Tides and Eclipses

The gravitational pull causes

• one low tide and one high tide per day

• two low tides and two high tides per day

• two low tides and two high tides per week

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Which force did Sir Isaac Newton discover?

• gravity

• tides

• currents

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What does the Moon have an effect on?

• changing seasons

• size of the sun

• the ocean tides

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What situation exists during a solar eclipse?

• Earth is in the shadow of the Moon.

• The Moon covers the entire Sun.

• Two planets align between the sun and the Earth

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During what moon phase does a spring tide occur?

• First quarter and last

• Full and first quarter

• Full and new moon

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During what phase does a neap tide occur?

• First and last quarter

• First and new moon

• Last and new moon

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A ____________ eclipse occurs when Earth's shadow falls on the Moon.

• solar

• lunar

• neap

• spring

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A lunar eclipse can only happen during what type of moon phase?

• first quarter moon

• new moon

• full moon

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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

• waxing gibbous

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A tide is a _____ rise and fall of sea level.

• month

• daily

• yearly

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