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- 1. Multiple Choice
How long does it take the moon to revolve around earth?
1 day
1 week
1 month
1 year
- 2. Multiple Choice
How long does it take the moon to rotate on its axis?
1 day
1 week
1 month
1 year
- 3. Multiple Choice
1 week after the full moon, which moon phase will it be?
New
1 st Quarter
3 rd Quarter
Solar Eclipse
- 4. Multiple Choice
After the 1st quarter moon, which moon phase will it be?
New
Waning Crescent
Waxing Crescent
Waxing Gibbous
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which moon happens two week after the full moon phase?
New
Waning Crescent
Waxing Crescent
Waxing Gibbous
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which type of eclipse happens during a full moon?
Solar
Lunar
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which type of eclipse is pictured?
Solar
Lunar
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which type of eclipse is pictured?
Solar
Lunar
- 9. Multiple Choice
In the lunar cycle, which moon phase is before the first quarter?
Waxing Gibbous
Waning Gibbous
Waxing Crescent
Waning Crescent
- 10. Multiple Choice
True or false: The New Moon phase occurs when the moon is in between the earth and the sun.
True
False
- 11. Multiple Choice
What happens to the lit portion of the moon while it is waxing?
Getting Smaller
Getting Bigger
Both
Neither
- 12. Multiple Choice
Which type of eclipse occurs during the day time and causes the temperature to drop?
Solar
Lunar
- 13. Multiple Choice
Where must you stand to see a total solar eclipse?
In the umbra
In the penumbra
It can only be seen from space
It doesn't matter where you stand because everyone on earth sees it the same
- 14. Multiple Choice
Where must you stand to see a total lunar eclipse?
In the umbra
In the penumbra
It can only be seen from space
It doesn't matter where you stand because everyone on earth sees it the same
- 15. Multiple Choice
When the moon is in the earth's penumbra, what type of eclipse do we see?
Total Lunar Eclipse
Partial Lunar Eclipse
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Solar Eclipse
- 16. Multiple Choice
When you are seeing a partial solar eclipse, which part of the shadow are you in?
Penumbra
Umbra
- 17. Multiple Choice
Which type of eclipse does not require protective eye gear?
Solar
Lunar
- 18. Multiple Choice
Why do we not have an eclipse every month?
The moon's axis is tilted
The earth's axis is tilted
The moon's orbit is tilted by 35 degrees
The moon's orbit is tilted by 5 degrees
- 19. Multiple Choice
True or false: Moon phases are caused by shadows
True
False
- 20. Multiple Choice
Which moon phase is letter A?
New
Full
Waxing Gibbous
Waning Crescent
1st Quarter
- 21. Multiple Choice
Which moon phase is letter H?
New
Full
Waxing Gibbous
Waning Crescent
1st Quarter
- 22. Multiple Choice
Which moon phase is letter E?
New
Full
Waxing Gibbous
Waning Crescent
1st Quarter
- 23. Multiple Choice
Which letter is the 1st quarter?
B
C
F
G
H
- 24. Multiple Choice
Which letter is the Waning Gibbous?
B
C
F
G
H
- 25. Multiple Choice
Which direction does the moon orbit?
Left
Right
Clockwise
Counterclockwise
- 26. Multiple Choice
Where in this picture is the sun?
Top
Bottom
Left
Right
- 27. Multiple Choice
Which force causes earth and the moon to stay in their orbits?
Gravity
Inertia
Kinetic Energy
Potential Energy
- 28. Multiple Choice
What would happen to the moon if the gravity holding it in orbit were to suddenly disappear?
It would stop moving
I would move backwards
It would move away from the earth in a straight line
It would come crashing to earth
- 29. Multiple Choice
How many tides (high or low) occur per day?
2
4
6
8
- 30. Multiple Choice
Which two objects create tides?
Sun and Venus
The atmosphere and Sun
Moon and Atmosphere
Sun and Moon
- 31. Multiple Choice
If the earth, moon, and sun were in the pictured positions, what type of tide would occur?
High
Low
Spring
Neap
- 32. Multiple Choice
If the earth, moon, and sun were in the pictured positions, what type of tide would occur?
High
Low
Spring
Neap
- 33. Multiple Choice
If the earth, moon, and sun were in the pictured positions, what type of tide would occur?
High
Low
Spring
Neap
- 34. Multiple Choice
What is the correct order of the celestial bodies for a solar eclipse to occur?
Sun, Earth, Moon
Moon, Sun, Earth
Sun, Moon, Earth
Earth, Sun, Moon
- 35. Multiple Choice
True or false: Neap tides occur when the sun, earth, and moon are at right angles
True
False
- 36. Multiple Choice
How could you describe a spring tide?
The greatest tidal range
The least tidal range
Lower high tides than normal
Higher low tides than normal
- 37. Multiple Choice
True or false: There is a tidal bulge that points toward the moon and one that points away from the moon at all times.
True
False
- 38. Multiple Choice
True or false: High tide is the area between the tidal bulges.
True
False
- 39. Multiple Choice
True or false: When the moon in waxing, there are Spring Tides and while the moon is waning, there are Neap Tides
True
False
- 40. Multiple Choice
The ___________ are a daily rise and fall of eath's water on its coastlines.
Waves
Seasons
Tides
Currents
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