Ch. 14 Semester Final Study Guide - Earth Science

Question 1

What's a lunar eclipse?

Accepted Answer

Earth passes between the Moon and the Sun

Question 2

What is a pattern or group of stars that represent an animal, figure, or other object?

Accepted Answer

Constellation

Question 3

What is used to help find constellations in the night sky?

Accepted Answer

Star Chart

Question 4

What causes the seasons on Earth?

Accepted Answer

Earth's daily rotation on its axis, Earth’s revolution around the Sun

Question 5

What is the tendency of an object to resist a change in motion called?

Accepted Answer

Inertia

Question 6

What's a solar eclipse?

Accepted Answer

Moon passes between the Earth and the Sun,

Question 7

Yes or No - neap tides produce the GREATEST gravitational range b/w low/high tides

Accepted Answer

No

Question 8

Yes or No - in a neap tide, the Sun, Moon, and Earth are at a 90 degree angle

Accepted Answer

Yes

Question 9

What is an object going around the Sun/star?

Accepted Answer

Revolution

Question 10

What is the imaginary line that passes through Earth’s north/south poles?

Accepted Answer

Axis

Question 11

What is true of tides?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 12

What causes the Moon’s phases?

Accepted Answer

How much sunlight hits the moon

Question 13

What is an object going around its axis called?

Accepted Answer

Rotation

Question 14

Yes or No - spring tides produce the LEAST gravitational range b/w low/high tides

Accepted Answer

No

Question 15

Yes or No - in a spring tide, are the Sun, Earth, & Moon always in a straight line?

Accepted Answer

Yes

Question 16

What determines gravity?

Accepted Answer

Mass of the objects and the distance between them

Question 17

What is orbit?

Accepted Answer

An object's path around a star

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