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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which of the following diagrams shows the next four moon phases in the correct order?
- 2. Multiple Choice
Two friends want to go for a night hike when there is a full moon in July.
If there is a third-quarter moon on July 2, what is the approximate date of the next full moon?
July 9
July 16
July 23
July 30
- 3. Multiple Choice
A student must complete the column of the table that lists the dates of the full moons.
What are the most likely dates of the full moons?
February 5, March 7, April 5, May 4
February 15, March 17, April 15, May 14
February 25, March 27, April 25, May 24
February 29, March 31, April 29, May 28
- 4. Multiple Choice
A student uses paper and fasteners to create a model of Earth, the sun, and the moon. The sun and Earth are attached to the paper background, while the moon is free to revolve around Earth.
Which diagram shows the objects arranged so that a new moon would be visible from Earth?
- 5. Multiple Choice
A phase of the moon is shown.
Which pair of diagrams shows the moon's phase immediately before and immediately after this phase?
- 6. Multiple Choice
On July 4, 1776, the American colonies declared their independence. The table shows the lunar phases for June 1776.
What lunar phase occurred on July 4, 1776?
Waning gibbous
Waxing gibbous
Waning crescent
Waxing crescent
- 7. Multiple Choice
Some students used records from the U.S. Naval Observatory to make the table below of the percent of the moon that was visible on each night in January 2011.
Based on these data, what part of the lunar cycle occurred between January 5 and January 7?
Waxing crescent moon
Waning crescent moon
Full moon
New moon
- 8. Multiple Choice
The moon reflects different amounts of sunlight onto Earth at different times. This reflected sunlight is commonly called moonlight. The graph below shows the intensity of moonlight at different times in a lunar cycle.
Which moon phase most likely occurs at the time in the cycle represented by an X on the graph?
- 9. Multiple Choice
The diagram below shows four phases of the moon as it revolves around Earth.
A student builds a model based on this diagram. The student uses foam balls to represent the moon and Earth and a flashlight to represent the sun. The student should shine the flashlight on the model of Earth from Position -
1
2
3
4
- 10. Multiple Choice
A student keeps a record of the phases of the moon for one month. On the first night of the student's observations, the full moon is visible in the sky. After the full moon, which of these phases will the student observe next?
Waxing crescent moon
Waxing gibbous moon
Waning crescent moon
Waning gibbous moon
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhen does a lunar eclipse occur?At nightWhen the moon's shadow is on the earthwhen the moon comes between the sun and earthDuring the day
- 12. Multiple ChoiceA solar eclipse only happens during a ________ moon.NewCresentGibbousFull
- 13. Multiple ChoiceA lunar eclipse only happens during a ________ moon.NewCresentGibbousFull
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the darkest inner part of the shadow cone called, where a total eclipse can be viewed.TotalUmbraPenumbra
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the larger outer lighter part of the shadow cone called, where a partial eclipse can be viewed?PartialUmbraPenumbra
- 16. Multiple ChoiceIn order to have an eclipse, the Moon, Sun and Earth have to be?Below each otherAbove each otherIn alignment
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWhich type of eclipse occurs when the Moon comes directly between Earth and the Sun?Lunar eclipseSolar eclipse
- 18. Multiple ChoiceThis image is an example ofLunar EclipseNew MoonSolar EclipseFull Moon
- 19. Multiple ChoiceThis image is an example ofLunar EclipseFull MoonNew MoonSolar Eclipse
- 20. Multiple ChoiceA solar eclipse only occurs during which moon phase?1st QuarterNew MoonFull Moon3rd Quarter
- 21. Multiple ChoiceDuring a solar eclipse...The sun is blocked by the moonThe Earth is blocked moonThe moon is blocked by the sunYou are blocked
- 22. Multiple ChoiceWhich type of eclipse is shown in this picture?Solar EclipseOrbitLunar EclipseTotal Eclipse
- 23. Multiple ChoiceWhich type of eclipse is shown in the diagram?Solar EclipseLunar EclipseTotal EclipsePartial Eclipse
- 24. Multiple ChoiceA[n] ______________ tide occurs when the sun is at right angles to the line between Earth and the moon.highneaplowspring
- 25. Multiple ChoiceDifferences in the moon's and sun's pull on different sides of the Earth cause _________.gravitylunar phasestidesdabbing
- 26. Multiple ChoiceA[n] ___________ tide occurs when the sun, Earth, and the moon are nearly in a line.springhighlowneap
- 27. Multiple ChoiceThe bulge of water on the side of the Earth closest to the moon produces ___________.high tidelow tideneap tidespring tide
- 28. Multiple ChoiceWater flows toward the high tides, halfway between them causing ____________.neap tidehigh tidespring tidelow tides
- 29. Multiple ChoiceTides are the cycle of rising and falling ocean water that repeats automatically every24 hours12.5 hours25 hours6.25 hours
- 30. Multiple ChoiceA neap tide is a tide with the greatest difference between low and high tidestruefalse
- 31. Multiple ChoiceNeap tides occur once a month.TrueFalse
- 32. Multiple ChoiceTides are caused mainly by the differences in how much gravity from the moon and the sun pulls on different parts of the Earth.TrueFalse
- 33. Multiple ChoiceChanges in the positions of Earth, the moon, and the sun affect the height of high tides during a month.TrueFalse
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