C1L3 - Eclipses and Tides

A _____ occurs when the Moon moves directly between the Sun and Earth and throws a shadow on Earth.

• solar eclipse

• waning gibbous

• lunar eclipse

• waxing gibbous

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

A wide light source creates a shadow with two parts. From which part can the light source be partially seen?

• umbra

• penumbra

• both parts

• neither part of the shadow

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NGSS.5-ESS1-2

The longest a total solar eclipse lasts is about how long?

• 1 minute

• 7 minutes

• 20 minutes

• 1 hour

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

A lunar eclipse can only occur during which type of moon phase?

• full moon

• new moon

• first quarter

• third quarter

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Why don’t lunar eclipses occur every full moon?

• The temperature is not always right for an eclipse.

• The Moon’s orbit around Earth and Earth’s orbit around the Sun are not in the same plane, so the three bodies only line up occasionally.

• The Moon’s orbit around the Sun and Earth’s orbit around the Sun are not in the same plane, so the three bodies only line up occasionally.

• The Moon’s orbit around Earth and the Sun’s orbit around Earth are not in the same plane, so the three bodies only line up occasionally.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

A tide is a _________ rise and fall of sea level.

• daily

• monthly

• yearly

• rarely

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What force is mostly responsible for tides?

• the gravity of the sun

• the gravity of the moon

• the gravity of Earth

• wind

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

The yearly orbit of Earth around the Sun is called its ____.

• rotation

• revolution

• eclipse

• tide

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The line on which an object rotates is defined as _________________.

• rotation axis

• spin axis

• tilted axis

• revolution axis

During which phase is just the right half of the Moon lit?

• full moon

• new moon

• first quarter

• third quarter

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1