Astronomy Review

This spinning motion of the earth on its axis causes night and day

• revolution

• orbit

• rotation

• circling

This is approximately how long it takes for the earth to revolve one time around the sun

• 24 hours

• 265 days

• 27 days

• 1 year

These lunar phases appear when the side of the moon facing Earth is almost completely illuminated

• Gibbous moons

• Full and New moons

• Quarter moons

• Crescent moons

These lunar phases appear when the side of the moon facing Earth is just barely illuminated

• Gibbous moons

• Full and New moons

• Quarter moons

• Crescent moons

This is where the moon gets its light from

• Earth

• radioactive moon rocks

• sun

• bioluminescent bacteria on the moon

Why should you be careful when visiting the Japanese island shown here?

• During low tide you might get stuck on the island.

• The sandy area where people are walking is only visible during a neap tide.

• During high tide you might get stuck on the island.

• The island is only above water during a full moon.

This occurs when the moon passes directly between the earth and the sun

• quarter moon

• full moon

• lunar eclipse

• solar eclipse

This is how the moon looks when Earth's shadow is covering it

• The moon appears darker and red in color

• The moon is not visible in the sky

• The moon looks like a bright ring of light

• The moon appears blue in color

Because the spherical earth is tilted in its orbit around the sun, we experience these

• night and day

• lunar and solar eclipses

• neap and spring tides

• seasons

At this position in the diagram Georgia is enjoying summer

• Position A

• Position B

• Position C

• Position D