Astronomy Exam 1 Review

What is syzygy?

• When the Moon & the Sun are pulling on Earth's tides

• When the Moon & the Earth are at a right angle

• How the axial tilt of the Moon affects Earth's seasons

• When the Moon, the Earth, & the Sun are aligned in a straight line

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The phase of the Moon which is the least visible is the...

• New moon

• Waning crescent

• Waxing crescent

• Full moon

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The new moon phase occurs when the Moon is positioned between the Earth and the Sun. Why is this not always an eclipse?

• Moon's orbit is tilted relative to the Earth's orbit

• New moon phase is visible only at night

• Night side of the Moon faces toward the Earth

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Northern Hemisphere winters are colder than Northern Hemisphere summers because...

• Earth is closer to the sun during the winter than it is during the summer

• The light from the sun shines more directly on the Northern Hemisphere during the summer

• The period of sunlight is longer during the summer than during the winter

• 2 & 3

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                ________ is the point in Earth’s orbit where Earth is closest to the Sun.

• the summer solstice

• precession

• aphelion

• perihelion

              Why does Earth experience seasons?

• The distance from the Moon

• The tilt of Earth's axis

• The distance from the Sun

• The rivers on Earth

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In which one of the following phases do we see half of the Moon's dark side?

• Full moon

• New moon

• First quarter

• Waning crescent

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If Earth's period of rotation were halved, but the period of revolution about the Sun stayed the same, then...

• The year would be half as long

• The night would be half as long

• The night would be twice as long

• The year would be twice as long

In the summer in the northern hemisphere...

• the earth is closer to the Sun

• the Earth's northern hemisphere is tilted away from the Sun

• the Earth's northern hemisphere is tilted towards the Sun

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The Earth rotates...

• clockwise

• slowly

• quickly

• counterclockwise

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