Characteristics of Earth, Moon, and Sun

Which has craters?

• Only the Earth
• Only the Moon
• Moon and Earth
• Sun, Moon, and Earth

The spinning of an object on its axis is called______

• orbit
• rotation
• revolution
• tide

Day and night is caused by the . . .

• revolution of Earth around the Sun
• orbit of Earth around the Moon
• rotation of earth on its axis.
• rotation of the Moon on it's axis

How long does it take the Earth to make one REVOLUTION around the Sun?

• 12 hours
• 24 hours
• 365 days
• 29.5 days

As the Earth travels around the sun, the tilt causes different areas of the Earth’s surface to get different amounts of daylight at different times of the year. The angle of the Sun’s rays to the surface also causes areas to have more or less of the Sun’s energy. This causes the. . . 

• months
• day and night
• seasons
• years

Sunlight hits Earth’s surface most directly at the _______. Because of this, this area doesn't experience seasons.

• north pole
• south pole
• equator
• axis

Which of the following is a consequence of the fact that the rotation and revolution periods of the moon are the same?

•  the moon keeps the same face turned toward the earth
• the moon can never be seen from one hemisphere of the earth 
•  all lunar phases can be seen from the earth 
•  there are about 12 months per year

Which of these have rocks?

• Earth, Moon, Sun
• Sun and Moon
• Moon and Earth
• Earth only

What is a revolution?

• standing still
• spinning in place about an axis
• bouncing to another object
• one object moving around another object

What is rotation?

• standing still
• bouncing in place
• spinning in place about an axis
• an object moving around another object