Exploring Tides and Moon Phases

What percentage of the solar system's mass is attributed to the Sun?

• 90%

• 99.8%

• 85%

• 95%

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How does the distance between two objects affect their gravitational attraction?

• Randomly affects attraction

• Increases attraction

• Decreases attraction

• Does not affect attraction

How does the gravitational attraction change as the mass of an object increases?

• Remains the same

• Increases

• Decreases

• Becomes zero

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What primarily causes ocean tides on Earth?

• Atmospheric pressure

• Sun's gravity

• Moon's gravity

• Earth's rotational force

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What effect does the Moon have on Earth that leads to high tides?

• Its distance from the Sun

• Its gravitational pull on Earth's water

• Its rotation around the Earth

• Its shadow on Earth

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What is a spring tide?

• A tide influenced only by the Sun

• A high tide when the Sun and Moon align

• A low tide during spring season

• A regular high tide

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What causes the gravitational pull to be stronger during spring tides?

• The Moon's closer proximity to Earth

• The alignment of the Sun, Earth, and Moon

• The Earth's closer proximity to the Sun

• Random solar flares

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During which moon phase is the entire half of the Moon that faces the Sun also facing Earth?

• First quarter

• Full moon

• New moon

• Third quarter

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Which phase follows the full moon in the lunar cycle?

• Waxing gibbous

• Waning gibbous

• New moon

• First quarter

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What is the visual appearance of the moon during the waxing crescent phase?

• Mostly lit with a small dark part

• Entirely dark

• Entirely lit

• Mostly dark with a small lit part

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