SEM Quiz

Which term means that the moon appears to get bigger (more lit)?

• Waxing
• Wanning

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Which term means that the moon appears to get smaller (less lit)?

• Waxing
• Wanning

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The movement of one object around a central object.

• Revolution
• Rotation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The movement of one object as it turns or spins around a central point, or axis.

• Revolution
• Rotation

A half of the earth, usually as divided into northern and southern halves by the equator.

• Hemisphere
• Light

The time it takes a planet to complete one rotation on its axis.

• 24 hours
• 356 days
• 32 days

The time of the day when the sun disappears.

• Sunrise
• Sunset

Tags

NGSS.5-ESS1-2

The lighter, outer part of a shadow.

• Umbra
• Penumbra
• Dark Gray

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

A body that orbits a planet; a natural satellite.

• Planet
• Moon
• Star

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Time of day when the Sun reaches its highest point in the sky for a given place on Earth.

• Sunrise
• Sunset
• Solar Noon
• Equator