Tides and Seasons Test Review
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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1. During what type of tide is the high tide the highest and the low tide the lowest?
a. new tide
c. spring tide
b. gibbous tide
d. neap tide
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2. What unit of time on Earth is based on the revolution of the Earth around the Sun?
a. month
c. day
b. year
d. hour
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3. Which of the following can be experienced as a result of the Earth's tilt?
I. The days are longer during the summer than during the winter.
II. The tides change throughout the day.
III. The seasons change throughout the year.
a. I and III only
b. I only
c. II and III only
d. I,II,and III
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4. Which of the following phases of the Moon produces the least variation in tides on Earth?
a. Gibbous Moon
c. Full moon
b. Crescent Moon
d. First Quarter moon
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5. Different seasons arise because the Earth tilts on its axis as it revolves around the Sun. When
the Northern Hemisphere is tilted towards the Sun, what seasons will the two hemispheres be
experiencing?
a. Both hemispheres will be in summer c. The Northern Hemisphere will be in
summer and the Southern
Hemisphere will be in winter.
b. Both hemispheres will be in winter. d. The Northern Hemisphere will be in
winter and the Southern Hemisphere
will be in summer.
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6. Use the diagram to answer the question:
What type of tide would Eath have when the moon is in this position?
a. only low tides
b. only high tides
c. neap tide only
d. spring tide only
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7. Use the diagram to answer the question:
When the earth is in this position in relation to the sun, what season is it in th eNorthern
Hemisphere?
a. winter
b. spring
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8. . What controls the length of a day?
a. the amount of time it takes Earth to
complete a turn on its axis.
b. the amount of time it takes Earth to
complete an orbit around the sun
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c. summer
d. fall
c. the amount of time it takes the moon to
complete an orbit around Earth
d. the amount of time it takes the sun to
complete a turn on its axis
9. The polar regions receive almost 24 hours of darkness in the
a. summer
c. fall
b. winter
d. spring
____ 10. Use the illustration to answer questions 10, 11, and 12
Which tide occurs at 1 and 3?
a. low tide
b. high tide
____ 11. Which tide occurs at 2 and 4?
a. low tide
b. high tide
c. long tide
d. neap tide
c. long tide
d. spring tide
____ 12. If the sun were positioned above 2, at a right angle to 1 and 3, whatt kinds of tides would appear?
a. high tides
c. spring tides
b. neap tides
d. low tides
____ 13. Use the diagram of the sun and Earth:
What season is it in Lima, Peru?
a. Spring
b. Summer
c. Fall
d. Winter
____ 14. During which phases of the moon do the highest high and lowest low tides occur?
a. New and full
c. First and last quarters
b. Waxing and waning crescent
d. Waxing and waning gibbous
____ 15. Approximately how many times a year do spring tides occur?
a. 2
c. 12
b. 6
d. 24
____ 16. Look at the diagram of the Earth and Sun below:
What season is it in North America?
a. Spring
b. Summer
c. Fall
d. Winter
____ 17. When it is fall in North America, The Southern Hemisphere
a. is also experiencing fall
c. is experiencing summer
b. is experiencing spring
d. is experiencing winter
____ 18. In winter, the Sun’s rays hit the Northern Hemisphere
a. less directly than in summer
c. more directly than in summer
b. only at noon
d. for 24 hours a day
____ 19. What position shows the Earth on the Spring Equinox for the Northern Hemisphere?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
____ 20. Look at the diagram.
What season will the Northern Hemisphere begin when it reaches point X?
a. Spring
c. Fall
b. Summer
d. Winter
Tides and Seasons Test Review
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