Unit 7 test

A _________ tide is when the gravitational pull of the Sun and Moon are in line with each other.

• Neap

• High

• Lower

• Spring

A ______ tide occurs when the gravitational pull of the Sun, Moon, and Earth are perpendicular to each other.

• Spring

• Neap

• High

• Low

A ____ is the spinning of a celestial body, such as a planet around an axis.

• Rotation

• Revolution

• Spinning

T or F: A lunar eclipse occurs when the moon travels between the Earth and the Sun.

• True

• False

T or F: A solar eclipse occurs when the moon travels between the Sun and Earth.

• True

• False

During which moon phases do eclipses occur?

• Full and New Moon

• Waxing and Waning Gibbous

• First and Third Quarter

• Waxing and Waning Gibbous

A ________ is the orbiting of an object around another object.

• Rotation

• Revolution

• Axis

T or F: You see both sides of the moon throughout the lunar cycle.

• True

• False

Where must the moon be in its orbit for the full moon phase to be visible?

• Above the poles

• On the side of Earth opposite the Sun

• In between the Sun and Earth

It is summer in the Northern Hemisphere, what season is it in the Southern Hemisphere?

• Summer

• Winter

• Autumn

• Fall