Final Exam Study Guide Test 5/15

Fill in the blank: Rotation means ________.

• to spin

• to jump

• to slide

• to stop

Fill in the blank: Revolution means ________.

Fill in the blank: Axis is ________.

• The imaginary line that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole

• A type of weather phenomenon

• A large mountain range in Asia

• A famous river in Europe

Fill in the blank: Waning means ________.

• Shrinking

• Growing

• Shining

• Disappearing

Fill in the blank: Waxing means ________.

• growing

• shrinking

• melting

• cooling

Fill in the blank: Crescent moon phase is when the shape of the lip part of the moon is ________, like the shape of a banana or a “C”.

• less than half

• more than half

• completely round

• not visible

Fill in the blank: Quarter moon phase is when ________.

• half of the moon is like the first quarter phase is when the moon is waxing to the full moon phase the third quarter (or the last quarter) phase is when the Moon is waning back to the new moon phase

• the moon is completely invisible from Earth

• the moon is fully illuminated and visible as a circle

• the moon cannot be seen during the day

Fill in the blank: Gibbous moon phase is when the shape of the lip part of the moon is ________, like the shape of a capital “G”.

• more than half

• less than half

• a perfect circle

• a straight line

Fill in the blank: Plate boundaries are ________.

• The location where two tectonic plates are moving toward each other

• The center of a tectonic plate where no movement occurs

• Areas where only earthquakes happen but no plate movement

• Places where volcanoes never form

Fill in the blank: Divergent boundaries are places where ________.

• two tectonic plates are moving apart from each other

• two tectonic plates are colliding with each other

• one tectonic plate slides beneath another

• tectonic plates remain stationary