S6 Grade Week 9 Earth and Space Science

Question 1

4.Earth rotates, part of its facing the moon, moon’s gravity deforms Earth, pulling to a shape?

Accepted Answer

egg (ovoid)

Question 2

16. After the new moon we see it half lit, called the __ because its halfway through the cycle.

Accepted Answer

first quarter

Question 3

29. When the Southern Hemisphere is tilted toward the sun, it is ____ here.

Accepted Answer

winter

Question 4

10. When an object in space comes between the sun and a third object and casts a shadow?

Accepted Answer

eclipse

Question 5

20. Sun lights the side of the moon facing away from Earth, the side facing is dark-the?

Accepted Answer

new moon

Question 6

21. The lit part of the moon we see from Earth is called a?

Accepted Answer

phase

Question 7

7. A lunar eclipse can only occur during a __ moon, when the moon is between the sun and Earth.

Accepted Answer

full

Question 8

33. Seasons are caused by the earth's _______ and revolution around the sun.

Accepted Answer

tilt

Question 9

15. Two weeks after the new moon it is halfway through its cycle, we see its entire lit side?

Accepted Answer

full moon

Question 10

28. On June 21 in the Northern Hemisphere marks ___ the longest sunlight, the shortest night.

Accepted Answer

summer solstice

Question 11

5. Tides occur because of the pull of the moon’s ______ on different parts of the Earth.

Accepted Answer

gravity

Question 12

17. The the moon is a “C” shape, or _______, gets larger, and is called the ____________

Accepted Answer

crescent, waxing crescent

Question 13

9. A ___ eclipse occurs when the moon blocks out view of the sun.

Accepted Answer

solar

Question 14

6. The _____ is the rise and fall of water in large bodies of water.

Accepted Answer

tides

Question 15

32.We call one complete revolution of the Earth around the sun a _______.

Accepted Answer

year

Question 16

22. The moon doesn’t give off any light, it is actually ______ the sunlight shining on it.

Accepted Answer

reflection

Question 17

19. The new moon is always in the sky during _______.

Accepted Answer

daylight

Question 18

3. Water is not as ____ as Earth, so the water on top of the Earth is pulled to a higher level.

Accepted Answer

massive

Question 19

2. There is a _____ hour difference in high and low tides, and ____ of each of them each day.

Accepted Answer

6, 2

Question 20

25. On the equinoxes there is _______ hours of daylight and ________ hours of night.

Accepted Answer

12, 12

Question 21

12. A week after the full moon, it is ___, getting smaller until a third is lit on the ____.

Accepted Answer

waning gibbous, third quarter

Question 22

8. A _____ eclipse occurs when the moon travels through Earth’s shadow.

Accepted Answer

lunar

Question 23

30. When the Northern Hemisphere is tilted toward the sun, it is ______ here.

Accepted Answer

summer

Question 24

18. For two weeks a month the lit portion of the moon is _____, or getting bigger.

Accepted Answer

waxing

Question 25

23. The ___ equinox, on September 23, in the northern Hemisphere signals the first day of fall.

Accepted Answer

autumnal

Question 26

1. The moon rises and sets an _____ later each day.

Accepted Answer

hour

Question 27

11. After the waning gibbous, the ______ that smaller every night until it is the new moon.

Accepted Answer

crescent moon

Question 28

35. Earth moves around the sun on a journey that takes _____.

Accepted Answer

365 1/4 days

Question 29

14. The _______ is always in the sky at night.

Accepted Answer

full moon

Question 30

24. The _____ equinox, on March 21, in the northern Hemisphere signals the first day of spring.

Accepted Answer

vernal

Question 31

13. After the full moon, the moon is getting smaller, or ________.

Accepted Answer

waning

Question 32

31. The tilt of Earth on its axis is about _____.

Accepted Answer

23°

Question 33

26. Halfway between summer and winter, _____, or equal night.

Accepted Answer

equinoxes

Question 34

27. Dec. 21, the Northern Hemisphere experiences ________.

Accepted Answer

winter solstice

Question 35

34. Earth spins and revolves, the ___ moves around the Earth, completing its passage every ___.

Accepted Answer

moon, 29 1/2 days

Question 36

36. The Earth spins on its _______, turning toward the sun and then away from it every _______.

Accepted Answer

axis, 24 hours

S6 Grade Week 9 Earth and Space Science

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S6 Grade Week 9 Earth and Space Science

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