8th Science Qtr2 Test 1 Review

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

• Winter
• Spring
• Summer
• Fall

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

As the Earth rotates, the part of the Earth facing the sun has ________.

• an axis
• darkness (night)
• daylight
• winter

Tags

NGSS.5-ESS1-2

As the moon's shape appears to get smaller, we say that the moon is _.

• swelling
• waxing
• waning
• disappearing

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What phase comes AFTER this one?

• Waning Crescent
• Waning Gibbous
• Waxing Crescent
• Third Quarter

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

A _____________ tide occurs when the moon, sun, and Earth are aligned.  This is a period of the highest high tides and lowest low tides.

• neap
• spring
• slack water
• ebb

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

True or false: Half of the moon is always lit by the sun.

• True

• False

This is the moon phase calendar for the month of February. When would it make the most sense for the next new moon to occur in March?

• March 1st

• March 8th

• March 15th

• March 31st

Look at the earth labeled under the June Solstice. What is the season in the southern hemisphere?

• Summer

• Fall

• Winter

• Spring

Look at the earth labeled September equinox. What is the season in the northern hemisphere?

• Spring

• Summer

• Fall

• Winter

If there is a full moon which moon phase would we see next on earth?

• New moon

• Waxing crescent

• Waning crescent

• Waning gibbous