Astronomy Quiz: Moons and Eclipses

Study Notes

Spring tides occur at new and full moons, and have the highest high tides and lowest low tides.
Neap tides occur at first- and third-quarter moons, and have the lowest high tides and highest low tides.
Solar eclipses can only be seen from within the shadow of the Moon.
Lunar eclipses can only occur during a full moon.
Solar eclipses occur only during a new moon because the Moon, Earth, and Sun must be aligned.

Earth rotates from west to east.
Objects in the sky appear to move in the opposite direction, from east to west.
The difference between a planet's rotation and its revolution is that rotation is the spinning of a planet on its axis, while revolution is the orbit of a planet around the Sun.

Continental polar air masses are very cold and dry, and form over the interiors of Canada and Alaska.
Continental tropical air masses are warm and dry, and form over the southwest United States and Mexico.
Maritime polar air masses are mild and humid, and form over the North Pacific Ocean.
Maritime polar air masses are cold and humid, and form over the North Atlantic Ocean.
Deforestation can cause changes in climate.
The city with the smallest change in average temperature between January and July is San Francisco.
The factor that strongly influences the climate of San Francisco is the ocean west of the city.

Organisms on Earth receive energy from the Sun and also from Earth itself.
The longest a total solar eclipse can last is about 7 minutes.
The atmosphere is 21 percent oxygen and 78 percent nitrogen.
Water vapor makes up less than 1 percent of the total atmosphere.
The heating of a satellite's interior may provide enough thermal energy to allow for liquid water on the moons.
Astronauts rely on their spacecraft and spacesuits to shield them from dangerous solar radiation and solar particles.
Oxygen is supplied for long trips by passing an electric current through water.
The International Space Station (ISS) is a large, artificial satellite that orbits Earth and has been continuously occupied since the first crew arrived in 2000.