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Astronomy Quiz: Seasons, Moon Phases, and Tides Explained

Test your knowledge of astronomy with this informative quiz covering topics such as seasons, moon phases, tides, and more. Learn interesting facts about Earth's relationship with the Moon and Sun.

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Astronomy Quiz: Seasons, Moon Phases, and Tides Explained

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  1. Seasons Tides Moon Quiz Prep

  2. How much of the Moon will ALWAYS be illuminated at one time by the sun

  3. HALF

  4. How much of the earth will be illuminated at one time by the sun on the first day of our summer?

  5. HALF

  6. Which direction is the North Pole pointed the first day of summer in the Northern Hemisphere?

  7. Toward the sun

  8. What place will receive twenty-four hours of DAYLIGHT on the first day of summer in the Northern Hemisphere.

  9. Artic Circle

  10. What place will receive twenty-four hours of DARKNESS on the first day of summer in the Northern Hemisphere.

  11. Antarctica (South Pole)

  12. What position on the earth gets the most direct sunlight on the first day of summer in the Northern Hemisphere?

  13. Tropic of cancer

  14. Why isn’t the moon visible from Earth during the new moon phase?

  15. The sun is lighting up the half of the moon that is pointed away from us

  16. On the first day of spring, how long will the sun be up in Aberdeen?

  17. 12 hours, just like everywhere else on Earth

  18. The moon’s gravity goes right through the earth. What effect does that have on our tides?

  19. It causes a lump of water to form on opposite sides of the earth, giving us 2 high tides a day

  20. Why do we have the highest tides when there is a new moon?

  21. Because the sun’s and the moon’s gravity are both pulling in the same direction

  22. instantaneous linear velocity?

  23. How fast a point on the earth is moving

  24. What is the instantaneous linear velocity at the North Pole?

  25. ZERO - it just changes directions as the earth spins under it

  26. What is the instantaneous linear velocity at the Equator?

  27. About 1000 miles per hour

  28. What causes a solar eclipse?

  29. The moon gets between the sun and the earth, blocking out the view of the sun

  30. Why is it always a new moon when solar eclipses occur?

  31. The lit side of the moon is facing away from Earth

  32. What causes a lunar eclipse?

  33. The earth’s shadow covers the moon

  34. What phase of the moon has total eclipses?

  35. FULL MOON

  36. WHERE?

  37. ARTIC

  38. WHERE?

  39. MARYLAND

  40. WHERE?

  41. ANTARTICA

  42. WHERE?

  43. 38 degrees south of the Equator • Australia

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