WorksheetsEarth-Moon-Sun Practice Quiz
Total questions: 43
Worksheet time: 54mins
Draw a picture of where the moon gets its light from.
Except during a lunar eclipse, how much of the moon is always illuminated in space?
None
All
Half
More than half
What direction does the Moon orbit around Earth and the Earth orbit around the Sun?
Clockwise
Counterclockwise
What are the different appearances of the Moon when viewed from Earth called?
Lunar Eclipse
Solar Eclipse
Moon Shape
Moon Phases
What is the border between light and dark on the Moon called?
Terminal
Terminator
Illuminator
Luminol
What is the name of this moon phase?
Full Moon
New Moon
Waxing Gibbous
Waxing Crescent
What moon phase would come right AFTER this phase of the moon?
Waxing Crescent
Waning Gibbous
Waxing Gibbous
Waxing Crescent
What is the name of this moon phase?
Waning Crescent
Waxing Quarter
Waxing Gibbous
Waxing Crescent
What is the name of the moon phase that would come right BEFORE this phase?
Full Moon
Waxing Quarter
Waning Quarter
New Moon
What is the name of this moon phase?
Waxing Crescent
Waxing Quarter
Waning Quarter
Waning Crescent
What is the name of the moon that would come right BEFORE this phase?
Waxing Crescent
Waxing Gibbous
Waning Gibbous
Waning Crescent
What is the name of this moon phase?
Full Moon
New Moon
Waning Crescent
Waxing Crescent
Draw a quarter moon.
Draw a gibbous moon.
Draw a crescent moon.
Draw a new moon.
Draw a full moon.
If our model of the Earth-Moon-Sun system has the sun on the LEFT, draw what the moon would look like in space (except during a lunar eclipse).
If our model of the Earth-Moon-Sun system has the sun on the LEFT, draw what the moon would look like in space during a lunar eclipse.
What causes the moon phases to have a repeating pattern?
The orbit of Earth around the Sun
The orbit of the Moon around Earth
The rotation of the Moon
The rotation of the Earth
Spelling matters: An object spinning on its axis is (a) .
Spelling matters: An object going around another object is (a) .
Spelling Matters: The moon takes (a) to rotate on its axis and to orbit around Earth.
Notice that the Sun is on the right in this model, NOT the left. Using that information, where is the FULL MOON?
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3
5
7
Notice that the Sun is on the right in this model, NOT the left. Using that information, where is the NEW MOON?
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3
5
7
Notice that the Sun is on the right in this model, NOT the left. Using that information, where is the WAXING QUARTER?
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3
5
7
Notice that the Sun is on the right in this model, NOT the left. Using that information, where is the WANING QUARTER?
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3
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7
Notice that the Sun is on the right in this model, NOT the left. Using that information, circle where we would see a WAXING CRESCENT?
Notice that the Sun is on the right in this model, NOT the left. Using that information, circle where we would see a WANING GIBBOUS?
Notice that the Sun is on the right in this model, NOT the left. Using that information, circle where we would see a WAXING GIBBOUS?
Notice that the Sun is on the right in this model, NOT the left. Using that information, circle where we would see a WANING CRESCENT?
What is shown in this model?
Lunar Eclipse
Solar Eclipse
Full Moon
New Moon
When can a lunar eclipse happen?
Only when the Earth is between the Sun and the Moon
Only when the Moon is between the Sun and the Earth
Anytime in the moon phases cycle
Never
During a lunar eclipse the Sun, Earth, and Moon are in a (a) line.
During a lunar eclipse what does the moon look like from Earth? What does it look like from space?
Earth: all dark
Space: half dark
Earth: all light
Space: all dark
Earth: all dark
Space: all dark
Earth: all light
Space: half dark
What causes the seasons on Earth?
The sun changing temperatures
Earth's distance from the sun changing
Earth rotation
Earth's tilted axis
Why do we only get one winter and one spring each year?
The Sun's temperature changes
The climate on Earth is changing due to human activity
It takes Earth 1 year to orbit the Sun
It takes Earth 1 year to rotate on its axis.
If it is summer in the northern hemisphere, what season is it in the southern hemisphere?
Winter
Summer
Spring
Fall
If it is fall in the northern hemisphere, what season is it in the southern hemisphere?
Winter
Summer
Spring
Fall
If it is spring in the southern hemisphere, what season is it in the northern hemisphere?
Winter
Summer
Spring
Fall
If it is winter in the southern hemisphere, what season is it in the northern hemisphere?
Winter
Summer
Spring
Fall
Spelling matters: (a) is an attractive (pulling) force between objects with mass
Why is gravity important to the planets in our solar system and to our solar system in the galaxy?
Gravity keeps them in orbit.
Gravity pushes them all into space.
Gravity causes them to rotate.
Gravity keeps humans on Earth.
