Quiz about Earth & Moon Cycles

Question 1

What is the longest day of the year called?

Accepted Answer

Summer Solstice

Answer

Winter Solstice

Answer

Spring Equinox

Answer

Fall Equinox

Question 2

What is the shortest day of the year called?

Accepted Answer

Winter Solstice

Answer

Summer Solstice

Answer

Spring Equinox

Answer

Fall Equinox

Question 3

Days that have equal amounts of day and night are called?

Accepted Answer

Equinoxes

Answer

Solstices

Question 4

If the Northern Hemisphere is pointed TOWARD the sun what season is it experiencing?

Accepted Answer

Summer

Answer

Spring

Answer

Fall

Answer

Winter

Question 5

In what phase is the moon during a Lunar Eclipse?

Accepted Answer

Full Moon

Answer

New Moon

Answer

First Quarter

Answer

Last Quarter

Question 6

In what phase is the moon during a solar eclipse?

Accepted Answer

New Moon

Answer

First Quarter

Answer

Full Moon

Answer

Last Quarter

Question 7

What has the GREATEST effect on the tides?

Accepted Answer

The gravitational pull of the moon.

Answer

The gravitational pull of the Sun.

Answer

The gravitational pull of Mars and Saturn.

Answer

The gravitational pull of the Earth.

Question 8

What moon phases would be present during a neap tide?

Accepted Answer

First Quarter / Last Quarter

Answer

Full Moon / New Moon

Answer

Waxing Crescent / Waning Crescent

Answer

Waxing Gibbous / Waning Gibbous

Question 9

What moon phase would be present during a spring tide?

Accepted Answer

Full Moon / New Moon

Answer

First Quarter / Last Quarter

Answer

Waxing Crescent / Waning Crescent

Answer

Waxing Gibbous / Waning Gibbous

Question 10

Which phase of the Lunar Cycle does this picture represent?

Accepted Answer

First Quarter

Answer

New Moon

Answer

Last Quarter

Answer

Waxing Gibbous

Question 11

Which phase of the Lunar Cycle is represented in this picture?

Accepted Answer

Waning Crescent

Answer

Waxing Crescent

Answer

Waxing Gibbous

Answer

Waning Gibbous

Question 12

Which phase of the Lunar Cycle is represented in this picture?

Accepted Answer

Full Moon

Answer

New Moon

Answer

Waxing Gibbous

Answer

Waning Gibbous

Question 13

Which phase of the Lunar Cycle is represented in this picture?

Accepted Answer

Waxing Gibbous

Answer

Waxing Cresecent

Answer

Waning Crescent

Answer

Waning Gibbous

Question 14

Which phase would come after the following image in the Lunar Cycle?

Accepted Answer

First Quarter

Answer

New Moon

Answer

Waning Gibbous

Answer

Last Quarter

Question 15

Which phase would come after the following image in the Lunar Cycle?

Accepted Answer

Waning Gibbous

Answer

Waxing Gibbous

Answer

Last Quarter

Answer

First Quarter

Question 16

Which phase would come SEVEN days after the phase in the image?

Accepted Answer

New Moon

Answer

Full Moon

Answer

Waning Crescent

Answer

Waxing Crescent

Question 17

Which direction does the moon revolve around the Earth?

Accepted Answer

counterclockwise

Answer

clockwise

Question 18

When the Earth casts a shadow on the moon it causes a _______.

Accepted Answer

Lunar Eclipse

Answer

Solar Eclipse

Question 19

When the moon casts a shadow on the Earth it causes a _____.

Accepted Answer

solar eclipse

Answer

lunar eclispse

Question 20

In which type of tide would the Sun, Moon, and Earth all be in a straight line?

Accepted Answer

Spring Tide

Answer

Neap Tide

Question 21

In which type of tide would the Sun, Moon, and Earth form a 90 degree angle?

Accepted Answer

Neap Tide

Answer

Spring Tide

Question 22

What causes the Earth to have day and night?

Accepted Answer

Earth's rotation on its axis.

Answer

The distance between the Earth and the Sun.

Answer

The gravitational pull of the moon.

Answer

Earth's revolution around the Sun.

Question 23

What causes the Earth to have seasons?

Accepted Answer

Earth's tilt and revolution around the Sun.

Answer

The distance between the Earth and the Sun.

Answer

The moon's revolution around the Earth.

Answer

Earth's rotation on its axis.

Question 24

Which phase would come after the following image in the Lunar Cycle?

Accepted Answer

Waxing Crescent

Answer

Waning Crescent

Answer

First Quarter

Answer

Waxing Gibbous

Question 25

Which phase would come after the following image in the Lunar Cycle?

Accepted Answer

Waning Crescent

Answer

Waxing Gibbous

Answer

New Moon

Answer

Full Moon

Question 26

Which phase would come after the following image in the Lunar Cycle?

Accepted Answer

New Moon

Answer

Full Moon

Answer

Last Quarter

Answer

Waning Crescent

Question 27

If the light side is on the right and growing bright the moon is.....

Accepted Answer

waxing

Answer

waning

Question 28

If the light side is on the left and losing light then the moon is.....

Accepted Answer

waning

Answer

waxing

Question 29

How long does it take the Earth to revolve around the Sun?

Accepted Answer

365.25 days

Answer

24 hours

Answer

29.5 days

Answer

6 months

Question 30

How long does it take the Earth to rotate on its axis?

Accepted Answer

24 hours

Answer

365.25 days

Answer

29.5 days

Answer

6 months

Question 31

How long would it take to go from a New Moon to a Full Moon?

Accepted Answer

2 weeks

Answer

1 week

Answer

3 weeks

Answer

3 days

Question 32

How long does it take the moon to revolve around the Earth?

Accepted Answer

29.5 days

Answer

365.25 days

Answer

24 hours

Answer

3 weeks

Question 33

How long does it take the Earth to rotate on its axis?

Accepted Answer

24 hours

Answer

365.25 days

Answer

29.5 days

Answer

1 year

Question 34

How long does it take the Earth to revolve around the Sun?

Accepted Answer

365.25 days

Answer

3 weeks

Answer

24 hours

Answer

29.5 days

Question 35

How long does it take to go from one moon phase to the next?

Accepted Answer

3 days

Answer

1 week

Answer

2 weeks

Answer

1 month

Question 36

How long does it take the moon to go from a First Quarter phase to a Waxing Gibbous phase?

Accepted Answer

3 days

Answer

1 week

Answer

2 weeks

Answer

5 days

Question 37

How long does it take the moon to go from a Last Quarter phase to a New Moon phase?

Accepted Answer

1 week

Answer

2 weeks

Answer

3 weeks

Answer

3 days

Question 38

In which position is the Northern Hemisphere experiencing Summer?

Accepted Answer

Position B

Answer

Position A

Answer

Position C

Answer

Position D

Question 39

In which position is Earth experiencing Winter in the Northern Hemisphere?

Accepted Answer

Position D

Answer

Position A

Answer

Position B

Answer

Position C

Question 40

In which position is Earth experiencing Fall in the Northern Hemisphere?

Accepted Answer

Position C

Answer

Position A

Answer

Position B

Answer

Position D

Question 41

In which position is Earth experiencing Spring in the Northern Hemisphere?

Accepted Answer

Position A

Answer

Position B

Answer

Position C

Answer

Position D

Question 42

In which position is Earth experiencing Summer in the Southern Hemisphere?

Accepted Answer

Position D

Answer

Position A

Answer

Position B

Answer

Position C

Question 43

In which Position is the Northern Hemisphere experiencing the most hours of daylight?

Accepted Answer

Position B

Answer

Position A

Answer

Position C

Answer

Position D

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