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WorksheetsSeasons, Moon phases, Eclipses
Total questions: 58
Worksheet time: 58mins
How many degrees is the Earth's axis tilted?
23.2
23.5
24.5
24.6
What is the name of a day in which day and night are of equal duration (time)?
What causes seasons?
Earth's tilted axis as it rotates on its axis.
Earth's tilted axis as it revolves around the sun.
Earth's distance from the sun in the summer.
Earth's hemispheres receiving equal amounts of sunlight.
How long does it take for Earth to make 1 revolution?
24 hours
365 1/4 days
1 month
1 day
Where does the moon get its light?
Sun's reflection
Earth's reflection
The moon produces its own light
What is the name of the phase of the moon when the entire sunlit side of the moon faces Earth
Crescent
Third Quarter
Full Moon
What is Earth’s imaginary vertical line around which the Earth spins called?
orbit
equator
axis
Tropic of Cancer
The movement of one object around another is known as
rotation
revolution
orbit
path
Where on the Earth would there be equal length of days and nights?
Northern Hemisphere
Equator
Southern Hemisphere
Tropic of Cancer
What causes day and night on Earth?
Moon's rotation
Sun's rotation
Earth's rotation
Earth's revolution
What is the moon phase is number 3?
New moon
Full Moon
1st quarter`
3rd quarter
What is the moon phase of number 1?
third quarter
waning crescent
1st quarter
waxing gibbous
What is the moon phase in number 8?
waxing gibbous
waxing crescent
waning crescent
waning gibbous
What is the moon phase in number 2?
waxing crescent
waning crescent
waxing gibbous
waning gibbous
What is the moon phase in number 4?
Waning gibbous
Waxing gibbous
Waning crescent
Waxing crescent
What is the moon phase in number 5?
3rd quarter
Waning crescent
Full moon
1st quarter
What is the moon phase in number 7?
New moon
1st quarter
Full moon
Waxing crescent
What is the moon phase in number 6?
Waxing gibbous
Waning gibbous
Waxing crescent
Waning crescent
Which moon phase is increasing from the right and is right after a new moon?
Waxing gibbous
Waxing crescent
Waning gibbous
Waning crescent
What do the 1st and 3rd quarter moons look like?
Crescents
Full monns
Stars
Half moons
This occurs when the moon passes between the Earth and the sun either totally or partially
Solar eclipse
lunar eclipse
moon phase
solar and lunar eclipse
The total or partial obscuring of a planet, star, or moon by another celestial object is known as a(n)______
meteor shower
astroid
comets
eclipse
This occurs when the Earth passes between the moon and the sun
moon phases
full moon
lunar eclipse
solar eclipse
When does a lunar eclipse occur?
waxing crescent
waning crescent
new moon
full moon
When does a solar eclipse occur?
Full moon
New moon
Waxing Crescent
1st quarter
When the moon blocks out the sun entirely this is called a
Partial solar eclipse
Total lunar eclipse
Total solar eclipse
Partial lunar eclipse
Occurs when the moon completely passes into the darkest part of the Earth's shadow ________
Total solar eclipse
partial solar eclipse
Partial lunar eclipse
Total lunar eclipse
When the moon blocks out a portion of the sun this is called
Total solar eclipse
Partial solar eclipse
Total lunar eclipse
Partial lunar eclipse
Occurs when the moon passes into the lightest part of the Earth's shadow
Total solar eclipse
Partial lunar eclipse
Total lunar eclipse
Partial solar eclipse
The phases of the moon are a _________ of the Sun's light bouncing off the moon's surface.😁
spin
rotation
revolution
reflection
the path of a celestial body (such as a moon or a planet) around a larger celestial body
orbit
rotate
spin
spinner
The movement of one object around the other is called ___________
rotation
revolution
spinning
moon phases
Moon phase in which exactly half of the Moon appears to be illuminated
1st/3rd quarter
waxing gibbous
waxing crescent
full moon
What does illuminate mean?
a line connecting the North Pole to the South Pole.
the path of a celestial body (such as a moon or a planet) around a larger celestial
to spin on an axis
to brighten with light.
A line connecting the North and South poles
axis
equator
poles
seasons
Number of days it takes for all moon phases
8
29.5
366
365 1/4
Moon phase required for a lunar eclipse
new moon
1st quarter
full moon
3rd quarter
Moon phase required for a solar eclipse
the blocking of sunlight to the moon that occurs when earth is directly between the sun and the moon
full moon
3rd quarter moon
new moon
When is the shortest day of the year?
December 21/22
December 22/24
December 23/24
December 20/21
When is the longest day of the year?
July 21/22
June 21/22
June 22/23
July 22/23
When does the fall equinox occur?
September 23/24
September 24/25
September 21/22
September 20/21
When does the spring equinox occur?
March 21/22
March 22/23
March 23/24
March 20/21
