SPACE - 2/16

The sun and everything that revolves around it.

• solar system
• galaxy
• universe
• rotation

What causes Earth's seasons?

• the tilt of Earth's axis
• Earth's rotation
• the revolution of the Moon
• Earth's distance from the Sun

The rotation of Earth on its axis causes the pattern of _____.

• night and day
• constellations
• Earth's seasons
• the phases of the moon

It takes about _____________ for the moon to go through all of its phases.

• 28 days
• 365 days
• 24 hours
• 24 days

When does a waning moon occur?

• just after a full moon
• just after a crescent moon
• when all of the Moon's near side is dark
• between a first-quarter moon and a new moon

a natural object that orbits a planet

• star
• moon
• sun
• comet

Which causes the day-and-night cycle on earth?

• Earth moving around the sun
• The sun moving around the Earth
• Earth tilting on its axis
• Earth spinning on its axis

To "revolve" means to _________________

• rotate
• spin
• move
• orbit

What happens when the area you live in tilts away from the sun?

• It is summer
• It is spring
• It is fall
• It is winter

How does tides form?

• by the earth going around the sun
• the earth going around the moon
• the sun going around the mars
• the moon going around the earth