Tides, Eclipses, Seasons and Moon Phases 2025

Which fact provides the best evidence that Earth's axis is tilted?

• Locations on Earth's Equator received 12 hours of daylight every day.
• The apparent diameter of the Sun shows predictable changes in size.
• Planetary winds are deflected to the right in the Northern Hemisphere and to the left in the Southern Hemisphere.
• Winter occurs in the Southern Hemisphere at the same time that summer occurs in the Northern Hemisphere.

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The passage of the Moon into Earth's shadow causes a

• lunar eclipse
• solar eclipse
• new Moon
• full Moon

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The cyclic rise and fall of ocean tides on Earth is primarily caused by Earth's rotation and the

• temperature differences in ocean currents
• revolution on Earth around the Sun
• direction of Earth's planetary winds
• gravitational attraction of the Moon and the Sun

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Base your answer to the following question on the calendar below, which shows the month of February of 2014. Eclipses do NOT occur every month because the Moon's

• rate of rotation is 15 degrees each hour
• moon's orbit in on a 5 degree tilt
• period of revolution is 273.3 days
• period of rotation and period of revolution are the same

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Which description of change is most closely associated with ocean tides and moon phases?

• cyclic and predictable
• cyclic and unpredictiable
• noncyclic and predictable
• noncyclic and unpredictable

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Summer days in Ohio are likely to be hotter than winter days because in summer

• Earth is closer to the Sun
• the number of sunspots increases
• Earth's northern axis is tilted toward the Sun
• the Sun gives off more energy

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The passage of the moon into Earth's shadow causes a

• lunar eclipse
• solar eclipse
• new moon
• full moon

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Base your answers to the following question on the diagram below, which shows the Moon at positions 1 through 8 in its orbit around Earth. At which Moon position could a LUNAR eclipse occur? Pay close attention to the position of the SUN

• 5
• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

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Base your answers to the following question on the diagram below, which shows the Moon at positions 1 through 8 in its orbit around Earth. The highest tides on Earth occur when the Moon is in positions

• 1 and 5
• 3 and 7
• 2 and 6
• 4 and 8

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Locations A, B, C, and D are on Earth's surface. At which location could an observer have viewed this total solar eclipse (they are in the path of totality) if the skies were clear? Hint: Look at the dots that represent the location.

• A
• B
• C
• D

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