Quiz about Sun, Earth and Moon Review

Question 1

What Moon phase is this?

Accepted Answer

New Moon

Answer

Old Moon

Answer

Far Side of the Moon

Answer

Waxing Gibbous

Question 2

What Moon phase is this?

Accepted Answer

Waning Gibbous

Answer

Waning Crescent

Answer

Waxing Crescent

Answer

Waxing Gibbous

Question 3

What Moon phase is this?

Accepted Answer

Waning Gibbous

Answer

Waning Crescent

Answer

Waxing Crescent

Answer

Waxing Gibbous

Question 4

What Moon phase is this?

Accepted Answer

Waxing Crescent

Answer

Waning Gibbous

Answer

Waning Crescent

Answer

Waxing Gibbous

Question 5

Name the moon phase

Accepted Answer

waning crescent

Answer

waxing crescent

Answer

waning gibbous

Answer

waxing gibbous

Question 6

Name the moon phase

Accepted Answer

Last (3rd) Quarter

Answer

First Quarter

Answer

New Moon

Answer

Full Moon

Question 7

Which moon phases are "crescents"?

Accepted Answer

2 and 8

Answer

1 and 5

Answer

4 and 6

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3 and 7

Question 8

Which moon phases are "gibbous"?

Accepted Answer

4 and 6

Answer

1 and 5

Answer

2 and 8

Answer

3 and 7

Question 9

Which moon phases are "waning"?

Accepted Answer

6 and 8

Answer

1 and 2

Answer

2 and 4

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1 and 5

Question 10

Which moon phases are "waxing"?

Accepted Answer

2 and 4

Answer

1 and 2

Answer

6 and 8

Answer

1 and 5

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

neap

Answer

high

Answer

low

Answer

spring

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

neap

Answer

high

Answer

low

Answer

spring

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

tides

Answer

gravity

Answer

lunar phases

Answer

dabbing

Question 14

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 15

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 16

High and low tides alternate every

Accepted Answer

6 hours

Answer

24 hours

Answer

12.5 hours

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25 hours

Question 17

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

Accepted Answer

false

Answer

true

Question 18

Neap tides occur once a month.

Accepted Answer

False

Answer

True

Question 19

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 20

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 21

The Earth's axis is tilted _____ degrees.

Accepted Answer

23.5

Answer

25.3

Answer

30.2

Answer

24

Question 22

At position A, which hemisphere would have summer?

Accepted Answer

Northern hemisphere

Answer

Southern hemisphere

Question 23

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

Accepted Answer

It is winter.

Answer

It is summer.

Answer

It is spring.

Answer

It is fall.

Question 24

The term equinox means....

Accepted Answer

equal amount of day light and equal amount of night

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Equal amount of winter and summer

Answer

Equal amounts of hot dogs for everyone

Answer

The longest day of the year

Question 25

What is the longest day of the year?

Accepted Answer

summer solstice

Answer

winter solstice

Answer

fall equinox

Answer

spring equinox

Question 26

Why do we experience the changing of the season on the earth?

Accepted Answer

tilt of the earth's axix

Answer

distance from the sun

Answer

rotation of the earth

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change in solar output

Question 27

Why is the Equator warmest?

Accepted Answer

Because it receives the most direct sunlight

Answer

Because it is closest to the sun.

Answer

Because no clouds form here.

Answer

Because it is far from the sun

Question 28

In spring/fall, the axis of the earth is pointed away or toward the sun?

Accepted Answer

Neither away or toward

Answer

towards

Answer

away

Question 29

Which season is taking place in the Southern Hemisphere in Position 1?

Accepted Answer

Summer

Answer

Winter

Answer

Spring

Answer

Fall

Question 30

Which season is taking place in the Northern Hemisphere in Position 1?

Accepted Answer

Winter

Answer

Spring

Answer

Summer

Answer

Fall

Question 31

Which season is taking place in the Northern Hemisphere in Position 2?

Accepted Answer

Spring

Answer

Winter

Answer

Summer

Answer

Fall

Question 32

Which season is taking place in the Northern Hemisphere in Position 3?

Accepted Answer

Summer

Answer

Winter

Answer

Spring

Answer

Fall

Question 33

Which season is taking place in the Northern Hemisphere in Position 3?

Accepted Answer

Summer

Answer

Winter

Answer

Spring

Answer

Fall

Question 34

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

Accepted Answer

Fall

Answer

Winter

Answer

Spring

Answer

Summer

Question 35

Why do globes lean sideways?

Accepted Answer

To demonstrate the tilt of Earth's axis.

Answer

To allow them to spin easier.

Answer

To demonstrate the effects of gravity.

Answer

To demonstrate day and night.

Question 36

What season is it in the Southern Hemisphere when it is fall in the Northern Hemisphere?

Accepted Answer

spring

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winter

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summer

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fall

Question 37

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

Accepted Answer

The equator always receives direct sunlight.

Answer

The equator rotates slower than the poles.

Answer

The equator remains the same distance from the sun.

Answer

The equator has 18 hour days.

Question 38

In the Northern Hemisphere, on which day will you receive the most daylight?

Accepted Answer

June 21

Answer

September 21

Answer

December 21

Answer

March 21

Question 39

What is the difference between a gibbous moon and a crescent moon?

Accepted Answer

The gibbous shows more than half of the bright side of the moon.

Answer

The crescent shows more than half of the bright side of the moon.

Answer

The gibbous shows less than half of the bright side of the moon.

Answer

There is no difference

Question 40

How many phases does the moon go through?

Accepted Answer

8

Answer

4

Answer

10

Answer

16

Question 41

The cycle of the moon lasts about a _.

Accepted Answer

month

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day

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year

Answer

week

Question 42

The moon ____________ around the Earth.

Accepted Answer

orbits

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rotates

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up

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down

Question 43

ROTATE vs REVOLVE
What causes the seasons?

Accepted Answer

The Earth revolving around the Sun on its tilted axis.

Answer

The Earth spinning or rotating

Question 44

If there is a 3rd Quarter moon on July 2nd, what is the approximate date of the next full moon?

Accepted Answer

July 23rd

Answer

July 9th

Answer

July 16th

Answer

July 30th

Question 45

A student keeps a record of the phases of the moon for one month. On the first night of the student's observations, the full moon is visible in the sky. After the full moon, which of these phases will the student observe next?

Accepted Answer

Waning gibbous moon

Answer

Waxing crescent moon

Answer

Waxing gibbous moon

Answer

Waning crescent moon

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