Tides, Seasons, and Gravity

Tides are caused by ___________

• wind
• gravitational pull of moon
• waves gravitation toward land
• rain

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What type of tides would this arrangement of earth-moon-sun create?

• neap tide

• spring tide

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What type of tide occurs during a new and full moon?

• Neap tides
• Spring tides
• Normal tides

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What type of tide occurs during the first or third quarter moon?

• Neap tides
• Spring tides
• Normal tides

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If the Sun, Earth, and Moon create a 90 degree angle, the Earth would have __________.

• Spring tides
• Neap tides
• Normal tides

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Which of the following best describes the tilt of the earth when it is summer in the southern hemisphere?

• The northern hemisphere is tilted toward the sun

• The northern hemisphere is tilted away from the sun

• The norther hemisphere is tilted neither toward or away from the sun

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The earth is a tilted planet.  What is the degree of tilt?

• Approximately 25 degrees
• Exactly 25 degrees
• 23.5 degrees
• 90 degrees with respect to the sun

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Which of the following best describes equinoxes?

• The earth is tilted neither toward or away from the sun
• The norther hemisphere is tilted toward the sun
• The northern hemisphere is tilted away from the sun
• The southern hemisphere is tilted toward the sun

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Which of the following best describes solstice.

• Either the longest or shortest day of the year for a hemisphere
• December 21 or 22
• June 21 or 22
• All of the above

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What season is it in the Southern Hemisphere when it is fall in the Northern Hemisphere?

• winter
• spring
• summer
• fall

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