Astronomy Review

Which planet is closer to the sun than Earth?

• Saturn
• Jupiter
• Mars
• Mercury

Identify this moon

• quarter moon
• new moon
• half moon
• crescent moon

Which planet is one of the four outer planets?

• Earth
• Saturn
• Pluto
• Mercury

The largest planet in our solar system is...

• Uranus
• Jupiter
• Neptune
• Mercury

The inner and outer planets are separated by...

• a wall
• the asteroid belt
• Earth's moon
• Pluto

We see different constellations in different seasons because...

• of Earth's revolution.
• of Earth's rotation
• They hide.
• They move the Earth.

The moon seems to change shape from day to day in a cycle that lasts about a month as it goes through _.

• revolutions
• phases
• rotations
• eclipses

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

As the moon's shape appears to get smaller, we say that the moon is _.

• swelling
• waxing
• waning
• disappearing

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

About how long does it take the moon to make one complete cycle around the earth?

• 65 days
• 8 days
• 365 days
• 28 days

Which moon phase is when you can't see the moon at all?

• Waning crescent
• Full moon
• Waxing gibbous
• New moon