This document contains a science exam revision for term 4. It includes questions about the phases of the moon, their descriptions and causes. Students are asked to diagram the moon's orbit, eclipses, and explain day/night and seasons in different locations. They have 3 minutes to complete the multiple choice questions covering these topics on lunar and solar phenomena.

1. Term 4 Science Exam Revision
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You have 3 minutes to complete all questions.
Complete all questions to the best of your knowledge
Mark/alter your answers at the change of each slide
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2. Describe the causes the
phases of the moon?
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3. • The phases the Moon goes through are
caused by two things: 1) the Moon revolving
around the Earth, and 2) the Moon reflecting
sunlight towards the Earth.

4. List the eight phases of
the moon
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1) New Moon
2) Waxing Crescent
3) First Quarter
4) Waxing Gibbous
5) Full Moon
6) Waning Gibbous
7) Last Quarter
8) Waning Crescent
9) Back to the New Moon.

6. Describe:
New Moon
Waxing Crescent
First Quarter
Waxing Gibbous
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7. • New Moon -During a New Moon we can
see NO portion of the Moon's surface that
is lit.
• Waxing Crescent - During the Waxing
Crescent phase, we see on the left side a
small sliver of the lit Moon.
• First Quarter-During the First Quarter
phase, we see the left half of the lit Moon.
• Waxing Gibbous-During the Waxing
Gibbous phase, we see almost the entire
left side of the lit Moon.

8. Describe:
Full moon
Waning Gibbous
Last Quarter
Waning Crescent
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9. • Full Moon - During a Full Moon, we see the
entire half of the Moon surface that is lit.
• Waning Gibbous - During the Waning Gibbous
phase, we see almost the entire right side of
the lit Moon.
• Last Quarter - During the last Quarter phase,
we see the right half of the Moon lit.
• Waning Crescent - During the Waning
Crescent phase, we see on the right side a
small sliver of the lit Moon.

10. Diagram the phases of the
moon in orbit around the
Earth
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12. Draw a labeled diagram showing how a Neap
and Spring Tide occurs.
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14. Draw labeled diagrams showing a) why it is day
on the Gold Coast while night in London, and b)
how we get the four seasons on the Gold Coast
(winter, summer, autumn, spring).
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16. Draw a labeled diagram showing how a Total
Solar Eclipse occurs.
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18. Draw a labeled diagram showing how a Partial
Lunar Eclipse occurs.
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20. Answer the Following Questions:
1. What was the name of the spacecraft that carried the first men who
landed on the moon?
2. The Hubble Space Telescope takes photographs of Space that of much
greater clarity than those taken on Earth. Why is this so?
3. What was the name of the first scientist to view the moon through a
telescope?
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21. 1. Apollo 11
2. Because it is above the blurring effect of
the Earth’s atmosphere.
3. Galileo