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Date_______________
Moon, Seasons, Tides Review
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
D
1. At the time indicated in this diagram, what season is it in the Southern hemisphere?
a. spring
b. summer
B
2. In the northern hemisphere, what day is represented by the longest day of the year?
a. winter solstice
b. summer solstice
C
c. fall
d. winter
c. autumnal equinox
d. vernal equinox
3. Which phase is the Moon in and what type of eclipse would occur when the Earth, Sun, and Moon are in the
positions shown in the diagram?
a. new moon, lunar eclipse
b. full moon, lunar eclipse
c. new moon, solar eclipse
d. full moon, solar eclipse
C
4. Earth's tilt in combination with its orbit around the Sun cause the ____.
a. tides
c. seasons
b. full moon
d. Coriolis effect
C
5. What type of tide occurs at a lunar and solar eclipse ____.
a. Neap tides
c. Spring tides
b. Full tides
d. Waxing Tides
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C
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6. What occurs when the Moon is at positions A and C?
a. lunar eclipse
b. spring tide
c. neap tide
d. solar eclipse
C
7. What type of tide occurs at a lunar and solar eclipse ____.
a. Neap tides
c. Spring tides
b. Full tides
d. Waxing Tides
B
8. What object has the greatest effect on Earth’s ocean tides ____.
a. Mars
c. Satellites
b. Moon
d. Sun
D
9. What takes one month to occur ____.
a. Moons Revolution around the sun
b. Moons rotation around earth
c. Moons rotation around the sun
d. Moons revolution around earth
D
10. What occurs on June 21st in the Southern Hemisphere ____.
a. Autumnal Equinox
c. Spring Equinox
b. Summer Solstice
d. Winter Solstice
B
11. What takes one year to occur?
a. The Earth’s rotation around the sun
b. The Earth’s revolution around the sun
c. The moon’s revolution around the Earth
d. The Sun’s revolution around the Earth
A
12. What occurs on September 23rd in the Northern Hemisphere ____.
a. Autumnal Equinox
c. Spring Equinox
b. Summer Solstice
d. Winter Solstice
D
13. What time of the day is the Sun the highest in the sky?
a. 3 p.m.
c. 12 a.m.
b. 10 a.m.
d. 12 p.m.
C
14. We have the highest high tides during ____________ and the lowest low tides during _________?
a. Spring tide, Neap Tide
c. Spring Tide, Spring Tide
b. Neap Tide, Neap Tide
d. Neap Tide, Spring Tide
Name ________________________
Date_______________
Use the diagram above to answer questions 14- 17 . Match each description below with the corresponding position of
Earth in the diagram. . Write the matching letters in the space provided.
B
15. The position of earth on September 23rd
a. a
b. b
c. c
d. d
D
16. The position of earth during the Spring equinox (Northern Hemisphere)
a. a
c. c
b. b
d. d
C
17. The position of earth on December 21st (Southern Hemisphere)
a. a
c. c
b. b
d. d
C
18. The position of earth that represents winter in the Northern Hemisphere
a. a
c. c
b. b
d. d
Completion
Complete each statement.
19. Different seasons occur because of TILT and Earth’s orbital motion around the Sun.
20. When the Moon waxes during its lunar cycle, the portion of the illuminated side that we see GROWING in
size.
21. A lunar eclipse can only occur at the time of a(n) FULL (phase of moon)
22. A NEAP tide occurs when the moon is at 3rd quarter.
23. The USA is located in the NORTHERN hemisphere.
24. The sun rises in the EAST and sets in the WEST.
25. If it is spring in Australia then it would be FALL in the U.S.A..
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26. Draw where the moon would be located for each of the descriptions below
Neap Tide
SUN
Earth
Solar Eclipse
SUN
Earth
Spring Tide
SUN
Earth
Lunar Eclipse
SUN
Earth
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