SPACE #1 Horvath (Master)

The moon appears to change shape because of _____.

• the Moon's revolution around Earth
• the seasons of the year
• the movement of stars in they sky
• Earth's rotation on its axis

What causes Earth's seasons?

• the tilt of Earth's axis
• Earth's rotation
• the revolution of the Moon
• Earth's distance from the Sun

The sun and everything that revolves around it.

• solar system
• galaxy
• universe
• rotation

The spinning of the Earth on its axis that causes night and day.

• Rotate
• Revolve

It takes about _____________ for the moon to go through all of its phases.

• 28 days
• 365 days
• 24 hours
• 24 days

It takes Earth _____________ to make one revolution or orbit around the Sun.

• 365 days
• 365 hours
• 28 days
• 24 hours

It takes Earth _________ to make one complete rotation on its axis.

• 24 hours
• 365 days
• 28 days
• 24 days

When does a waning moon occur?

• just after a full moon
• just after a crescent moon
• when all of the Moon's near side is dark
• between a first-quarter moon and a new moon

A solar eclipse only occurs during which moon phase?

• 1st Quarter
• New Moon
• Full Moon
• 3rd Quarter

Which type of eclipse occurs when the Moon comes directly between Earth and the Sun?

• Lunar eclipse
• Solar eclipse