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WorksheetsSMora: Earth & Moon Vocabulary
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 23mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is a measurement of distance from the equator expressed in degrees north or south, where the equator is found a 0 degrees called?
a)
Orbit
b)
Longitude
c)
Latitude
d)
Axis
2.
What occurs two days of the year when the Sun is overhead at either 23.5 degrees south or 23.5 degrees north?
a)
Solstice
b)
Equinox
c)
Revolution
d)
Rotation
3.
What is the study of the moon, stars, and other objects in space?
a)
Chemistry
b)
Astronomy
c)
Astrology
d)
Biology
4.
When Earth is directly between the Sun and Moon, blocking the sunlight to the Moon, we refer to this as a...
a)
Solar Eclipse
b)
Moon Phase
c)
Lunar Eclipse
d)
Solstice
5.
What is the imaginary line that passes through Earth’s center and the North and South poles?
a)
Axis
b)
Orbit
c)
North Pole
d)
South Pole
6.
What is it called the Moon is between the Sun and Earth, blocking the sunlight to Earth.
a)
Solstice
b)
Lunar Eclipse
c)
Equinox
d)
Solar Eclipse
7.
What do we call Earth spinning on its axis?
a)
Revolution
b)
Rotation
c)
Orbit
d)
Axial Spin
8.
What do we call the different shapes of the moon as seen from Earth?
a)
Solstice
b)
Equinox
c)
Lunar Phases
d)
Lunar Eclipse
9.
What do we call it when the Earth revolves around the Sun once a year?
a)
Revolution
b)
Rotation
c)
Axis
d)
Orbit
10.
This happens twice a year... when neither hemisphere is tilted toward or away from the Sun...
a)
Solstice
b)
Equinox
c)
Rotation
d)
Revolution
11.
What do we call Earth's path as it revolves around the Sun?
a)
Rotation
b)
Pathway
c)
Revolution
d)
Orbit
12.
Four divisions of the year , marked by particular weather patterns and daylight hours, resulting from the earth's changing position with regard to the sun.
a)
Lunar Phases
b)
Seasons
c)
Lunar Eclipse
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