The Earth-Sun-Moon Review

Luis created a clay model of Earth. To show how Earth rotates, Luis wants to use a toothpick to represent Earth’s axis of rotation. Where should Luis place the toothpick?

• vertically through the center of Earth, slightly to the side of each pole

• diagonally across Earth, halfway between the equator and the two poles

• horizontally through Earth in the direction of Earth’s orbit

Each lunar cycle has one full moon. When the positions of Earth, the sun, and the moon are in a straight line. Which list represents the position of Earth, the sun, and the moon during a full moon?

• sun, moon, Earth

• sun, Earth, moon

• Earth, sun, moon

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What would happen if the time it took for Earth to make one rotation around its axis increased?

• A day would be longer.

• A year would be longer.

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Sometimes the moon looks like a crescent. At other times, the moon looks like a half circle. What makes it possible to see the surface of the moon from Earth?

• The moon gives off its own light.

• Light from the sun is reflected by the moon’s surface.

• The moon absorbs sunlight during the day and glows at night.

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When the moon is waxing, its lighted part appears to _____________________.

• increase in size

• decrease in size

• become invisible

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How long does it take Earth to complete one orbit around the sun?

• 1 day

• 27 days

• 365.25 days

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The cycle of the moon's repeats in a pattern that is predictable. About how long does it take to cycle from one new moon to the next new moon?

• about one year

• about one week

• about one month

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The phases of the moon are caused by the positions of Earth, the sun, and the moon. Lunar phases refer to the appearance of the lit portion of the moon as seen by an observer on Earth. When the moon is aligned with and between Earth and the sun, which phase is happening?

• full moon

• new moon

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The phases of the moon are the changing appearances of the moon, as seen from Earth. Which event can happen only during a full moon?

• a solar eclipse

• a lunar eclipse

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New, full, gibbous, quarter, and crescent describe __________.

• the moon's orbit

• phases of the moon

• the moon's rotation

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