Moon and Seasons

Identifying the Seasons and Moon Phases

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Multiple Choice

What does ROTATION mean?

• To SPIN

• To ORBIT or GO AROUND

Multiple Choice

What does REVOLUTION mean?

• To SPIN

• To ORBIT or GO AROUND

Multiple Choice

Which movement of Earth causes day and night?

• rotation

• revolution

Multiple Choice

Which movement of Earth contributes to the seasons?

• rotation

• revolution

Multiple Choice

Earth revolves around the Sun every ----

• 365.25 days

• 23 hours, 56 minutes

• 24 hours

• 352 days

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In order for a hemisphere to have direct sunlight it must be facing

the sun.

Multiple Choice

What season is the Northern Hemisphere experiencing at position 2?

• spring

• summer

• autumn

• winter

Multiple Select

Select TWO reasons for the seasons.

• the gravitational pull of the Moon

• the revolution of the Earth around the Sun

• the rotation of the Earth on its axis

• the tilt of Earth's axis

Multiple Choice

What season is the Northern Hemisphere experiencing in the image?

• spring

• summer

• autumn

• winter

Multiple Choice

What is the cause of the phases of the moon?

• Earth's rotation

• Moon's rotation

• The position of the sun, moon and earth

• The sun illuminating the moon

Multiple Choice

Which Moon phase is when we can't see the Moon at all?

• Waning Crescent

• Full Moon

• Waxing Gibbous

• New Moon

Multiple Choice

Select the Moon phase in position 3

• New Moon

• Waxing Crescent

• First Quarter

• Waxing Gibbous

Multiple Choice

Which Moon phase (pictured here) follows a New Moon?

• Waning Crescent

• Waxing Crescent

Multiple Choice

Phases of the Moon in which the Moon appears to be getting larger are referred to as _.

• waxing

• waning

• new

• eclipse

Multiple Choice

Name the Moon phase in the picture.

• First Quarter

• Last Quarter

• New Moon

• Full Moon

Multiple Choice

Select the Moon phase in position 2.

• Waning Crescent

• Waxing Crescent

• Waning Gibbous

• Waxing Gibbous

Multiple Choice

Name the Moon Phase that would come AFTER this phase in the picture (after the Third Quarter).

• Waning Crescent

• Waxing Crescent

• Waning Gibbous

• Waxing Gibbous

Multiple Choice

Select the Moon phase in position 2.

• Waning Crescent

• Waxing Crescent

• Waning Gibbous

• Waxing Gibbous

Multiple Choice

If you were an astronaut in space, would you see the phases of the Earth?

• No because the sunlight does not reflect off the Earth

• Yes because the sunlight reflects off the Earth

• No because the sunlight reflects off the Earth

• Yes because the sunlight does not reflect off the Earth