Chapter 10 Test

What occurs on September 22 or 23, when daylight and darkness hours are equal?

• autumnal equinox

• vernal equinox

• summer solstice

• winter solstice

What is an imaginary line through the center of Earth from the North Pole to the South Pole?

• revolution

• axis

• moon phases

• lunar eclipse

What is one orbit around the Sun?

• lunar eclipse

• solar eclipse

• moon phases

• revolution

What occurs on June 21 or 22 and is the longest day in the Northern Hemisphere?

• autumnal equinox

• summer solstice

• vernal equinox

• winter solstice

What occurs on March 20 or 21, when daylight and darkness hours are equal?

• autumnal equinox

• summer solstice

• vernal equinox

• winter solstice

What occurs on December 21 or 22 and is the shortest day in the Northern Hemisphere?

• autumnal equinox

• summer solstice

• vernal equinox

• winter solstice

What happens when Earth passes directly between the Sun and the Moon, casting a shadow on the Moon?

• Moon phases

• Lunar eclipse

• Solar eclipse

• Axis

What are shapes created by the changing amounts of the visible lit areas of the Moon?

• Revolution

• Axis

• Moon phases

• Vernal Equinox

What happens when the Moon passes directly between the Sun and Earth, casting a shadow on Earth?

• Winter solstice

• Lunar eclipse

• Moon phases

• Solar eclipse

Why is it warmer in the summer? Select all that apply.

• Earth tilts toward the Sun, so the rays are more concentrated.

• Darkness lasts longer, with more hours of warmer sunlight.

• Daylight lasts longer, with more hours of warmer sunlight.

• Earth tilts away from the Sun, so the rays are more concentrated.