WorksheetsMoon Review
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Is Latin for "sea." Galileo named these dark areas maria because he thought that they looked like Earth's seas. Today, astronomers know that maria are plains of dark, solidified, basaltic lava.
a)
Perigee
b)
Mare
c)
Solar Eclipse
d)
Phasese
2.
Bowl shaped depressions
a)
Eclipse
b)
Galileon moons
c)
craters
d)
Kuiper belt
3.
A body that orbits another body
a)
Satellite
b)
Mare
c)
Apogee
d)
Perigee
4.
natural satellites
a)
Eclipse
b)
Phases
c)
Moons
d)
Comets
5.
When the moon is farthest from Earth
a)
Perihelion
b)
aphelion
c)
apogee
d)
perigee
6.
When the moon is closest to Earth
a)
Apogee
b)
Aphelion
c)
Perihelion
d)
Perigee
7.
occurs when one celestial body passes through the shadow of another
a)
Eclipse
b)
Solar Eclipse
c)
Lunar Eclipse
d)
Galileon Moons
8.
When the moon is directly between the sun and part of Earth, the shadow of the moon falls on Earth
a)
Solar Eclipse
b)
Eclipse
c)
Lunar Eclipse
d)
Helion Eclipse
9.
Occurs when Earth is positioned between the moon and the sun and when Earth's shadow crosses the lighted half of the moon.
a)
Solar Eclipse
b)
Eclipse
c)
Lunar Eclipse
d)
Perigee
10.
The moon, which faces Earth, are lighted. Therefore, the apparent shape of the visible part of the moon varies. These varying shapes, lighted by reflected sunlight
a)
Asteroids
b)
Mare
c)
Phases
d)
Craters
11.
What is the name of the beginning phase of the Moon cycle (the Moon is between the Earth and the Sun)?
a)
New Moon
b)
Full Moon
c)
First Quarter
d)
Third Quarter
12.
The Moon is only out and visible at night.
a)
True
b)
False
13.
What is the 2nd phase of the Moon cycle as seen here in this image?
a)
Waning Gibbous
b)
Waxing Gibbous
c)
Waning Crescent
d)
Waxing Crescent
14.
What is the 3rd phase of the Moon cycle as seen here in this image?
a)
First Quarter
b)
Full moon
c)
New Moon
d)
Third Quarter
15.
What allows us to see the non-illuminated portion of the Moon?
a)
The Sun reflecting off earth
b)
Starlight
c)
The city lights from big cities
d)
The reflecting off Mars
16.
The moon orbits around the earth and the earth orbits around the sun
a)
True
b)
False
17.
The moon is what size when compared to the earth?
a)
1/2
b)
1/4
1/4
1/4
c)
3/4
d)
1/3
18.
How many different phases of the moon are there?
a)
9
b)
7
c)
6
d)
8
19.
How many days does it take for the moon to revolve around the earth?
a)
30
b)
29.5
c)
27.5
d)
27
20.
What is the Lunar Surface made up of
a)
Lunar regolith, Lunar Highlands, Maria, rilles, rays, craters
b)
Maria, lunar regolith, lunar highlands, dips, streaks
c)
Lunar regolith, Lunar Highlands, mountains, rocks, dust, maria
d)
Powder, dust, meteorites, rays, rilles, craters
21.
What is Lunar Regolith made up of
a)
rock powder
b)
igneous rocks, glass beads, fine lunar dust
c)
basaltic lava
d)
water
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