Test Review: Earth’s Orbit & Rotation

Front

What is the term for when the moon's shape appears to get smaller?

Back

Waning

Front

When the Sun is behind you, where is your shadow?

Back

In front of you

Front

What happens to shadows when the sun gets higher in the sky?

Back

Shadows get shorter.

Front

What does the moon orbit?

Back

Earth

Front

What is the name of the path that the Earth takes around the Sun?

Back

Orbit

Front

What is the Earth's revolution around the Sun called?

Back

A year.

Front

What is the term for the time it takes for the Earth to rotate once on its axis?

Back

A day.

Front

What causes day and night on Earth?

Back

The rotation of the Earth on its axis.

Front

What is the name of the star that the Earth orbits?

Back

The Sun.

Front

What is the shape of the Earth's orbit around the Sun?

Back

Elliptical.