Movement
What is the turning of an object on its axis?
A. Revolution
B. Rotation
C. Orbit
B. Rotation
Which of the following affects the change in temperature in areas on Earth, resulting in seasons?
A. Earth's rotation
B. Earth's tilt on its axis
C. Earth's gravity
B. Earth's tilt on its axis
What is the darker shadow created during an eclipse?
A. Corona
B. Umbra
C. Penumbra
B. Umbra
What occurs when the Sun, Earth, and moon are all lined up?
A. Solar eclipse
B. Neap tide
C. Spring tide
C. Spring tide
Also could be a LUNAR eclipse
What is caused mostly by the force of the moon's gravity on Earth's oceans?
A. Eclipse
B. Seasons
C. Tides
C. Tides
What is the movement of one object in an orbit around another called?
A. Rotation
B. Spin
C. Revolution
C. Revolution
In what season is the Northern Hemisphere tilted toward the Sun, resulting in more heat and longer daylight hours?
A. Fall
B. Winter
C. Spring
D. Summer
D. Summer
What occurs when Earth blocks sunlight from reaching the moon?
A. Lunar eclipse
B. Partial eclipse
C. Solar eclipse
A. Lunar eclipse
What occurs when the sun and moon form a right angle with Earth?
A. Eclipse
B. Neap tide
C. Spring tide
B. Neap tide
What is the regular rising and falling of the ocean's surface called?
A. Eclipse
B. Season
C. Tide
C. Tide
Which one of these is completed by Earth every 24 hours?
A. Rotation
B. Revolution
C. Season
A. Rotation
In what season is the Northern Hemisphere tilted away from the sun, resulting in less heat and fewer daylight hours?
A. Fall
B. Winter
C. Spring
D. Summer
B. Winter
What occurs when the moon blocks sunlight from reaching a small part of Earth?
A. Lunar eclipse
B. Partial eclipse
C. Solar eclipse
C. Solar eclipse
What causes higher high tides and lower low tides?
A. Eclipse
B. Neap tide
C. Spring tide
C. Spring tide
What is the lighter colored shadow created during an eclipse?
A. Corona
B. Umbra
C. Penumbra
C. Penumbra
Which one of these is completed by Earth every 365.25 days?
A. Rotation
B. Revolution
C. Season
B. Revolution
In what season are neither hemisphere tilted toward or away from the sun, and the days and nights are equal in length?
A. Fall
B. Winter
C. Spring
D. Summer
A. Fall OR C. Spring
What occurs when the order is Sun - Earth - Moon?
A. Lunar eclipse
B. Partial eclipse
C. Solar eclipse
A. Lunar eclipse
What causes lower high tides and higher low tides?
A. Eclipse
B. Neap tide
C. Spring tide
B. Neap tide
What is the white glow that appears around the edge of the moon during a solar eclipse?
A. Corona
B. Umbra
C. Penumbra
A. Corona