Earth Sun Moon Vocab

What we see of the lighted part of the moon changes, this is called?

• Waxing

• Waning

• Moon phases

• Gravity

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A single complete turn, sometimes over and over is called a _____________________ ?

• Moon Phase

• Orbit

• Rotation

• Tilt

A synonym for an incline or tip sideways would be?

• Orbit

• Rotate

• Revolve

• Tilt

That path an object takes AROUND another object is called the __________________________?

• Orbit

• Rotation

• Tilt

• Gravity

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What is it called when the Moon blocks sunlight from hitting the Earth?

• solar eclipse

• lunar eclipse

• blue moon eclipse

• gravity

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New, Full, Crescent, Gibbous, and Quarter are all examples of _______________________ ?

• Moon craters

• Moon marias

• Moon layers

• Moon phases

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The periodic rise and fall of the sea level because of the moon's gravity is called ____________________ ?

• Moon phases

• Seasons

• Tides

• Eclipses

Gravity is the ___________________________ ?

• Downward pull on all objects

• The force of attraction pulling everything to the center of the Earth

• Natural force that brings thing towards each other

• All of these

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The tilt of the Earth and its orbit around the Sun cause it to have ________________________ ?

• Moon Phases

• Seasons

• Eclipses

• Tides

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Neap, spring, high and low are examples of what?

• Tides

• Moon Phases

• Seasons

• Eclipses