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How to track seasons using lunar and solar cycles - Exam
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  • 1. What celestial body primarily dictates the length of a solar year?
A) The Moon
B) The Sun
C) Mars
D) Venus
  • 2. How many lunar cycles are roughly in a solar year?
A) 12
B) 18
C) 6
D) 24
  • 3. What is a lunar cycle also commonly known as?
A) A decade
B) A week
C) An hour
D) A month
  • 4. What is the first phase of the lunar cycle?
A) First Quarter
B) Full Moon
C) New Moon
D) Last Quarter
  • 5. Which lunar phase appears fully illuminated?
A) Full Moon
B) Gibbous Moon
C) New Moon
D) Crescent Moon
  • 6. Which event marks the beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere?
A) Autumnal Equinox
B) Summer Solstice
C) Winter Solstice
D) Vernal Equinox
  • 7. What is the point in Earth's orbit where the sun reaches its highest position in the sky?
A) Summer Solstice
B) Apogee
C) Equinox
D) Winter Solstice
  • 8. During which solstice is the day the shortest in the Northern Hemisphere?
A) Vernal Equinox
B) Summer Solstice
C) Autumnal Equinox
D) Winter Solstice
  • 9. What is an equinox?
A) Shortest day of the year
B) Noon
C) Equal day and night
D) Longest day of the year
  • 10. Which calendar is based primarily on lunar cycles?
A) Islamic Calendar
B) Julian Calendar
C) Gregorian Calendar
D) Mayan Calendar
  • 11. What is a lunisolar calendar?
A) Combined lunar and solar cycles
B) Lunar only
C) Stars only
D) Solar only
  • 12. Why do some calendars use leap months?
A) To confuse people
B) Lunar orbit speed
C) Random change
D) Sync lunar with solar
  • 13. What unit is time commonly measured in using solar cycles?
A) Lunar rotation
B) Year
C) Hour
D) Minute
  • 14. What natural phenomenon is partially responsible for creating the seasons?
A) Solar flares
B) Asteroid collisions
C) Lunar phases
D) Earth's axial tilt
  • 15. What does the term 'waxing' refer to in lunar phases?
A) Increasing light
B) Full illumination
C) No illumination
D) Decreasing light
  • 16. What does the term 'waning' refer to in lunar phases?
A) Full illumination
B) No illumination
C) Decreasing light
D) Increasing light
  • 17. Why were lunar cycles important for early agriculture?
A) Predicting eclipses
B) Animal behavior
C) Predicting floods
D) Solar heat
  • 18. What is a sidereal month?
A) Moon relative to stars
B) Moon relative to planets
C) Moon relative to Earth
D) Moon relative to Sun
  • 19. What is a synodic month?
A) Sun rotation
B) Earth rotation
C) Moon phase cycle
D) Moon relative to stars
  • 20. Which ancient structure is thought to have tracked solar events?
A) Great Wall of China
B) Eiffel Tower
C) Colosseum
D) Stonehenge
  • 21. What is the ecliptic?
A) Earth's orbit around Sun
B) Moon's orbit around Earth
C) Milky Way
D) Sun's path across sky
  • 22. What causes the seasons?
A) Lunar phases
B) Solar flares
C) Earth's tilt
D) Earth's distance from Sun
  • 23. Why are the tropics warmer?
A) Farther from Sun
B) Indirect sunlight
C) Closer to Sun
D) Direct sunlight
  • 24. What is the Arctic Circle?
A) Equator
B) Area of 24hr sunlight/darkness
C) International Date Line
D) Prime Meridian
  • 25. Which equinox marks the start of Autumn in the Northern Hemisphere?
A) Autumnal Equinox
B) Winter Solstice
C) Vernal Equinox
D) Summer Solstice
  • 26. During which season is the Earth closest to the Sun?
A) Summer (Northern Hemisphere)
B) Spring
C) Winter (Northern Hemisphere)
D) Autumn
  • 27. What is a tropical year?
A) Time between winter solstices
B) Moon's orbit around Earth
C) Star position time
D) Time between vernal equinoxes
  • 28. What is a lunar standstill?
A) Regular moon positions
B) No moon visible
C) Moon stops moving
D) Extreme moon positions
  • 29. What is the significance of Metonic cycle?
A) 19 solar years = 235 lunar months
B) Solar flares frequency
C) Earth's orbit
D) Moon's creation
  • 30. How do solar cycles impact climate?
A) Earthquakes
B) Volcanic eruptions
C) Lunar tides
D) Affecting temperature
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