Tides and Moon Phases

What is the main reason for tides?

• moon’s gravitational pull

• tilt of the Earth

• the moon’s inertia

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Full moon and new moon cause _____

• Spring tides

• Neap tides

• Low tides

• High tides

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What moon phase would occur to cause a solar eclipse?

• full moon

• new moon

• quarter moon

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Waxing means to get ______ and is seen on the ______.

• larger, top

• bigger, right

• smaller, left

• bigger, left

• smaller, right

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What is the best description of how an 'eclipse' affects an object in space?

• one object creates a halo around another object

• one object makes another object rotate

• one object casts a shadow on another object

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When the sun, moon, and Earth are in a straight line, what type of tide occurs?

• Spring tide

• Neap tide

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A neap tide occurs during which 2 moon phases?

• full and new moon

• first and third quarter

• waxing and waning gibbous

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The moon is always half lit by the sun even though we don't always see that half.

• True

• False

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What moon phase is half lit on the left (look at the white side)?

• waning crescent

• third quarter

• waxing gibbous

• first quarter

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What moon phase is increasing and about 3/4 of the right is reflecting light (look at the white side)?

• waning crescent

• waxing gibbous

• waning gibbous

• waxing crescent

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