Earth and Moon Review

The visible part of the Moon becomes larger

• Waxing

• waning

• New moon

• Crescent moon

The daily rising and falling levels of the oceans and other large bodies of water

• oceans

• gravity

• lakes

• tides

the spin of an object around its axis

• rotation

• revolution

• orbit

• spinning

the orbit of one object around another object

• circling

• spinning

• rotation

• revolution

movement of one solar system object into the shadow of another object

• equator

• equinox

• solstice

• eclipse

What causes our days and nights here on Earth?

• The rotation of the moon

• The rotation of the Earth on its axis

• The revolution of the Moon

• The revolution of the Earth

If the Moon doesn't emit its own light, how can I see it at night?

• The moon reflects the sun's light.

• The moon reflects the Earth's light

• The moon is battery powered.

• The sun reflects the moon's light.

If the alignment is Earth - Moon - Sun, what phase of the moon will we see

• Gibbous

• Full Moon

• New Moon

• Crescent

If there is a new moon tonight, for the next two weeks will the moon appear larger. This is called

• waxing

• waning

Why does Earth stay in its orbit around the Sun?

• The gravitational pull of the Moon

• The gravitational pull of the Sun

• The gravitational pull of Venus

• The gravitational pull of the earth