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Unit 8: Earth and Its Moon

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 4hrs 51mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the scientific term used to describe the Earth's orbit around the Sun?

a)

rotation

b)

revolution

c)

centrifugal force

d)

elliptical

2.

Which moon phase comes after the full moon?

a)

waxing crescent

b)

waning gibbous

c)

waxing gibbous

d)

first quarter

3.

What moon phase occurs before a waxing crescent?

a)

New Moon

b)

First Quarter

c)

Third Quarter

d)

Full Moon

4.

What has the greatest effect on the Earth's tides?

a)

Moon's gravitational pull

b)

Sun's gravitational pull

c)

position of Mars and Venus

d)

Convection heat from thermal vents

5.

Which of the following causes day and night?

a)

the tilt of the Earth on its axis

b)

the rotation of the Earth around the Sun

c)

the rotation of Earth on its tilted axis

d)

the tilt of the Earth and revolution around the Sun

6.

Earth would no longer have season if it....

a)

no longer tilted on its axis

b)

stopped rotating on its axis

c)

took an additional month to orbit the sun

d)

revolved around the sun in the opposite direction

7.

The combination of the tilt of Earth's axis and its revolution

a)

Day and Night

b)

Seasons

c)

Tides

d)

Moon Phases

8.

Which of the following is a correct sequence of the lunar cycle?

a)

First Quarter, Third Quarter, Full Moon, New Moon

b)

New Moon, First Quarter, Full Moon, Third Quarter

c)

Third Quarter, First Quarter, New Moon, Full Moon

d)

New Moon, Full Moon, First Quarter, Third Quarter

9.
What is the name for the imaginary line around which Earth spins?
a)
axis
b)
orbit
c)
season
d)
revolve
10.
What is the name for one complete trip around the sun?
a)
innovation
b)
revolution
c)
rotation
d)
season
11.
Which of these words is the term for the changes in the height of ocean water?
a)
breakers
b)
phases
c)
tides
d)
waves
12.
About how long does it take the moon to make one trip around the Earth?
a)
a day
b)
a month
c)
a year
d)
an hour
13.
Which of these words describes the moon when it is getting larger?
a)
waxing
b)
waning
c)
crecent
d)
cheese
14.
Which of these motions causes Earth to have four seasons?
a)
summer
b)
vibrating
c)
spinning
d)
revolving
15.
Which of these pictures shows a full moon?
a)
upper left
b)
upper right
c)
lower left
d)
lower right
16.
Which word is the term for a moon with this shape?
a)
crescent
b)
full
c)
moon
d)
quarter
17.
The moon looks to be a different size in different phases. Which is the pair of phases in which the moon looks about the same size?
a)
first-quarter moon and third-quarter moon
b)
full moon and first-quarter moon
c)
new moon and third-quarter moon
d)
crescent moon and gibbous moon
18.
What causes the changes in the shape of the moon?
a)
the turning of Earth on its axis
b)
the turning of the sun on its axis
c)
the motion of the moon around Earth
d)
the motion of the Earth around the moon
19.
What is true about the Sun?
a)
It can be seen during the day and night.
b)
 It is the closest star to the Earth.
c)
It is the largest of all the stars.
d)
It is much smaller than the moon.
20.
Which describes motion in the Solar System?
a)
Earth orbits around the other planets.
b)
The planets orbit around the sun.
c)
The sun orbits around the moon.
d)
Earth orbits around the moon.
21.
The weather where you live changes as the seasons change. Which of these kinds of weather do you see only when your part of Earth points away from the sun?
a)
hot and dry
b)
raining pickles
c)
warm and stormy
d)
cold and snowy
22.
Which of these words is the name for the earth spinning once?
a)
axis
b)
orbit
c)
rotation
d)
season
23.
How does the moon appear to change shape?
a)
it appears to get larger
b)
it appears to get smaller
c)
sometimes we can see it and sometimes we can't
d)
all of the above
24.

There are ______ phases of the moon.

a)

8

b)

12

c)

13

d)

10

25.

What planet do we live on?

a)

moon

b)

Mars

c)

sun

d)

Earth

26.

Why does the moon sometimes look like this?

a)

the sun's light is directly on the moon

b)

the moon is directly hidden by the Earth

c)

the moon is peaking around the earth

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