Earth, Sun and Moon Vocabulary Quiz

To lean or slant on an axis.

• Tilt

• Orbit

• Revolve

• Rotate

One of the four parts of the year marked by particular weather patterns and daylight hours.

• Day

• Night

• Seasons

• Year

A small, rounded body in orbit around a planet.

• Earth

• Sun

• Moon

• Planets

The third planet from the sun, the only known planet to support living things.

• Saturn

• Earth

• Mars

• Jupiter

The star nearest to Earth.

• Milky Way Galaxy

• Mars

• North Star

• Sun

The side of the moon that always faces the earth

• Near Side

• Dark Side

• Far Side

• Strong Side

The side of the moon that is not visible from earth

• Near Side

• Dark Side

• Far Side

• Strong Side

The changing appearances of the Moon as seen from Earth

• Moon Phases

• Season

• Day & Night

• Tilt

when the moon is getting smaller

• Waning

• Waxing

• Half Moon

• Full Moon

when the moon is getting bigger

• Waning

• Waxing

• Half Moon

• Full Moon