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1. How many days does it take to
complete a single Lunar Cycle?
A. About 365
4. The gravitational pull of the moon has
a great effect on the ocean tides
found on Earth. How does the daily
tidal pattern occur on shorelines?
B. About 1
C. About 28
D. About 2 weeks
2. Which of these explains the following
correctly describes a lunar eclipse?
F. A lunar eclipse occurs when the
Moon is in its own shadow between
the Earth and Sun.
G. A lunar eclipse occurs when the
Earth's shadow falls on the Moon.
F. The pattern of daily tides occurs
regularly every hour.
G. Tides move in and out on a regular
pattern of every twelve hours with
one high and one low tide each
day.
H. The height of the ocean tides occur
in a pattern of every six hours with
two high and two low tides each
day.
J. One day, the ocean tides are high,
and then the next day the area will
experience low tides
H. A lunar eclipse occurs when the
Moon's shadow falls on the Sun.
J. A lunar eclipse occurs when Mars
travels between the Earth and the
Moon.
3. Which of the following cause day and
night on Earth?
5. If you were looking out into the night
sky and noticed that the moon is in
its full moon phase, which phase
would the people in China see on the
same day?
A. New moon
A. The rotation of the Moon around
the Earth.
B. Full moon
B. The rotation of the Sun around the
Earth.
D. Last Quarter
C. The rotation of the Earth around
the Sun.
D. The rotation of the Earth around its
axis.
C. First Quarter
6. What season is it in the
Southern Hemisphere
during January?
F. Spring
G. Summer
H. Fall
J. Winter
9. Which of the following would be
an accurate picture of the Earth
during the summer time of the
Northern Hemisphere?
A.
B.
7. Using the lunar cycle diagram above, at
which two points will the oceans on
earth experience spring tides?
C.
A. Points A and E
B. Points B and H
C. Points C and G
D.
D. Points D and F
8. Using the lunar cycle diagram above,
which phase is visible at point B?
F.
H.
10. In what phase is the Moon during a
solar eclipse?
F. Full
G.
J.
G. Gibbous
H. Quarter
J. New
11.
13. Which best explains why the cycle
of Moon phases can be seen from
Earth?
A. The Moon’s distance from Earth
changes during the month.
B. The Moon revolves around Earth.
C. The Moon spins on its axis.
D. The Moon’s axis is tilted.
Using the graphic above, identify
the resulting tides from the
positions of both the Sun and the
moon.
A. Spring tides
B. Fall tides
C. Neap tides
D. Autumnal tides
12. How much of the Moon’s surface is
illuminated by the sun at any one
time?
F. Half; except during an eclipse.
G. It varies throughout the month
depending on where the Moon is
during its orbit around the Earth.
14. A student notices that during the
summer months his alarm clock
wakes him to morning sunshine;
however, during the winter his room
is dark when the alarm rings at the
same hour. What causes this?
F. The student is sleeping later during
the winter months.
G. The tilt of the Earth on its axis.
H. The revolution of the moon around
the Earth.
J. The orbiting of the Sun in the
galaxy.
15. Which of the following change
occurs as summer becomes fall in
the northern hemisphere?
H. Approximately 1/4 of the Moon’s
surface.
A. Nighttime gets longer.
J. All of the moon’s surface is always
illuminated by the sun.
C. Daytime gets longer.
B. Nighttime gets warmer.
D. Daytime gets warmer.
18.
16. Which of the following has the
greatest effect on the Earth’s tides?
F. The Moon’s gravitational pull
G. The Sun’s gravitational pull
H. The gravitational pull of Venus
J. The gravitational pull of Mars
The position of Earth relative to the
sun’s rays in the diagram above
shows that it is —
17.
F. summer throughout the Northern
Hemisphere
G. daylight throughout the Northern
Hemisphere
H. summer throughout the Southern
Hemisphere
J. daylight throughout the Southern
Hemisphere
At which latitude can the sun be visible
for 24 hours straight in June?
A. Arctic Circle
B. Tropic of Cancer
C. Equator
D. Tropic of Capricorn
19. Look at the diagrams below. They show the tilt of Earth in relation to the sun during
two different times of year.
What happens in the hemisphere that is tilted toward the sun?
A.
The days are longer, and the temperatures are colder.
B.
The days are shorter, and the temperatures are colder.
C.
D.
The days are longer, and the temperatures are warmer.
The days are the same length and the temperatures are the same throughout
the hemisphere.
20.
The diagram above shows the orbit of the moon around Earth. At which point in
the moon’s orbit will a person standing on Earth see a waxing crescent moon?
F.
1
G.
2
H.
3
J.
4
Use the following graphic to answer the next four questions.
21. Between which two points in the
diagram above would a waxing
gibbous phase of the moon be
visible to people on Earth?
23. Using the model above, which of the
following Moon phases would be
present during a neap tide?
A. Full
A. Between W and X
B. Gibbous
B. Between X and Y
C. Quarter
C. Between Y and Z
D. New
D. Between Z and W
22. A neap tide is to___________ what
a spring tide is to __________.
F. X and Z; W and Y
G. X and W; Y and Z
H. W and Y; X and Z
J. Y and Z; X and W
24. Which of the following is most
accurately portrayed in the above
model?
F. The ratio of the size of the Sun and
the Earth
G. The ratio of the size of the Moon
and the Sun
H. The movement of the Earth around
the Sun
J. The movement of the Moon around
the Earth
25. Using the diagram above, which of the following events would be experienced on
Earth?
a.
A full Moon
b.
A lunar eclipse
c.
A neap tide
d.
A solar eclipse