Earth and Space Quiz

What is the term for a spinning motion?

• Solstice

• Rotation

• Orbit

• Revolution

What is the path an object follows as it moves around another object called?

• Equinox

• Gravitational Pull

• Rotation Axis

• Orbit

What is the motion of one object around another called?

• Lunar Eclipse

• Revolution

• Seasons

• Solar Eclipse

What is the invisible force that pulls everything towards each other?

• Equinox

• Solstice

• Rotation

• Gravitational Pull

What is a day called when Earth's rotation axis is the most toward or away from the sun?

• Lunar Eclipse

• Solstice

• Orbit

• Revolution

What is a day when Earth's rotation axis is leaning along Earth's orbit, neither toward nor away from the sun?

• solstice

• solar eclipse

• lunar eclipse

• equinox

What is it called when the moon's shadow appears on Earth's surface?

• lunar eclipse

• solar eclipse

• equinox

• solstice

What is the line on which an object rotates called?

• orbit

• revolution

• rotation axis

• gravitational pull

What are the four yearly divisions (spring, summer, autumn, and winter) based on Earth's changing position to the sun called?

• rotation

• seasons

• orbit

• revolution

What is it called when the moon moves into the Earth's shadow?

• lunar eclipse

• revolution

• solar eclipse

• equinox