Earth's Solar System Test_Dec23

The cycle of the moon lasts about a _.

• day
• year
• week
• month

The moon ____________ around the Earth.

• revolves

• rotates

• up

• down

What part of the moon do we see from Earth?

• all of it
• the same side
• none of it
• only one quarter

The moon seems to change shape from day to day in a cycle that lasts about a month as it goes through _.

• revolutions
• phases
• rotations
• eclipses

What is the source of the moon's light?

• Earth

• the sun

• the moon

• Mars

During which phase does the moon appear as a bright round circle?

• First Quarter

• New Moon

• Third Quarter

• Full Moon

Why does our view of the moon change over the course of the month?

• Earth's movement around the sun

• the moon's movement around Earth

• Earth's movement around the moon

• the sun's movement around the moon

Name the moon phase

• First Quarter
• Last Quarter
• New Moon
• Full Moon

Rotation describes an objects motion:

• Around the sun

• On it's own axis

• Around Earth

• Around Mars

Smaller rock and metal particles collecting together into larger and larger objects is called . . . (this is how the terrestrial planets formed)

• accretion
• contraction
• explosion
• rotation