Earth, Moon, and Sun review
Authored by CANDACE MUMPHERY
Other Sciences
6th - 8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
When the sun reaches its highest or lowest point in the sky at noon, marked by the longest and shortest days.
umbra
solstice
penumbra
orbit
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The time or date (twice each year) at which the sun crosses the celestial equator, when day and night are of equal length (about September 22 and March 20).
solstice
equinox
umbra
rotation
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The moon at any time after full moon and before new moon (so called because its illuminated area is decreasing).
waxing phases
waning phases
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The moon at any time after new moon and before full moon, so called because its illuminated area is increasing.
waning phases
waxing phases
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What causes a solar eclipse?
The moon blocks sunlight from reaching the Earth
The sun blocks moon beams from reaching the Earth
One side of Earth blocks other side from sunlight
Earth blocks sunlight from reaching the moon
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The phase of the moon you see depends on what?
where you are on Earths surface
how much of the sunlit side of the moon face the Earth
how much of the moons surface is lit by the sun
whether or not an eclipse is occuring
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
When the moon is half lit, the phase of the moon is called what?
last quarter
first quarter
full/new moon
first/last quarter
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