WorksheetsLunar Phases and Seasons
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
In the diagram below, Earth’s Southern Hemisphere is experiencing —
Summer
Winter
Fall
Spring
A student explains the movement of Earth in relationship to the sun. Which statements provide the best illustrations?
A toy top spinning on its axis while traveling around the edge of an oval tray
A person spinning a soccer ball on one finger while standing in place
A car driving down the road with all wheels rotating
A key turning in a lock
Which best explains the changes in the seasons?
Seasons change as a result of high temperatures caused by Earth’s tilt and revolution around the sun.
Seasons change as light from the sun hits Earth’s atmosphere and as Earth rotates around the sun.
Seasons change as a result of the temperature decreasing because of Earth’s revolution around the sun.
Seasons change due to the amount of sunlight hitting Earth and Earth’s tilt as it revolves around the sun.
Which term best completes the analogy in the box?
Night
Orbit
Year
Sun
What information belongs in section B of the diagram?
Causes seasons
Causes day and night
Movement of Earth
None of the above
According to the Venn diagram in Part A, "Causes day and night" would be found in which section of the diagram?
Section C
Section B
Section A
All of the above
A student reads the following text in a science book.
The student is instructed to illustrate this information in a notebook. How will the student illustrate winter in the Northern Hemisphere?
Earth’s Northern Hemisphere will tilt away from the sun.
Earth’s Northern Hemisphere will tilt toward the sun.
Earth’s Southern Hemisphere will tilt away from the sun.
Earth’s orbit will be farther away from the sun
Which question about Earth’s movement could be answered by building a sundial?
At what time of day is the temperature the highest?
How long does it take Earth to revolve around the sun?
How can the shadow’s movement be used to tell time?
How long does it take the sun to revolve around Earth?
Antarctica experiences six months of complete darkness during the winter. What is the best explanation of this occurrence?
Earth’s rotation
Earth’s distance from the sun
Earth’s tilt
Not here
Which model best represents night and day?
The diagram below shows Earth and the moon as viewed from space. Identify the location of the sun in the diagram.
W
X
Y
Z
What lunar phase appears prior to the phase shown below?
First quarter
Full moon
Waxing crescent
Waning gibbous
Why does the moon appear to change shape each lunar month?
Each month, Earth revolves around the sun and only portions of the bright side of the moon are visible.
Each month, the moon rotates around the sun and only portions of the bright side of the moon are visible
Each month, Earth rotates around the moon and only portions of the bright side of the moon are visible.
Each month, the moon revolves around Earth and only portions of the bright side of the moon are visible.
As the lunar cycle progresses from new moon to full moon, the visible light seen from Earth —
disappears
increases
decreases
wanes
A student uses eight chocolate sandwich cookies to model the moon’s phases. The student separates each cookie and removes frosting to show how the moon looks at each phase. How would the student create the waning gibbous phase?
Remove most of the frosting from the left side of the cookie
Remove half the frosting from the left side of the cookie
Remove a little of the frosting from the right side of the cookie
Remove all the frosting
