Earth, Sun and Moon

How long does it take for the Earth to rotate on its axis?

• 24 minutes

• one month

• 24 hours

• one year

What are the two reasons that certain places on Earth have different seasons?

• Earth's tilt and Earth's revolution

• Earth's tilt and Earth's rotation

• Moon's orbit around Earth

• How close we are to the sun and Jupiter's moons

What area of earth gets direct light all year long?

• North and South Pole

• Ohio

• Equator

• Canada

What word means the moon is getting bigger?

• waning

• neap

• solar

• waxing

What moon phase follows a full moon?

• waxing gibbous

• waning gibbous

• last quarter

• waning crescent

What term represents a waning crescent?

• less than half of the moon lit on right

• half of the moon lit on the left

• less than half of the moon lit on left

• more than half the moon lit on the right

Why do we see different phases of the moon?

• The moon shines its light onto Earth

• The moon revolves around the Earth.

• The moon rotates.

• The Earth revolves around the moon.

Which answer defines a solar eclipse?

• The sun blocks light coming to the Earth.

• The moon pass light to Earth.

• The Earth blocks light going to the moon.

• The moon blocks light going to Earth.

Which type of moon phases can create a lunar eclipse?

• Full moon

• Waxing gibbous

• New moon

• Last quarter moon

Term that produces a total eclipse?

• Penumbra

• Penisula

• Umbra

• Umbrella