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Eclipses Vocab /Tides

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does the term "solar" relate to?

a)

The Earth

b)

The Moon

c)

The Sun

d)

The stars

2.

An eclipse is a partial or complete hiding of what celestial body caused by the moon's shadow?

a)

The Sun

b)

The Moon

c)

The Earth

d)

The stars

3.

During a total eclipse, the light from which celestial body is completely blocked by the moon's shadow?

a)

The Moon

b)

The Earth

c)

The Sun

d)

The stars

4.

What is the path called where the total solar eclipse can be visible or complete?

a)

Path of Light

b)

Path of Darkness

c)

Path of Totality

d)

Path of the Moon

5.

What is the term for the part of the shadow where the light is completely cut off during an eclipse?

a)

Penumbra

b)

Umbra

c)

Totality

d)

Eclipse Shadow

6.

What is the term for the part of a shadow where only a portion of the light is cut off?

a)

Umbra

b)

Penumbra

c)

Totality

d)

Eclipse Shadow

7.

What does the term "lunar" relate to?

a)

The Sun

b)

The Earth

c)

The Moon

d)

The stars

8.

An area where light is blocked by an object

a)

Lunar Eclipse

b)

Solar Eclipse

c)

Shadow

d)

Umbra

9.

Periodic rising and fallling of the surface level of an ocean and other waters resulting from t he gravitational attraction of the Moon and the Sun on the solide and liquid surfaces of the Earth.

a)

Eclipse

b)

Waves

c)

Tide

10.

Higher than normal high tide during the month that normally occurs during a new moon and full moon when the Sun, Moon and Earth are in line and their gravitational forces are combined.

a)

Neap Tide

b)

Spring Tide

c)

Waves

11.

Lower than normal high tide that occurs when the first and third quarter moon, Earth, and the sun are at right angles to each other and the gravitational force of the Sun partially offsets the gravitational force of the Moon

a)

Spring Tide

b)

Neap Tide

c)

Waves

12.

The gravitational attraction between the moon and the Earth causes the water in the oceans, which is fluid and mobile, to be pulled towards the moon. This creates a "bulge" in the ocean that is closest to the moon and as the Earth rotates, the location of the waters that are affected change.

a)

Neap Tide

b)

Spring Tide

c)

Tidal Bulge

d)

Waves

13.

The area where the ocean meets the land between high and low tides

a)

High Tide

b)

Low Tide

c)

Shore

d)

Intertidal Zone

14.

the line between Earth and the sun is at right angles to the line between Earth and the moon. The sun’s pull is at right angles to the moon’s pull causing a ____ _____.

a)

Spring Tide

b)

High Tide

c)

Neap Tide

d)

Low Tide

15.

The sun, the moon, and Earth are nearly in a line during a new moon. The gravity of the sun and the moon pull in the same direction causing a ______ ____

a)

Spring Tide

b)

Neap Tide

c)

High Tide

d)

Low Tide