POP Quiz
Seasons, Tides, Eclipses, and The Moon
Look at the following phases of the Moon.
1. Which letter is the 3rd quarter phase?
2. Which letter is the 1st quarter phase?
3. Which letter is the full moon?
4. Which letter is the new moon?
5. Why do we have phases of the moon?
6. What force keeps the planets
in orbit around the Sun and
causes ocean tides?
7. What is a tide?
8. What happens to the water in
the Earth’s oceans during
High Tide?
9. What happens to the water in
the Earth’s oceans during low
tide?
10. What impact would the following arrangement of
the sun, moon and Earth have on the tides?
11. What impact would the following arrangement of
the sun, moon and Earth have on the tides?
12. Draw the Moon, Sun, Earth, & shadows
produced to show a Lunar Eclipse.
13. Explain what is happening to cause the
Lunar Eclipse.
14. Draw the Moon, Sun, Earth, & shadows
produced to show a Solar Eclipse.
15. Explain what is happening to cause the
Solar Eclipse.
16. Which of the following descriptions best fits the
diagram below?
A.) Partial Lunar Eclipse
B.) Partial Solar Eclipse
C.) Total Lunar Eclipse
D.) Total Solar Eclipse
17. Which of the following descriptions best fits the
diagram below?
A.) Partial Lunar Eclipse
B.) Partial Solar Eclipse
C.) Total Lunar Eclipse
D.) Total Solar Eclipse
18. What is the cause of Earth’s Seasons?
19.If we are located were the Red dot is, then
what season would we be experiencing?
20. If we are located were the Purple dot is,
then what season would we be
experiencing?
1. D
2. B
3. C
4. A
5. Because the moon revolves around Earth
and we see varying amounts of reflected
sunlight on the moon.
6. Gravity
7. The rise and fall of Earth’s oceans due to
the gravitational force of the moon
and/or sun.
8. It gets pulled out towards sun or
moon.
9. It gets shallow because the water was
all pulled out to the sides.
10.Stronger Tide
11.Weaker Tide
12 and 13: The moon falls behind the
Earth’s shadow and we see only part
or none of the moon.
14 and 15: The moon falls between the
sun and the Earth and all or part of
the sun’s light is blocked.
16. C
17.D
18. The tilt of Earth on it’s axis.
19.Summer
20.Winter