Unit 6 Moon Phases, Seasons and tides

Which event is a direct result of Earth's rotation?

• the deflection of wind

• Day and night

• the seasonal changes

• the daily rising and setting of the sun.

Which of the following can be seen as a reusilt of the Earth's tilt?

• The seasons change throughout the year

• The tides change throughout the day

• Daytime is longer thatn nighttime during the summer than during the winter

• Winter is warmer than ususal

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Due to the tilt of the Earth's axis

• certain regions on Earth can expereince non-stop daylight for six months of the year

• The north and south poles expereince the same seadons at the same time

• The eastern and western hemispheres have opposite seasons

• daylight in North America lasts longer in December than in July

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What causes temperatures to be higher in the summer then temperatures in the winter?

• The greenhouse effect which raises tempertures on Earth, takes place during the summer months only

• Volcanic activity is at its peak during summer resulting in elevated tempertures on Earth

• The earth is closer in distance to the Sun during the summer than it is during the winter

• More of the Sun's rays directly hit a particular region on Earth during the summer than during the winter

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At what angle is Earth titlted on its axis?

• 0

• 23.5

• 45

• 90

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Tides are the daily periodic rise and fall of water level caused by the

• the gravitational pull of the moon only

• the gravitational pull of the sun only

• gravitational pull of the sun and moon

• global winds and continental deflection

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What is the driving force of the universe?

• revolution

• rotation

• gravity

• motion

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Why are days longer in the summer?

• the full moon is out

• the sun is lowest in the sky

• the sun is highest is the sky

• the eclipse is occuring

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The earth has 4 main season, winter, spring, summer, fall, from the list below, select the causes for the changes in seasons on Earth

• the earth rotates

• The Earth revolves around the sun

• The earth's axis is titled

• The axis always tilts the same direction

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When the Sun, Earth, and Moon are in a striaght line, you will experience spring tides. This means that there will be the

• greatest tidal range

• smallest tital range

• both a and b

• Neither a nor b

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