Sun Earth Moon System Chapter Test

Rotation is the spinning of Earth on its axis.

• True

• False

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Waxing is when the Moon is becoming less lit each day.

• True
• False

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How long does it take for the Earth to rotate once?

• 24 hours
• 365 days
• 27.3 days
• 27.3 hours

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Fall and Spring occur during ___.

• solstices
• equinoxes
• New Moons
• Full Moons

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Winter and Summer occur during ___.

• solstices
• equinoxes
• Full Moons
• New Moons

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Which phase of the moon does not reflect any sunlight toward Earth?

• New Moon
• Full Moon
• Waning Gibbous
• Waxing Gibbous

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Which occurs after the full moon?

• waning crescent
• waxing crescent
• waning gibbous
• waxing gibbous

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Define Waxing

• Moon is increasing and light part appears to be growing
• Completely illuminated
• dark side is facing earth
• Moon is decreasing and light part appears to be shrinking

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As the moon's shape appears to get smaller, we say that the moon is _.

• swelling
• waxing
• waning
• disappearing

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The cycle of the moon lasts about a _.

• day
• year
• week
• month

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