Chapter 1 - Test Reiew

Earth's rotation takes about

• 365 days

• 6 months

• 24 hours

• 1 month

Day and night are caused by

• the tilt of Earth's axis.

• Earth's revolution around the sun.

• eclipses.

• Earth's rotation on its axis.

One complete revolution of Earth around the sun takes about

• one rotation.

• one season.

• one year.

• one eclipse.

Earth has seasons because

• it rotates on its axis.

• the distance between Earth and the sun changes.

• its axis is tilted as it moves around the sun.

• the temperature of the sun changes.

When the north end of Earth’s axis is tilted toward the sun, North America will experience

• more indirect rays and shorter days.

• more indirect rays and longer days.

• more direct rays and shorter days.

• more direct rays and longer days.

The phase of the moon you see depends on

• where you are on Earth’s surface.

• how much of the sunlit side of the moon faces Earth.

• how much of the moon’s surface is lit by the sun.

• whether or not an eclipse is occurring.

From new moon phase to full moon phase, you see

• an increasing amount of the lighted side of the moon.

• a decreasing amount of the lighted side of the moon.

• the same amount of the lighted side of the moon.

• more of the lighted side, then less of the lighted side of the moon.

For a solar eclipse to occur,

• the sun must be directly between Earth and the moon.

• the moon must be directly between Earth and the sun.

• the moon must be directly behind Earth.

• Earth must be directly between the sun and the moon.

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

• new moon

• first quarter

• waxing gibbous

• full moon

When are tides highest?

• during the moon’s first quarter phase

• when the sun, Earth, and the moon are nearly in a line

• during the moon’s third quarter phase

• when the moon is at a right angle to the sun