Equinoxes _________________

Have 12 hours of day and night.

The lightest part of a shadow around the outside edge

A solstice is when _______________________________

The axis is most toward or away from the Sun.

How would you describe light as it hits the equator?

Light hits directly at the equator

Seasons are caused by____________________________

The tilt of Earth’s axis as Earth orbits the Sun

Why have only a few people seen a TOTAL solar eclipse?

You have to be in the Moon’s umbra to see it.

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6th Grade Quiz Bowl Set 1

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1
When is the fall equinox?
January 21 or 22
May 21 or 22
July 21 or 22
September 21 or 22
2
Daylight hours are shorter for the hemisphere tilted toward the Sun.
False
True
3
Earth rotates from __________________ to _________________.
West to east
South to north
Side to side
North to south
4
The Sun is at its highest and lowest angles in the sky during ___________________.📷
Equinoxes
Solstices
Full moons
Lunar eclipses
5
What is an umbra?
New Moon
The lightest part of a shadow
Full Moon
The darkest part of a shadow
6
Hours of daylight and darkness are the same during an ___________________.
Solstice
Full moon
Equinox
Eclipse
7
When the north end of Earth’s axis is pointing toward the Sun, what season is it in the northern hemisphere?
Spring
Fall
Winter
Summer
8
Equinoxes _________________
Are only in the southern hemisphere.
Have 12 hours of day and night.
Are only in the northern hemisphere.
Happen only in the summer
9
A lunar eclipse can only happen during a __________________
3rd quarter moon
Full moon
New moon
1st quarter moon
10
What is a PENUMBRA?
The dark middle part of a shadow
When only a sliver of moon is showing
The lightest part of a shadow around the outside edge
When the New moon peaks over the horizon
11
Earth ______________________on its axis.
Rotates
Regenerates
Reboots
Revolves
12
Solar eclipses happen during _______________________
A new moon
Waning crescent
Waxing gibbous
A full moon
13
Name the phase of the moon in the picture.
3rd quarter
waxing crescent
waxing gibbous
1st quarter
14
A solstice is when _______________________________
The sun is completely blocked, and the sky is dark.
We have 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness.
The axis is most toward or away from the Sun.
The solar eclipse happens.
15
How would you describe light as it hits the equator?
Light doesn’t ever hit the equator
Light hits directly at the equator
None of the above
Light spreads out around the equator
16
Name the phase of the moon in the picture.
Waxing crescent
Full Moon
New Moon
Waning Gibbous
17
When it is summer in the United States, Earth is tilted toward the Sun.
True
False
18
Seasons are caused by____________________________
Earth’s distance from the Sun.
Solar eclipses
The many phases of the moon.
The tilt of Earth’s axis as Earth orbits the Sun
19
Why don’t lunar eclipses happen during every full moon?
It is too hot to have an eclipse every month.
We just can’t see it happening.
There isn’t a full moon every month.
The Moon's orbit is tilted
20
Why have only a few people seen a TOTAL solar eclipse?
You have to be in the Moon’s umbra to see it.
It is too far away to see it.
You have to be in the Moon’s penumbra to see it.
It only happens every hundred years

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