Earth, Moon, and Sun

What causes day and night?

• the tilt of the Earth's axis

• Earth's revolution around the sun

• Eclipses
• Earth's rotation on its axis

What term describes the spinning of the Earth on its axis?

• rotation
• revolution
• orbital velocity
• orbit

Why does Earth have seasons?

• it rotates on its axis
• the distance between Earth  and the sun changes
• its axis is tilted as it moves around the sun
• the temperature of the sun changes

How long does one complete revolution of Earth around the sun take?

• one rotation
• one year
• one season
• one eclipse

When does a solar eclipse occur?

• new moon
• full moon
• first quarter
• last quarter

When does a lunar eclipse?

• new moon
• full moon
• first quarter
• last quarter

The moon or Earth comes between the sun, casting a shadow on the third object, what happens?

• tides
• day
• eclipses
• night

As the moon changes phase the visible portion of the moon grows in apperance, it is called

• waning
• full moon
• waxing
• waning crescent

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

When the South pole is tilted towards the Sun, it is...

• Summer in both hemispheres
• Winter in both hemispheres
• Summer in the Northern Hemisphere and Winter in the Southern Hemisphere
• Winter in the Northern Hemisphere and Summer in the Southern Hemisphere