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WorksheetsSpace Science Vocab
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 10mins
The four natural divisions of the year based on changes in temperature due to sunlight variations caused by the tilt of Earth’s axis.
Lunar phases
Seasons
Eclipses
Axis
Earth's rotation is defined as
The spinning of the earth on its axis
The shape of the illuminated portion of the Moon as seen from earth
An obscuring of the light from a celestial body
The slant of Earth’s axis, which is 23.5 degrees from vertical
Describe the days and nights on Earth when the northern hemisphere is experiencing direct sunlight.
Shorter days and longer nights
Longer days and shorter nights
What Moon phase would occur one week from now?
First quarter
New Moon
The axis is
The shape of the illuminated portion of the Moon as seen by an observer
An obscuring of the light from a celestial body by the passage of an object
The slant of Earth’s axis, 23.5 degrees from vertical
The imaginary line through Earth that extends from the north to south pole
Lunar phases are the shape of the illuminated portion of the Moon as seen by an observer, usually on Earth.
True
False
An obscuring of the light from a celestial body by the passage of an object between the celestial body and the observer.
Eclipse
Seasons
Earth's Rotation
Lunar Phases
What is the cause of the seasons?
The changing distance of Earth to the Sun as it revolves around the Sun.
The tilt of Earth as it revolves around the Sun
Which one of the following is a SOLAR eclipse?
The Sun is between Earth and the Moon.
Earth's rotation is
The spinning of the earth on its axis.
The imaginary line that goes from north to south poles on earth.
The amount of sunlight recieved due to intensity and time spent facing the sun
