Earth, Sun, & Moon Vocabulary

What does the diagram show?

• Life Cycle
• Food Chain
• Phases of the Moon
• Rotation 

On and off are opposites. What is the opposite of waning?

• waning
• waxing
• tilting
• orbiting 

Which phase of the moon is shown?

• New Moon
• Full Moon
• Bright Moon
• Old Moon

What do we call the imaginary line that runs through an object, such as Earth, which causes it to rotate?

• Equator
• Prime Meridian
• Axis
• North Pole 

When the Earth _______ the Sun, it follows the same repeating path each time. 

• Axis
• Tilts
• Rotates
• Orbits

Which phase of the moon is shown?

• New Moon
• Waxing Crescent
• Waning Crescent
• Waxing Gibbous

What do we call the side of the moon that is closest to the Earth?

• Close Side
• Near Side
• Far Side
• Bright Side

Which of the following things is the reason why we have seasons on Earth?

• The Earth's orbit
• The Earth's rotation
• The Earth's tilt
• The Earth's speed

Which is a larger piece of the moon that we can see?

• Crescent
• Gibbous

What model is being shown?

• Seasons
• Hemispheres
• Phases of the Moon
•  Day and Night