Sun Moon Earth Relationship

Which kind of tide is shown?

• a new tide

• a spring tide

• a neap tide

• a full tide

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What type of tide would this arrangement of earth-moon-sun create?

• full moon tide

• new moon tide

• neap tide

• spring tide

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What is a difference between spring and neap tides?

• Spring tides occur when the earth and sun are IN LINE with the new or full moon. 

• Spring tides occur when moon in 3rd or 1st quarter phases

• Spring tides are LOWER than neap tides

• Spring tides occur in Spring and neap tides can occur in any season

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Why don’t we have a solar eclipse every new moon?

• The Earth is too big

• The moon is too small

• The moon’s orbit is tilted 5 degrees in respect to the earth

• The moon only orbits the earth 2 -5 times a year

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• Astral eclipse

• Lunar eclipse

• Solar eclipse

• medial eclipse

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• Solar eclipse

• Lunar eclipse

• Transit eclipse

• Earth eclipse

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What does number 1 in the image to the left represent?

• Umbra

• Penumbra

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What does number 2 in the image to the left represent?

• Umbra

• Penumbra

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What three events can occur with this alignment of the sun, earth, and moon?

• solar eclipse, new moon, neap tide

• solar eclipse, full moon, neap tide

• solar eclipse, new moon, spring tide

• solar eclipse, full moon, spring tide

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Why does a spring tide create much higher tides than normal tidal ranges?

• Because the moon and sun are combining their gravitational strength

• Because the moon is in its spring position, causing it to create more force

• Because it happens during springtime when the water is the lightest

• Because this is when the moon grows in size and goes super saiyan

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