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WorksheetsSTAAR Lunar cycle,Tides, Seasons
Total questions: 101
Worksheet time: 1hrs 21mins
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Class
Date
1.
The Moon ________ around the Earth.
a)
moves parallel
b)
rotates
c)
moves perpendicular
d)
revolves
2.
What Moon phase is this?
a)
Full Moon
b)
Waxing Gibbous
c)
New Moon
d)
Half Moon
3.
What moon phase is at position 6?
a)
waxing crescent
b)
waxing gibbous
c)
waning gibbous
d)
waning crescent
4.
What moon phase is at position 7?
a)
waxing gibbous
b)
1st quarter
c)
3rd quarter
d)
full
5.
There are 5 different Moon Phases
a)
True
b)
False
6.
What Is A Lunar Month ?
a)
It is a misconception that the moon gives off light.
b)
The moon is lined up between the Earth and Sun.
c)
Lunar month is the 29.53 days it takes to go from one new moon to the next.
d)
There is no Full Moon phase.
7.
How many times does the Full Moon appear
a)
It only appears 2 times a year
b)
It only appears Once every 500 years
c)
5 times a year
d)
It only appears one time per month
8.
What is a New Moon?
a)
A full Moon
b)
Where the Moon is between the Earth and the Sun
c)
The second Twilight " New Moon"
d)
Or a Whole new moon
9.
What is the positions of the Earth, Moon and Sun when there is a full moon?
a)
Sun, Moon, Earth
b)
Sun, Earth, Moon
c)
Moon, Earth, Sun
d)
Moon, Sun, Earth
10.
What moon phase is at position 5?
a)
waning gibbous
b)
waxing crescent
c)
New
d)
Full
11.
What moon phase is at position 2?
a)
waning crescent
b)
waning gibbous
c)
waxing crescent
d)
waxing gibbous
12.
What moon phase is at position 8?
a)
Waxing crescent
b)
waxing gibbous
c)
waning crescent
d)
waning gibbous
13.
What moon phase is at position 6?
a)
waxing crescent
b)
waxing gibbous
c)
waning gibbous
d)
waning crescent
14.
What moon phase is position 4?
a)
waxing crescent
b)
waxing gibbous
c)
waning crescent
d)
waning gibbous
15.
What moon phase is at position 7?
a)
waxing gibbous
b)
1st quarter
c)
3rd quarter
d)
full
16.
what moon phase is position 1?
a)
Full
b)
1st quarter
c)
3rd quarter
d)
new
17.
what moon phase is position 3?
a)
full
b)
new
c)
3rd quarter
d)
1st quarter
18.
How long does it take for the moon to make one complete orbit around the Earth?
a)
30 days
b)
29.5 days
c)
29 days
d)
27.3 days
19.
How many phases does the moon go through?
a)
4
b)
8
c)
10
d)
16
20.
Does this picture represent a waxing or waning moon?
a)
waxing
b)
waning
21.
What is the difference between a gibbous moon and a crescent moon?
a)
The gibbous shows more than half of the bright side of the moon.
b)
The crescent shows more than half of the bright side of the moon.
c)
The gibbous shows less than half of the bright side of the moon.
22.
What is the positions of the Earth, Moon and Sun when there is a full moon?
a)
Sun, Moon, Earth
b)
Sun, Earth, Moon
c)
Moon, Earth, Sun
d)
Moon, Sun, Earth
23.
The phases of the moon, IN ORDER, are:
a)
new moon-->waxing gibbous-->1st quarter-->waxing crescent-->full moon-->waning crescent-->3rd quarter-->waning gibbous
b)
new moon-->waning crescent-->1st quarter-->waning gibbous-->full moon-->waxing gibbous-->3rd quarter-->waxing crescent
c)
new moon-->1st quarter-->waxing crescent-->waxing gibbous-->full moon-->waning gibbous-->waning crescent-->3rd quarter
d)
new moon-->waxing crescent-->first quarter-->waxing gibbous-->full moon-->waning gibbous-->3rd quarter-->waning crescent
24.
Name this phase of the moon.
a)
waning crescent
b)
waxing crescent
c)
waning gibbous
d)
waxing gibbous
25.
Name this moon phase.
a)
new moon
b)
1st quarter moon
c)
last quarter moon
d)
waning gibbous
26.
What is this moon phase?
a)
waning crescent
b)
waxing crescent
c)
waning gibbous
d)
waxing gibbous
27.
Name this moon phase.
a)
1st quarter
b)
3rd/last quarter
c)
new moon
d)
waxing crescent
28.
Name this moon phase.
a)
waxing crescent
b)
waxing gibbous
c)
waning gibbous
d)
waning crescent
29.
What part of the moon do we see from Earth?
a)
all of it
b)
the same side
c)
none of it
d)
only one quarter
30.
Name the phase of the moon that comes BEFORE this moon phase.
a)
waxing gibbous
b)
waning gibbous
c)
waning crescent
d)
waxing crescent
31.
As the moon's shape appears to get smaller, we say that the moon is _.
a)
swelling
b)
waxing
c)
waning
d)
disappearing
32.
The cycle of the moon lasts about a _.
a)
day
b)
year
c)
week
d)
month
33.
Which moon phase is visible at position 4?
a)
new moon
b)
1st quarter
c)
full moon
d)
3rd quarter
34.
What is the name of this phase?
a)
First quarter
b)
Waxing crescent
c)
Waxing Gibbous
d)
Full Moon
35.
What causes the Earth's seasons?
a)
The tilt of the Earth
b)
The rotation of the Earth
c)
The Ocean
d)
The Wind
36.
The Earth rotates every...
a)
12 hours
b)
365 days
c)
24 hours
d)
366 days
37.
Rotation means to...
a)
Dance
b)
Go around something
c)
Spin
d)
Stop
38.
The path that the Earth takes around the Sun is called...
a)
An orbit
b)
A walk
c)
A rotation
d)
A path
39.
What causes the Earth to have day and night?
a)
Revolution
b)
Rotation
c)
Moon Phases
d)
The ocean
40.
The moon seems to change shape from day to day in a cycle that lasts about a month as it goes through _.
a)
revolutions
b)
phases
c)
rotations
d)
eclipses
41.
Which moon phase is when you can't see the moon at all?
a)
Waning crescent
b)
Full moon
c)
Waxing gibbous
d)
New moon
42.
Name this moon phase. (NO MOON SEEN)
a)
New moon
b)
waxing crescent
c)
waning crescent
d)
full moon
43.
What is this moon phase?
a)
waning crescent
b)
waxing crescent
c)
waning gibbous
d)
waxing gibbous
44.
What is this moon phase?
a)
new moon
b)
1st quarter
c)
full moon
d)
3rd quarter
45.
What happens when the area in which you live tilts away from the sun?
a)
It is summer.
b)
It is spring.
c)
It is winter.
d)
It is fall.
46.
Why does the area around the equator stay the same temperature all year?
a)
The equator rotates slower than the poles
b)
The equator remains the same distance from the sun.
c)
The equator always receives direct sunlight.
d)
The equator has 18 hour days.
47.
Which season is taking place in the Southern Hemisphere in Position 1?
a)
Winter
b)
Spring
c)
Summer
d)
Fall
48.
Which season is taking place in the Northern Hemisphere in Position 2?
a)
Winter
b)
Spring
c)
Summer
d)
Fall
49.
Which season is taking place in the Northern Hemisphere in Position 3?
a)
Winter
b)
Spring
c)
Summer
d)
Fall
50.
Which season is taking place in the Southern Hemisphere in Position 4?
a)
Winter
b)
Spring
c)
Summer
d)
Fall
51.
What phase is this?
a)
Waxing Gibbous
b)
Waxing Crescent
c)
Waning Gibbous
d)
Waning Crescent
52.
What phase is this?
a)
Full Moon
b)
New Moon
c)
Waxing Gibbous Moon
d)
Waning Gibbous Moon
53.
What phase is this?
a)
Full Moon
b)
First Quarter Moon
c)
Last Quarter Moon
d)
New Moon
54.
What phase is this?
a)
First Quarter Moon
b)
Last Quarter Moon
c)
Waning Gibbous Moon
d)
Waxing Gibbous Moon
55.
What phase is this?
a)
First Quarter Moon
b)
Last Quarter Moon
c)
Waxing Gibbous Moon
d)
Waning Gibbous Moon
56.
What phase is this?
a)
Waning Gibbous Moon
b)
Waxing Gibbous Moon
c)
Waning Crescent Moon
d)
Waxing Crescent Moon
57.
What phase is this?
a)
Waxing Gibbous Moon
b)
Waning Gibbous Moon
c)
Waxing Crescent Moon
d)
Waning Crescent Moon
58.
At position D in the Northern hemisphere it would be _____.
a)
Summer
b)
Winter
c)
Spring
d)
Fall
59.
At position C, which hemisphere would have winter?
a)
Northern hemisphere
b)
Southern hemisphere
60.
At position A, which hemisphere would have summer?
a)
Northern hemisphere
b)
Southern hemisphere
61.
Which season is taking place in the Southern Hemisphere in Position 4?
a)
Winter
b)
Spring
c)
Summer
d)
Fall
62.
Which season is taking place in the Northern Hemisphere in Position 2?
a)
Winter
b)
Spring
c)
Summer
d)
Fall
63.
Which season is taking place in the Southern Hemisphere in Position 1?
a)
Winter
b)
Spring
c)
Summer
d)
Fall
64.
What is a high tide?
a)
Sea pulled TOWARD the moon where Earth is CLOSEST to the moon
b)
Sea pulled AWAY from the moon where Earth is FARTHEST to the moon
c)
Sea pulled AWAY from the moon where Earth is CLOSEST to the moon
65.
Tides are mostly affected by ___________
a)
wind
b)
gravitational pull of moon
c)
waves gravitation toward land
d)
rain
66.
What are the reasons for the seasons?
a)
Earth's tilt and rotation.
b)
Earth's rotation and revolution.
c)
Earth's tilt and revolution.
d)
Earth's tilt and resolution
67.
In which picture is the person experiencing the lowest tide?
a)
Picture A
b)
Picture B
c)
Picture C
d)
Picture D
68.
In which picture is the person experiencing the highest tide?
a)
Picture A
b)
Picture B
c)
Picture C
d)
Picture D
69.
What type of tides would this arrangement of earth-moon-sun create?
a)
neap tide
b)
spring tide
c)
new moon tide
d)
full moon tide
70.
What would seasons be like if Earth's axis were straight up and down?
a)
Seasons would be the same.
b)
Seasons would be more extreme.
c)
There would be no seasons.
71.
Tides are caused by
a)
strong winds that blow over ocean waters.
b)
the interaction of Earth, the moon and the sun.
c)
the shifting of the plates on the ocean floor.
d)
variations in the salinity of ocean water
72.
What causes tides?
a)
gravity
b)
wind
c)
spring
d)
neap
73.
What do we call a tide that has a large range?
a)
gravity
b)
wind
c)
spring
d)
neap
74.
What do we call the small tides that happen when the sun and moon are at right angles to each other?
a)
Neap Tide
b)
Spring Tide
c)
Larger Change
d)
Smaller Change
75.
What are ocean tides?
a)
Long waves due to the gravitational pull of the moon only.
b)
Long period waves caused by wind.
c)
Short period waves caused by wind.
d)
Long waves due to the gravitational pull between the Earth,sun and the moon
76.
What is a high tide?
a)
Sea pulled TOWARD the moon where Earth is CLOSEST to the moon
b)
Sea pulled AWAY from the moon where Earth is FARTHEST to the moon
c)
Sea pulled AWAY from the moon where Earth is CLOSEST to the moon
77.
What is a difference between spring and neap tides?
a)
Spring tides occur when the earth and sun are IN LINE with the new or full moon.
b)
Spring tides occur when moon in 3rd or 1st quarter phases
c)
Spring tides are LOWER than neap tides
78.
Which body has the greater effect on Earth's tides?
a)
Sun
b)
Saturn
c)
Moon
d)
Venus
79.
When the moon is at full moon or new moon, what type of tide will we experience?
a)
rip tide
b)
spring tide
c)
neap tide
d)
breaker tide
80.
Spring tides and neap tides occur in patterns governed by the
a)
phases of the moon
b)
seasons (fall, winter, etc.)
c)
surface currents
d)
deep sea currents
81.
Wha type of tide would this arrangement of earth-moon-sun create?
a)
full moon tide
b)
new moon tide
c)
neap tide
d)
spring tide
82.
What type of tides would this arrangement of earth-moon-sun create?
a)
neap tide
b)
spring tide
c)
new moon tide
d)
full moon tide
83.
What happens when there is a spring tide
a)
high tides
b)
really high tides
c)
low tides
84.
What type of tide will occur at 9:30 a.m.?
a)
low
b)
high
c)
none
d)
high and low
85.
What causes the seasons to change?
a)
The warming and cooling of Earth's core.
b)
The distance from the sun.
c)
Earth's tilt in relation to the sun.
d)
Earth's rotation on its axis.
86.
What happens when the area in which you live tilts away from the sun?
a)
It is summer.
b)
It is spring.
c)
It is winter.
d)
It is fall.
87.
Why does the area around the equator stay the same temperature all year?
a)
The equator rotates slower than the poles.
b)
The equator remains the same distance from the sun.
c)
The equator always receives direct sunlight.
d)
The equator has 18 hour days.
88.
When the Northern Hemisphere is pointing towards the sun, what season is the Southern Hemisphere?
a)
Winter
b)
Spring
c)
Fall
d)
Summer
89.
In the summer many people enjoy going to the beach. There is a beautiful beach in Argentina, which is located in the Southern Hemisphere. Which diagram shows the position of Earth when it is summer in Argentina?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
90.
At position D in the Northern hemisphere it would be _____.
a)
Summer
b)
Winter
c)
Spring
d)
Fall
91.
At position C, which hemisphere would have winter?
a)
Northern hemisphere
b)
Southern hemisphere
92.
At position A, which hemisphere would have summer?
a)
Northern hemisphere
b)
Southern hemisphere
93.
About how many hours separate low and high tide?
a)
8
b)
24
c)
12
d)
6
94.
About how many hours separate low and high tide?
a)
8
b)
24
c)
12
d)
6
95.
How many low tides and high tides happen in a day?
a)
1 low tide, 1 high tide
b)
4 low tides, 4 high tides
c)
3 low tides, 3 high tides
d)
2 low tides, 2 high tides
96.
What Moon phases are visible during a Neap Tide?
a)
Full and New Moon
b)
Waxing and Waning Crescent
c)
First and Last quarter
d)
Waxing an Waning Gibbous
97.
What position is the Earth in when the Northern Hemisphere is In the middle of Winter?
a)
Leaving Summer and heading towards Winter
b)
Leaving Winter and Heading towards Summer
c)
Leaning Towards the Sun
d)
Leaning away from the Sun
98.
When the Northern Hemisphere of Earth is Leaning away from the Sun, What season is the Southern Hemisphere experiencing?
a)
Summer
b)
Winter
c)
Spring
d)
Fall
99.
What position is the Earth in when the Northern Hemisphere is In the middle of Winter?
a)
Leaving Summer and heading towards Winter
b)
Leaving Winter and Heading towards Summer
c)
Leaning Towards the Sun
d)
Leaning away from the Sun
100.
When the Northern Hemisphere of Earth is Leaning away from the Sun, What season is the Southern Hemisphere experiencing?
a)
Summer
b)
Winter
c)
Spring
d)
Fall
101.
If the Southern Hemisphere is experiencing Fall, What season is the Northern half in?
a)
Fall
b)
Spring
c)
Summer
d)
Winter
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