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Sun and Moon Quiz (Levy)

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The force of attraction between any two objects due to their mass is called...

a)

orbit

b)

gravity

c)

inertia

2.

The tendency of a moving object to keep moving in a straight line is called...

a)

inertia

b)

revolution

c)

gravity

3.

The path one object follows around another object is called...

a)

revolution

b)

inertia

c)

orbit

4.

One complete trip of one object around another object is called...

a)

inertia

b)

revolution

c)

rotation

d)

orbit

e)

gravity

5.

A complete spin on an axis is called...

a)

revolution

b)

orbit

c)

rotation

6.

An invisible straight line through a spinning object is called...

a)

axis

b)

orbit

c)

revolution

7.

The Earth revolves around...

a)

the Sun

b)

orbit

c)

revolution

8.

The Moon revolves around...

a)

orbit

b)

the Earth

c)

gravity

9.

The Earth rotates around...

a)

orbit

b)

its own axis

c)

revolution

10.

For people on earth, the sun looks like it rises in the...

a)
east
b)

west

11.

For people on earth, the sun looks like it sets in the...

a)
west
b)

east

12.

A cresent moon is shaped like..

a)

a squished ball shape that is bigger than half of a circle

b)

"c"

c)

when the moon looks like a big complete circle

13.

A gibbous moon is shaped like..

a)

"c"

b)

when the moon looks like a big complete circle

c)

a squashed ball shape that is bigger than half of a circle

14.

Waxing is when the moon loks like it is

a)

getting bigger

b)

getting smaller

15.

Wanning is when the moon looks like it is getting

a)

bigger

b)

smaller

16.

First quarter moon looks like a half circle

a)

on the right

b)

on the left

17.

Last quarter moon looks like a half circlr on the

a)

right

b)

left

18.

What is a solar system?

a)

when people on earth try to see the sun but the sun is blocked by the moon

b)

when people on earth try to see the moon but the moon is in the shadow of the earth

c)

a star (like our sun) and all of the bodies that revolve around it (like planets)

19.

when your part of the earth is facing AWAY from the sun

a)

day

b)

night

20.

when your part of the earth is facing toward the sun

a)

day

b)

night

21.

Time when your shadow is the shortest

a)

morning

b)

noon

22.

when people on earth try to see the sun but the sun is blocked by the moon

a)

solar eclipse

b)

lunar eclipse

23.

when people on earth try to see the sun but the sun is blocked by the moon

a)

solar eclipse

b)

lunar eclipse

24.

when people on earth try to see the moon but the moon is in the shadow of the earth

a)

solar eclipse

b)

lunar eclipse

25.

how long it takes the earth to rotate once

a)

24 hours

b)

365 1/4 days

c)

27 days

26.

how long it takes the earth to revolve once

a)

24 hours

b)

365 1/4 days

c)

27 days

27.

how long it takes the moon to revolve once

a)

24 hours

b)

365 1/4 days

c)

27 days