Earth & Its Moon

What is the name for the imaginary line around which Earth spins?

• axis
• orbit
• season
• revolve

What is the name for one complete trip around the sun?

• innovation
• revolution
• rotation
• season

Which of these words is the term for the changes in the height of ocean water?

• breakers
• phases
• tides
• waves

About how long does it take the moon to make one trip around the Earth?

• a day
• a month
• a year
• an hour

Which of these words describes the moon when it is getting larger?

• waxing
• waning
• crecent
• cheese

Which of these motions causes Earth to have four seasons?

• summer
• vibrating
• spinning
• revolving

Which of these pictures shows a full moon?

• upper left
• upper right
• lower left
• lower right

Which word is the term for a moon with this shape?

• crescent
• full
• moon
• quarter

The moon looks to be a different size in different phases. Which is the pair of phases in which the moon looks about the same size?

• first-quarter moon and third-quarter moon
• full moon and first-quarter moon
• new moon and third-quarter moon
• crescent moon and gibbous moon

What is this image demonstrating?

• The length of Earth’s year is 365 days.
• The time between one morning and the next is 24 hours.
• The sun lights one-half of Earth’s surface at a time.
• During summer the Earth is closer to the sun.