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What season is it in the southern hemisphere?

• Winter
• Spring
• Summer
• Fall

What season is it in the Northern Hemisphere?

• Winter
• Summer
• Spring
• Fall

Why do we have seasons?

• The earth's rotation on its axis
• The earth's revolution around the sun
• The moon's gravity pull on the earth
• The Earth's tilt as it revolves around the sun

What causes day and night?

• The sun rises and sets
• The Earth rotating on its axis
• The Earth revolves around the sun
• The tilt of the Earth

What two things cause our tides?

• the seasons and moon phases
• the earths gravity and rotation
• Moon's gravity and earth's rotation
• moon's gravity and earth's revolution

If high tide is at 6am, what time will the next high tide be?

• 12 pm
• 12 am
• 6 pm
• 6 am

In the waxing phase, the moon appears to

• get bigger
• get smaller

What moon phase is shown in the picture?

• waxing gibbous
• waxing crescent
• waning gibbous
• waning crescent

In the waning phase, the moon appears to

• get bigger
• grow smaller

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Why are there 365 1/4 (365.25) days in a year?

• Earth's rotation takes this long.
• The tilt of the Earth.
• Earth's revolution takes this long.
• Our tilt is 23 degress.