WorksheetsEarth, Moon, and Sun vocab
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
What is the term used to describe the orbiting of an object around another object?
Rotation
Axis
Orbit
Revolution
What is the spinning of a celestial body, such as a planet, around an axis called?
Revolution
Orbit
Axis
Rotation
What is the circular path of an object that revolves around another object known as?
Axis
Rotation
Revolution
Orbit
What is an imaginary line that an object spins or revolves around called?
Orbit
Rotation
Revolution
Axis
What are the dark areas on the moon's surface called?
Craters
Maria
Gravity
Inertia
What are craters on the moon's surface?
Dark areas on the moon
A force that exists between objects with mass
An object's resistance to a change in motion
Roughly circular, bowl-shaped holes formed by the impact of rocky bodies
What is gravity?
The dark areas on the moon's surface
Roughly circular, bowl-shaped holes on the moon
A force that exists between any two objects that have mass
An object's resistance to a change in motion
What is inertia?
The dark areas on the moon's surface
Roughly circular, bowl-shaped holes on the moon
A force that exists between any two objects that have mass
An object's resistance to a change in motion based on its mass
What is the Penumbra in the context of an eclipse?
The darkest part of the shadow causing a total eclipse.
The lighter outer region of a shadow causing only a partial eclipse.
The full shadow cast by the Earth during a lunar eclipse.
The full shadow cast by the Moon during a solar eclipse.
What is the Umbra?
The part of the shadow where a partial lunar eclipse is visible.
The lighter part of the shadow during an eclipse.
The darkest part of the shadow during an eclipse where a total eclipse is visible.
The area outside the shadow during an eclipse.
What occurs during a Solar Eclipse?
The Earth's shadow falls on the Moon, blocking the Sun from the Moon.
The Moon's shadow falls on Earth, blocking the Sun from Earth.
The Sun's shadow falls on the Moon, causing it to appear darkened.
The Earth passes into the Sun's shadow, causing a darkened appearance.
What happens during a Lunar Eclipse?
The Moon's shadow falls on the Sun, causing the Sun to appear darkened.
The Sun's shadow falls on the Earth, causing the Earth to appear darkened.
The Moon appears darkened as it passes into the Earth's shadow.
The Earth's shadow falls on the Sun, blocking the Sun from the Moon.
What causes the change in the moon's appearance from one day to the next?
The moon's rotation on its axis
The moon's revolution around the earth and the earth's revolution around the sun
The earth's rotation on its axis
The sun's revolution around the moon
