unit 3

during what phase of the moon is a solar eclipse

• first quarter

• new moon

• full moon

• last quarter

a quarter moon is one-fourth of the way through its cycle, but what we see at this phase

• half of the moons visible surface

• all of the moon's visible surface

• none of the moons visible surface

What phase is the moon when it passes in between the earth and the sun

• new moon

• GIBBOUS

• first quarter

• waning gibbous

the average temperature in the northern hemisphere is coldest when...

• the suns rays strike the northern at lowest angle

• earth is farthest from the sun

• earths axis is tilted toward the sun

• all of the above

when the north pole is tilted toward the sun which area has the fewest hours of day light

• arctic circle

• antarctic circle

• areas of tropic cancer

• areas at equator

The diagram below is a model showing Earth’s position as it orbits the sun.

Which position in the diagram represents the first official day of summer in the northern hemisspere

• posistion 1

• po: 2

• po: 3

• po: 4

when is the sun directly over the equator

• winter solstice

• vernal and autmnal equinoxs

• summer and winter solstices

• summer solstice

about how long does it take the moon to orbit earth

• 24 hours

• 28 days

• 365 days

• 60 days

what is the movement of an object moving on its axis in space

• revolution

• orbiting

• rotation

• parallelism

which faze of the moon is it when it passes between the earth and moon

• vernal equinox

• lunar eclipse

• lunar apogee

• solar eclipse