Sun Moon Earth Relationship

Which is the MAIN cause of the ocean's tides?

• the tilt of the Earth's axis

• The earth's rotation on it's axis

• the gravitational pull of the moon,

• the uneven heating of the oceans by the sun

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What do we call tides that have a smaller range that happen when the sun and moon are at right angles to each other?

• Neap Tide

• Spring Tide

• Larger Change

• Smaller Change

Which moon phase is occurring at #8?

• waning crescent

• waning gibbous

• waxing crescent

• waxing gibbous

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What is happening at location 4?

• waning gibbous

• waxing gibbous

• waning crescent

• waxing crescent

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

At position A, which hemisphere would have summer?

• Northern hemisphere

• Southern hemisphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What happens when the area in which you live tilts away from the sun?

• It is summer.

• It is spring.

• It is winter.

• It is fall.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The term equinox means....

• equal amount of day light and equal amount of night

• Equal amount of winter and summer

• Equal amounts of hot dogs for everyone

• The longest day of the year

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

We always see the same side of the moon because?

• We can only look at night

• The moon revolves on axis slower than it rotates around Earth

• The moon rotates and revolves at roughly the same rate the Earth does

• The moon never rotates on axis

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

This moon phase come directly BEFORE a Full Moon phase:

• waning crescent

• waxing crescent

• waning gibbous

• waxing gibbous

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

This moon phase comes directly AFTER a New Moon:

• waning crescent

• waxing crescent

• waning gibbous

• waxing gibbous

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1