WorksheetsMoonMania
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 16mins
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Class
Date
1.
A lunar eclipse can occur only during the _________________.
a)
Full moon
b)
New moon
c)
Waxing moon
2.
A solar eclipse can occur only during the _________________.
a)
Full moon
b)
New moon
c)
Quarter moon
3.
Tides are caused mainly by what?
a)
Moon’s gravitational pull
b)
Sun’s gravitational pull
c)
Earth’s gravitational pull
4.
Most places on Earth experience about how many high and low tides in 24 hours?
a)
2 high and 2 low tides
b)
4 high and 4 low tides
c)
1 high and 1 low tides
5.
What type of tide occurs during a new and full moon?
a)
Neap tides
b)
Spring tides
c)
Normal tides
6.
What type of tide occurs during the first or third quarter moon?
a)
Neap tides
b)
Spring tides
c)
Normal tides
7.
If the Sun, Earth, and Moon are in perfect alignment, the Earth would have a _______ tide.
a)
Spring
b)
Neap
c)
Normal
8.
Waxing means...
a)
Growing
b)
Dying
c)
Losing light
d)
Moving
9.
Name the moon phase
a)
First Quarter
b)
Last Quarter
c)
New Moon
d)
Full Moon
10.
Name the moon phase
a)
First Quarter
b)
Last Quarter
c)
New Moon
d)
Full Moon
11.
What is a lunar month?
a)
The time from one new moon to the next new moon.
b)
The time from one full moon to the next full moon.
c)
The time it takes the moon to orbit the earth.
d)
The month of October .
12.
Name the phase of the moon for letter a
a)
First Quarter
b)
Last Quarter
c)
Waxing Gibbous
d)
Waning Gibbous
13.
What is illuminating the Moon?
a)
Nuclear Fusion
b)
Sunlight
c)
Mirrors
d)
Flood Lights
14.
a)
solar eclipse
b)
lunar eclipse
15.
This image is an example of
a)
Lunar Eclipse
b)
Full Moon
c)
New Moon
d)
Solar Eclipse
16.
a)
solar eclipse
b)
lunar eclipse
17.
An eclipse in space is when....
a)
one object passes through the shadow of another object.
b)
two shadows collide.
c)
the moon is in the waxing crescent phase.
d)
the Sun and Moon are side by side.
18.
What is the order during a lunar eclipse
a)
sun, moon, earth
b)
sun, earth, moon
19.
Why is there not a solar eclipse during every New Moon and a lunar eclipse during every Full Moon?
a)
Because the moon may be on the side
b)
Because the moons orbit is tilted 5o
c)
Because it could be day time
d)
All of these choices
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