Earth Science: Earth, Sun, Moon

What celestial body mostly affects the high and low tides on Earth?

• The sun

• The Earth

• Mercury

• The Moon

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What causes the day-night cycle on Earth?

• The axis tilt of Earth

• The moon

• The rotation of the Earth

• The revolution of the Earth

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We observe a dark moon. Over the next seven days the moon starts to become illuminated. What two phases is the moon between?

• First quarter and full moon

• Third/Last quarter and new moon

• Full moon and Third/Last quarter

• New moon and First Quarter

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Regular eclipses of the Sun and the Moon are best explained by which of the following?

• What the Moon, Sun, and Earth are made of

• The movement and alignment of Earth and the Moon around the Sun

• The orbits of all 8 planets in our solar system

• The sun's rotation

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The Sun is a star that Earth and the other planets revolve around. The Sun has a large gravitational pull. The gravitational attraction of the Sun contributes most to which of the following?

• The rotation of the moon

• The high and low tides

• The motion of the planets

• The composition of the moon

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We see a completely illuminated moon. Over the next few days the moon starts to become less illuminated. What two phases is the moon between?

• New Moon and First Quarter

• First Quarter and Full Moon

• Full Moon and Third Quarter

• Third Quarter and New Moon

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During a spring tide the tidal range is much

• higher

• lower

• more predictable

• more unpredictable

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During a neap tide the tidal range is much

• higher

• lower

• more predictable

• more unpredictable

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Earth has seasons because

• it rotates on its axis.

• its axis is tilted as it moves around the sun.

• the distance between Earth and the sun changes.

• the temperature of the sun changes.

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The phase of the moon you see depends on

• where you are on Earth’s surface.

• how much of the sunlit side of the moon faces Earth.

• how much of the moon’s surface is lit by the sun.

• whether or not an eclipse is occurring.

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