Earth and Space TEKS Review

This picture shows the path Earth takes as it moves around the sun. What is the path called?

• a constellation
• a moon
• an orbit
• a planet

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It takes the earth one year to make one what?

• revolution
• rotation
• turn
• flip 

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How much of the Moon faces the sun?

• one quarter
• one half
• three quarters
• all of it

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The Moon orbits the Earth roughly once per _____

• day
• week
• month
• year

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In which part of the Moon's cycle is it closest to the Sun?

• new moon
• first quarter
• full moon
• third quarter

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Which term means "growing or getting bigger"?

• waxing
• waning
• crescent
• gibbous

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Which phase is considered to be the beginning of the Moon’s cycle?

• new moon
• first quarter
• full moon
• third quarter

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Which term means "swollen or convex"?

• waxing
• waning
• crescent
• gibbous

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What term is used when the Moon is viewed as shrinking?

• waxing
• waning
• crescent
• gibbous

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Which phase comes a week after full moon?

• new moon
• first quarter
• full moon
• third quarter

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