Investigations 4-5 I-Check FOSS

The first 6 questions are vocabulary. Select the best answer. 1. Round structures of various sizes on the moon with various details are called ___________. Mark only one oval.

• craters

• rays

• rilles

• highlands

• maria

Large, dark gray or black areas on the Moon that are fairly flat are called ______________, which means "oceans" in Latin.

• craters

• rilles

• rays

• highlands

• maria

_______________ are light-colored, rough areas on the Moon with lots of mountains and craters.

• craters

• rays

• highlands

• rilles

• maria

____________ are white lines that extend in all directions from large lunar craters.

• rilles

• rays

• highlands

• maria

• craters

Structures that look like canyons or streams on the Moon are called _________________

• rilles

• maria

• rays

• craters

• highlands

A dark, fine-grained volcanic rock composed mostly of iron and magnesium is _________________

• craters

• rays

• rilles

• basalt

• highlands

Look at photo A below. Which moon phase is represented?

• Waning Gibbous

• Full moon

• New Moon

• Waxing Gibbous

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Look at photo B below. What moon phase is represented? (Photo B shows a moon phase.) Mark only one oval.

• Waning Gibbous

• Full Moon

• Waxing Gibbous

• First Quarter

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Look at photo C below. What moon phase is represented? Mark only one oval.

• Waxing Gibbous

• Waxing Crescent

• Last Quarter

• First Quarter

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Which way does the Moon orbit around the Earth? Mark only one oval.

• Clockwise

• Counter-Clockwise

• It doesn't orbit

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