Topic 1 pt.3

Earth ____________________ on its axis and ____________________ around the Sun.

• Tilts/Spins

• Rotates/Revolves

Earth is ____________________ the Sun in January.

• Farthest to

• Revolving around

• Lined up with

• Closest to

When only the eastern half of the Moon is lit, it is the ____________ phase.

• Second-quarter

• First-quarter

• Third-quarter

• Last-quarter

Hours of daylight and nighttime are equal during a(n) ____________________.

• Revolution

• Eclipse

• Solstice

• Equinox

The Moon revolves around ____________________.

• Mars

• Sun

• Earth

• Jupiter

Most of the time, the Sun is north or south of the ____________________.

• South Pole

• Equator

• North Pole

• Cuba

The Sun’s apparent path through the sky in the southern hemisphere is highest during the ______________.

• December Solstice

• April Solstice

• November Solstice

• January Solstice

The stars, Sun and Moon appear to move from the east to the west across the sky because Earth is moving ________ to ________.

• North to South

• East to West

• West to East

• Northwest to Southeast

When the Moon and Sun make a right angle with Earth as the vertex, the high and low tides are less extreme. These are called ______ tides.

• Raging

• Steep

• Right

• Neap

As shown below, sunlight is more spread out as you move _________ the equator.

• Towards

• Diagonal with

• Away from

• Closer to