Earth, Phases of the Moon, Eclipses and Tides Review

The phase of the Moon that immediately follows the new moon is the____.

• waxing crescent

• waning cresent

• first quarter

• third quarter

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A _____ occurs when the Moon moves directly between the Sun and Earth and throws a shadow on Earth.

• Solar Eclipse

• Lunar Eclipse

• waning gibbous

• waxing gibbous

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When do the Sun's rays strike the Earth at it's northermost and Southernmost position?

• Lunar Eclipses

• Solar Eclipses

• winter and summer solstices

• spring and fall equinoxes

The yearly orbit of the Earth around the Sun is called its

• rotation

• ellipse

• revolution

• tilt

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Summer occurs on the hemisphere of Earth that is _____.

• turned away from the Sun

• tilted toward the Sun

• tilted away from the Sun

• turned toward the Sun

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What occurs when the moon is directly between the Sun and the Earth?

• Moon Phases

• Lunar Eclipse

• High Tide

• Solar Eclipse

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As the Moon orbits Earth, the waters of Earth closest to the Moon bulge outward toward the Moon. This bulge is called _____.

• low tide

• trendy waves

• currents

• high tide

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When the Sun, Moon and earth form a 90 degree angle, we have ____ tides.

• spring

• neap

• normal

• fall

What causes day and night?

• Earth's tilt

• Earth's revolution

• Earth's rotation

• eclipses

Why does Earth have seasons?

• Earth's rotation

• Earth changes distance from the Sun

• Earth tilts as it rotates around the Sun

• Earth's revolution

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