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Unit 6 Phases, Eclipses, Tides, Planets Review

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the Moon’s phases will cause the highest or spring tides?

a)

new and full

b)

1st and 3rd

c)

crescent and gibbous

d)

waning and waxing

2.

Which factor is MOST responsible for the ocean tides?

a)

Sun's gravity

b)

moon phases

c)

the wind

d)

moon's gravity

3.

Twice each lunar month, all year long, these tides occur. Whenever the Moon, Earth and Sun are aligned, the gravitational pull of the sun _____ to that of the moon causing _____ tides.

a)

adds; neap

b)

adds; maximum

c)

interferes; neap

d)

interferes; maximum

4.

Asteroids form a belt between ______ and ________.

a)

Neptune and Pluto

b)

Mars and Jupiter

c)

Jupiter and Saturn

d)

Mars and Earth

5.

The tail of a comet usually faces

a)

away from the Earth

b)

towards the Earth

c)

towards the Sun

d)

away from the Sun

6.

What moon phase occurs when the moon is between the Earth and the Sun?

a)

1st Quarter

b)

new

c)

full

d)

3rd Quarter

7.

What moon phase occurs when the Earth is between the Moon and the Sun?

a)

full

b)

new

c)

waxing crescent

d)

1st Quarter

8.

_________ means growing light on the right.

a)

crescent

b)

gibbous

c)

waxing

d)

waning

9.

_________ means shrinking light on the right.

a)

crescent

b)

gibbous

c)

waxing

d)

waning

10.

When the Sun is completely blocked out by the Moon a ________________ eclipse occurs.

a)

total solar

b)

partial solar

c)

total lunar

d)

partial lunar

11.

Asteroids, meteoroids, and meteorites are primarily composed of ________.

a)

rock and metal

b)

gaseous elements

c)

frozen water

d)

carbon dioxide

12.

Which of these represents the order you would find these celestial bodies during a solar eclipse?

a)

sun-earth-moon

b)

sun-moon-earth

c)

moon-earth-sun

d)

earth-sun-moon

13.

Neap tides occur during which two moon phases?

a)

new and 1st

b)

1st and 3rd

c)

new and full

d)

waxing and waning

14.

Which types of tides occur when the Sun, Earth, and Moon are at a 90 degree angle?

a)

neap

b)

spring

c)

-

d)

-

15.

Which types of tides occur when the Sun, Earth, and Moon are in a straight line?

a)

neap

b)

spring

c)

-

d)

-

16.

Why does the Moon have different phases?

a)

the rotation of the Moon on its axis

b)

the Sun moves around the Moon

c)

the moon moves around the Sun

d)

the moon moves around Earth

17.

A complete cycle of phases takes about ___________ to complete.

a)

3.5 days

b)

2 weeks

c)

one month

d)

one year

18.

Why does the Earth NOT orbit the Moon?

a)

the Moon is made of rock

b)

Earth has a greater diameter

c)

the Moon has no atmosphere

d)

Earth has a greater mass

19.

Fill in the blanks: Sun, ______, Venus, Earth, and ________.

a)

Mercury, Mars

b)

Mars, Mercury

c)

Pluto, Mars

d)

Mercury, Jupiter

20.

A streak of light seen when a space rock enters Earth's atmosphere and begins to burn up. This is called a(n)

a)

meteorite

b)

comet

c)

meteor

d)

meteoroid

21.

Which does NOT orbit the sun?

a)

Earth

b)

Milky Way Galaxy

c)

asteroids

d)

Saturn

22.

This can be as small as a grain of sand or as larger as a boulder. This small type of debris moves through the solar system.

a)

comet

b)

meteor

c)

meteorite

d)

meteoroid

23.

This is the group of rocky planets in the solar system closest to the sun.

a)

terrestrial planets

b)

gas giants

c)

-

d)

-

24.

Fill in the blanks: _______, Saturn, Uranus, _________.

a)

Venus, Neptune

b)

Jupiter, Neptune

c)

Jupiter, Mars

d)

Neptune, Jupiter

25.

True or False: If I study my notebook pages and study this review game, I have a greater chance of getting a good grade on my unit test.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

-

d)

-