View from the Earth Vocab Quiz

One of 4 quarters into which a year is commonly divided.

• rotation
• season
• fossils
• reflect

A tool used to measure wind direction.

• rotation
• temperature
• wind vane
• moon phase

A description of what happens in the air over the surface of the Earth. Wind, precipitation, cloud cover, heat and storms are all part of this.

• fossils
• reflect
• weather
• rotation

The comparison of the size of one object to another.

• relative size
• fossils
• reflect
• relative distance

A rock satellite that orbits the Earth. 

• sun
• moon
• rotation
• orbit

Earth's yearly orbit around the sun is called its revolution.

• True
• False

The measurement of how far one object is compared to another object is relative distance.

• True
• False

The return of light ray from the sun off the moon is called fossils.

• True
• False

Objects that orbit the Earth that are not man made, the moon is an example, is called a natural satellite.

• True
• False

An orbit occurs when that part of the Earth is turned away from the sun and it is darker outside.

• True
• False