Orbits and Patterns

Half of the Earth is called a __________________.

• revolution

• hemisphere

• shadow

• lunar phase

A dark shape caused when an object blocks light is called a ___________.

• hemisphere

• gravitational pull

• shadow

• season

What day in February shows a full moon?

• February 9

• February 5

• February 16

• February 23

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What day in February shows a new moon?

• February 10

• February 3

• February 15

• February 23

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The different appearances of the Moon as it orbits Earth are called ____________.

• Rotational phases

• Seasons

• Lunar phases

• Shadows

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This diagram shows the Earth's _______________.

• Rotation

• Revolution

It takes the Earth ______ to complete one ROTATION.

• 365 days

• 1 year

• 24 hours

• 30 days

The imaginary line that passes through Earth's center and its North and South Poles is called the ___________.

• axis

• line of revolution

• gravitational pull

• seasonal line

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This diagram shows the Earth's __________________.

• Rotation

• Lunar phases

• Revolution

• Ocean tides

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The path of an object as it revolves around another object in Space is called an ____________.

• orbit

• hemisphere

• axis

• shadow

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