Relative movement of Earth and moon

The earth moves around the .......

• Sun
• Jupiter
• Mars
• Moon

The moon moves around the ..........

• Sun
• Earth
• Mars
• Jupiter

The path of the Moon around the Earth is called the _______________

• revolution
• pathway
• trajectory
• orbit

The name of the force that keeps the Moon going around the Earth is.........

• magnetism
• friction
• gravity

The moon orbits the Earth once roughly every.......

• 365 days
• 14.8 days
• 30 days
• 29. 29 1/2 days

The Earth orbits the sun every..........

• year
• day
• month
• week
• 365 1/4 days

The earth rotates once, every......

• 24 hours
• 2 days

• 36 hours
• 48 hours
• Day

The movement of earth around the sun is called

• rotation
• orbit
• tilt
• revolution

The Moon moves around the Earth in an .............. which is almost ........

• circular path; elliptical
• linear trajectory; spiral
• orbit; circular

• rectangular orbit; random

Why do we only see one side of the moon?

• The Moon is too far away to see its other side.
• The other side of the Moon is always in darkness.
• The Moon rotates on its axis at a different speed than it orbits Earth.
• Moon goes all the way around the earth in the same amount of time as it takes the Earth to spin around once