EARTH, MOON, AND SUN

If you were on an ocean shore, how many high tides would you expect in 24 hours?

• 1

• 2

• 4

• 8

Each day at the Equator there are about

• 6 hours of daylight in the winter and 18 in the summer

• 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness

• 24 hours of sunlight

• 18 hours of daylight in the winter and 6 in the summer

Which describes the different shapes the moon appears to be?

• crescent and gibbous

• waxing and gibbous

• waning and waxing

• waning and crescent

Solar eclipses only occur during which phase of the moon?

• full moon

• waxing gibbous

• waning crescent

• new moon

What are the light colored areas of the moon called?

• maria

• craters

• lunar highlands

• moon rocks

What lunar feature is a mare?

• a dark-colored plain formed from lava

• a light-colored plain covered with craters

• a dark-colored mountain formed from lava

• a light-colored mountain covered with craters

The light-colored areas of the Moon are known as

• the far side of the moon

• the near side of the moon

• the lunar lowlands

• the lunar highlands

At noon on the day of the summer solstice, the sun is ______.

• lowest in the sky

• below the horizon

• highest in the sky

• at a medium height in the sky