WorksheetsSun and Moon Quiz (Levy)
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 14mins
The force of attraction between any two objects due to their mass is called...
orbit
gravity
inertia
The tendency of a moving object to keep moving in a straight line is called...
inertia
revolution
gravity
The path one object follows around another object is called...
revolution
inertia
orbit
One complete trip of one object around another object is called...
inertia
revolution
rotation
orbit
gravity
A complete spin on an axis is called...
revolution
orbit
rotation
An invisible straight line through a spinning object is called...
axis
orbit
revolution
The Earth revolves around...
the Sun
orbit
revolution
The Moon revolves around...
orbit
the Earth
gravity
The Earth rotates around...
orbit
its own axis
revolution
For people on earth, the sun looks like it rises in the...
west
For people on earth, the sun looks like it sets in the...
east
A cresent moon is shaped like..
a squished ball shape that is bigger than half of a circle
"c"
when the moon looks like a big complete circle
A gibbous moon is shaped like..
"c"
when the moon looks like a big complete circle
a squashed ball shape that is bigger than half of a circle
Waxing is when the moon loks like it is
getting bigger
getting smaller
Wanning is when the moon looks like it is getting
bigger
smaller
First quarter moon looks like a half circle
on the right
on the left
Last quarter moon looks like a half circlr on the
right
left
What is a solar system?
when people on earth try to see the sun but the sun is blocked by the moon
when people on earth try to see the moon but the moon is in the shadow of the earth
a star (like our sun) and all of the bodies that revolve around it (like planets)
when your part of the earth is facing AWAY from the sun
day
night
when your part of the earth is facing toward the sun
day
night
Time when your shadow is the shortest
morning
noon
when people on earth try to see the sun but the sun is blocked by the moon
solar eclipse
lunar eclipse
when people on earth try to see the sun but the sun is blocked by the moon
solar eclipse
lunar eclipse
when people on earth try to see the moon but the moon is in the shadow of the earth
solar eclipse
lunar eclipse
how long it takes the earth to rotate once
24 hours
365 1/4 days
27 days
how long it takes the earth to revolve once
24 hours
365 1/4 days
27 days
how long it takes the moon to revolve once
24 hours
365 1/4 days
27 days
