Earth and Space Science Test Review

What is the Lunar Cycle?

• The amount of time it takes the sun to revolve around the planets

• The amount of time it takes the moon to revolve around Earth

• The amount time it takes the moon to develop

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How long is the lunar cycle?

• About a year

• About a day

• About a month

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What phase of the moon directly follows (comes after) a new moon?

• Waning Gibbous

• Waning Crescent

• Waxing Crescent

• New Moon

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What phase of the moon directly follows a full moon?

• New moon

• Waxing crescent

• Waxing gibbous

• Waning Gibbous

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A full Solar Eclipse is when

• The moon casts a shadow on Earth

• Earth casts a shadow on the moon

• During the New moon phase

• Can only be seen from one specific point on Earth

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What would happen if Earth was tilted much less on its axis?

• a year would be longer

• Tides would not occur

• Eclipses would not take place

• Winters would be warmer

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What type of tide would this arrangement of the Sun, Earth and Moon create?

• Neap Tide

• Spring Tide

• New tide

• Tide detergent

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What type of tide would this arrangement of the Sun, Earth and Moon be?

• Neap Tide

• Spring Tide

• New tide

• Tide detergent

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The Sun's gravitational pull on Earth produces Earth's ________________.

• Tides

• Rotation

• Interaction with Mars and Venus

• Revolution

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If the Sun and Earth were farther apart and the Earth had a smaller mass, how would the gravitational pull change?

• The gravitational pull would decrease

• The gravitational pull would increase

• The gravitational pull would not change

• The gravitational pull would multiply

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