(Jones) Astronomy Test Part 2

What season receives the most direct sunlight?

• summer
• winter
• fall
• spring

What is this a picture of?

• solar eclipse
• lunar eclipse
• waning gibbous
• waxing gibbous

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

• revolution
• rotation
• tilt
• ellipse

Summer occurs on the hemisphere of Earth that is ____.

• tilted toward the Sun
• turned away from the Sun
• tilted away from the Sun
• turned toward the Sun

When the Moon, Earth, and Sun are in line, the high tide is ____.

• highest
• lowest
• unchanged
• unpredictable

In this picture , we have ____ tides.

• neap
• spring
• normal
• fall

In this picture, what season is the Northern Hemisphere experiencing?

• winter
• spring
• summer
• fall

The moon revolves around _______________.

• Earth
• Sun
• Mars
• Jupiter

What is the angle of Earth’s tilt?

• 23.5
• 5
• 27
• 30

What do we call the turning of Earth on its axis?

• rotation
• waxing
• elliptical
• solstice