Earth Cycles Review

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

• neap tide

• spring tide

• new moon tide

• full moon tide

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What moon phase will be observed after the waning crescent?

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What phase occurs on the 15th of the month? What is the name of the phase?

• 3rd Quarter

• 1st Quarter

• Waxing Gibbous

• Waxing Crescent

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

A full moon occurs on August 12th. Approximately when will the next third (last) quarter moon occur?

• August 15th

• August 20th

• August 26th

• September 12th

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

When it is winter in the Northern Hemisphere, it is ________ in the Southern Hemisphere.

• Winter

• Spring

• Summer

• Fall

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What causes a rock to become sediment?

• Pressure

• Heat and Pressure

• Rain

• Weathering and Erosion

Which vocabulary word means "to wear away or break down"

• Melting

• Weathering

• Compaction

• Frogs

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What causes a rock to become magma

• Weathering and Erosion

• Erosion

• Melting

• Heat

In the diagram, the current moon phase is shown. Which image shows the moon phases that will be seen immediately before and after the current moon phase?

• Image A

• Image B

• Image C

• Image D

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What would happen if the rate of Earth's rotation on its axis increased?

• length of the day would be shorter

• length of the day would be longer

• length of the seasons would be shorter

• length of the seasons would be longer