SSA Space Prep2

Earth is tilted at:

• 23.5 degrees
• 45.5 degrees
• 90 degrees
• 120 degrees

In summer, hemispheres have:

• less direct sunlight
• more direct sunlight
• equal sunlight
• more indirect light

If the Earth's tilt was equal, what effect would that have on seasons? 

• Longer seasons
• Longer days
• Shorter days
• Seasons would be same year round

Waning is:

• Increasing light 
• Decreasing light
• High Tide
• Low tide 

A full moon creates: 

• Higher than normal high tides
• Lower than normal high tides
• Higher than normal flares
• Lower than normal flares

A lunar eclipse occurs when the line up is this:

• Sun -Earth-Moon
• Moon, Sun, Earth
• Earth-Sun-Moon
• Sun-Moon-Earth

The part of the sun that can only be seen during a total eclipse is: 

• Core
• Chromosphere
• Photosphere
• Corona

A spring tide occurs when? 

• During the first quarter
• During a waxing gibbous
• Durin a new moon
• During a full moon

What control does the moon have on Earth? 

• It controls waves
• It controls Earth's rotation
• It controls the speed of revolution
• It controls the tides

What is the name of the moon phase shown in this picture? 

• New Moon
• Full moon
• 1st quarter
• 3rd quarter