fall

Question 12

What are the reasons for the seasons?

Accepted Answer

Earth's tilt and revolution.

Answer

Earth's tilt and rotation.

Answer

Earth's rotation and revolution.

Answer

Earth's tilt and resolution

Question 13

When the Northern Hemisphere is pointing towards the sun, what season is the Southern Hemisphere?

Accepted Answer

Winter

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Spring

Answer

Fall

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Summer

Question 14

Tides are caused by ___________

Accepted Answer

gravitational pull of moon

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wind

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waves gravitation toward land

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rain

Question 15

Which way does the moon revolve?

Accepted Answer

counter clockwise

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clockwise

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some times it changes direction

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it doesn't revolve

Question 16

When the moon is in between the earth and the sun it is a

Accepted Answer

New Moon

Answer

Full Moon

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First Quarter

Answer

Third Quarter

Question 17

Waxing means...

Accepted Answer

Growing

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Dying

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Losing light

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Moving

Question 18

Which of the following statements is most accurate about the Movement of Earth and the Sun?

Accepted Answer

The Earth rotates and revolves around the Sun

Answer

The Sun revolves around the Earth

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The Earth rotates around the Sun

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The Earth revolves around the Sun

Question 19

What would be the result if the Earth's axis was not tilted but straight up and down?

Accepted Answer

There would be no seasons

Answer

Nothing would change

Answer

Days would get longer

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The Equator would burn up and the poles would freeze

Question 20

Name the phase of the moon for letter a

Accepted Answer

First Quarter

Answer

Last Quarter

Answer

Waxing Gibbous

Answer

Waning Gibbous

Question 21

Name the phase of the moon for letter f

Accepted Answer

Waning Gibbous

Answer

Waxing Gibbous

Answer

Waning Crescent

Answer

Waxing Crescent

Question 22

What is illuminating the Moon?

Accepted Answer

Sunlight

Answer

Nuclear Fusion

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Mirrors

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Flood Lights

Question 23

What is a high tide?

Accepted Answer

Sea pulled TOWARD the moon where Earth is CLOSEST to the moon

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Sea pulled AWAY from the moon where Earth is FARTHEST to the moon

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Sea pulled AWAY from the moon where Earth is CLOSEST to the moon

Question 24

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

Accepted Answer

neap

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high

Answer

low

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spring

Question 25

Differences in the moon's and sun's pull on different sides of the Earth cause _________.

Accepted Answer

tides

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gravity

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lunar phases

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dabbing

Question 26

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

Accepted Answer

spring

Answer

high

Answer

low

Answer

neap

Question 27

The bulge of water on the side of the Earth closest to the moon produces ___________.

Accepted Answer

high tide

Answer

low tide

Answer

neap tide

Answer

spring tide

Question 28

Water flows toward the high tides, halfway between them causing ____________.

Accepted Answer

low tides

Answer

neap tide

Answer

high tide

Answer

spring tide

Question 29

Tides are the cycle of rising and falling ocean water that repeats automatically every

Accepted Answer

12.5 hours

Answer

24 hours

Answer

25 hours

Answer

6.25 hours

Question 30

A neap tide is a tide with the greatest difference between low and high tides

Accepted Answer

false

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true

Question 31

Neap tides occur once a month.

Accepted Answer

False

Answer

True

Question 32

Tides are caused mainly by the differences in how much gravity from the moon and the sun pulls on different parts of the Earth.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 33

Changes in the positions of Earth, the moon, and the sun affect the height of high tides during a month.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 34

In order to have an eclipse, the Moon, Sun and Earth have to be?

Accepted Answer

In alignment

Answer

Below each other

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Above each other

Question 35

A lunar eclipse can occur only during the _________________.

Accepted Answer

Full moon

Answer

New moon

Answer

Waxing moon

Question 36

A solar eclipse can occur only during the _________________.

Accepted Answer

New moon

Answer

Full moon

Answer

Quarter moon

Question 37

Which type of eclipse occurs when the Moon comes directly between Earth and the Sun?

Accepted Answer

Solar eclipse

Answer

Lunar eclipse

Question 38

Which type of eclipse occurs when the Moon comes directly between Earth and the Sun?

Accepted Answer

Solar eclipse

Answer

Lunar eclipse

Question 39

Which type of eclipse occurs when the Earth comes directly between the Sun and Moon?

Accepted Answer

Lunar eclipse

Answer

Solar eclipse

Question 40

During what phase of the moon can a lunar eclipse occur?

Accepted Answer

Full Moon

Answer

3rd Quarter

Answer

1st Quarter

Answer

New Moon

Question 41

For a solar eclipse to occur, what has to happen?

Accepted Answer

The moon must be directly between Earth and the Sun.

Answer

The sun must be directly between Earth and the moon.

Answer

Earth must be directly between the Sun and the moon.

Question 42

When the Earth's shadow falls on the moon, the shadow causes what to happen?

Accepted Answer

Lunar eclipse

Answer

Solar eclipse

Answer

Partial eclipse

Question 43

This type of eclipse occurs when the moon blocks the sunlight from reaching Earth?

Accepted Answer

Solar eclipse

Answer

Lunar eclipse

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Total eclipse

Question 44

Most places on Earth experience about how many high and low tides in 24 hours?

Accepted Answer

2 high and 2 low tides

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4 high and 4 low tides

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1 high and 1 low tides

Question 45

What type of tide occurs during a new and full moon?

Accepted Answer

Spring tides

Answer

Neap tides

Answer

Normal tides

Question 46

What type of tide occurs during the first or third quarter moon?

Accepted Answer

Neap tides

Answer

Spring tides

Answer

Normal tides

Question 47

If the Sun, Earth, and Moon are in perfect alignment, the Earth would have a _______ tide.

Accepted Answer

Spring

Answer

Neap

Answer

Normal

Question 48

If the Sun, Earth, and Moon create a 90 degree angle, the Earth would have __________.

Accepted Answer

Neap tides

Answer

Spring tides

Answer

Normal tides

Question 49

The order of the planets is:

Accepted Answer

Mercury,Venus,Earth
Mars,Jupiter,
Saturn,Uranus
Neptune

Answer

Mars,Venus,Earth,
Mercury,Saturn
Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune

Answer

Earth,Venus,Mars
Jupiter, Neptune,
Mercury,Saturn,
Uranus

Question 50

Which planet is fifth from the sun?

Accepted Answer

Jupiter

Answer

Saturn

Answer

Mars

Answer

Earth

Question 51

Which planet is seventh from the sun?

Accepted Answer

Uranus

Answer

Saturn

Answer

Earth

Answer

Venus

Question 52

which planet is the third from the sun?

Accepted Answer

Earth

Answer

Mercury

Answer

Neptune

Answer

Pluto

Question 53

Which Planet comes after Earth in the solar system?

Accepted Answer

Mars

Answer

Mercury

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Venus

Answer

Eros

Question 54

The spinning of an object on its axis is called______

Accepted Answer

rotation

Answer

orbit

Answer

revolution

Answer

tide

Question 55

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

Accepted Answer

rotation

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revolution

Answer

orbit

Question 56

The earth orbits around...

Accepted Answer

the sun.

Answer

the moon

Answer

other planets

Answer

the Milky Way

Question 57

What are the reasons for the seasons?

Accepted Answer

Earth's tilt and revolution.

Answer

Earth's tilt and rotation.

Answer

Earth's rotation and revolution.

Answer

Earth's tilt and resolution

Question 58

When the Northern Hemisphere of Earth is Leaning away from the Sun, What season is the Southern Hemisphere experiencing?

Accepted Answer

Summer

Answer

Winter

Answer

Spring

Answer

Fall

Question 59

How long does it take the Earth to make one REVOLUTION around the Sun?

Accepted Answer

365 days

Answer

12 hours

Answer

24 hours

Answer

29.5 days

Question 60

How long does it take for Earth to complete on full rotation?

Accepted Answer

24 hours

Answer

365 days

Answer

23 hours

Answer

1 month

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