Section 10.2

The moon's dark patches are called

• maria

• tycho

• taurus

• terrae

A ________________ eclipse is when a new moon moves directly between the sun and the earth.

• lunar

• gibbous

• waving

• solar

An object that orbits another object

• taurus

• terrae

• satellite

• meteor

Largest known mountain in the solar system

• Mt Everest

• Mt Agrigpa

• Olympus Mons

• Plato

A planet that rotates backward, from east to west, has _______________ rotation.

• retrograde

• translation

• transformation

• dilation

The red planet

• Venus

• Mercury

• Earth

• Mars

Closest planet to the sun

• Earth

• Venus

• Mercury

• Mars

Planet that is often the brightest object in the night sky (except for the moon)

• Venus

• Mercury

• Mars

• Earth

Lunar month

• 15 days 12 hours

• 52 days 13 hours 5 minutes

• 29 days 12 hours 44 minutes

• 33 days 5 hours 12 minutes

Which of the following is not a phase of our moon

• third quarter

• waning gibbous

• second quarter

• waxing crescent