Sun, Earth, Moon System Review

The yearly orbit of Earth around the Sun is called its

• rotation
• ellipse
• revolution
• tilt

Summer occurs on the hemisphere of Earth that is

• turned away from the Sun
• tilted toward the Sun
• tilted away from the Sun
• turned toward the Sun

Which phase of the Moon is shown if this is a picture of what the sky looks like at midnight?

• new moon
• first quarter
• full moon
• third quarter

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

During __________ phases, more of the Moon is visible each night?

• waxing
• waning
• new
• full

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The spinning of Earth on its axis is called

• revolution
• rotation
• tilt
• umbra

What season is shown for the northern hemisphere?

• summer
• fall
• winter
• spring

Earth is an _________, which is a round, three dimensional object.

• ellipse
• sphere
• cone
• cylinder

Earth rotates on its axis about every ________.

• year
• month
• week
• day

In the northern hemisphere, the __________ occurs on June 21or 22,

• Spring equinox
• fall equinox
• summer solstice
• winter solstice

The imaginary line around which Earth spins is called its ____.

• axis
• equator
• International Date Line
• prime meridian