Chapter 8 Assessment

The data for March is not included in the bar graph. What is the most likely average number of daylight hours in St. Paul, Minnesota, during March?

• 9 hours

• 12 hours

• 15 hours

• 18 hours

The table describes average daily temperatures for a city over several weeks. The city has warm summers and cold, snowy winters. Which season is most likely shown in the table?

• Winter

• Spring

• Summer

• Fall

What solstice is the day of the year with the most sunlight?

• Summer solstice

• Winter solstice

• Spring solstice

• Fall solstice

When is a new Moon most likely to appear?

• On the 8th to 11th of May, June, July and August

• On the 8th and 11th of December, January, February, and March

• On the 22nd to the 25th of August, September, October, and November

• On the 16th to 19th of August, September, October, and November

What phase will be next? ______________

(a)  

• Waxing gibbous
• Waning Crescent
• Waxing crescent

In which month is Amarillo most likely to have an average of 13 hours of daylight each day?

• January

• February

• August

• October

The table shows average daily temperatures for a town over several weeks. The town has hot summers and cold, snowy winters. What season is most likely shown in the table?

• Summer

• Winter

• Spring

• Autumn

Day after day, daytime and nighttime follow each other. When is the length of daytime equal to the length of nighttime?

• Every day in summer and winter?

• Every day in spring in fall

• One summer in June and one winter day in December

• One spring day in march and one fall day in September

In Texas, when is daytime the longest and nighttime the shortest?

• A day in January, during the middle of winter

• A day in march, at the beginning of spring

• A day in June, at the end of spring and beginning of summer

• A day in September, at the beginning of fall

Observe the data in the table. How did the moon appear in the sky the two weeks between the two dates?

• The moon become larger, changing gradually into a full circle

• The moon become smaller, changing into a thin sliver

• It did not appear in the sky for the first week and then appeared during the second week

• The moon was a full circle for the first week then did not appear in the sky the second week