Astronomy Quiz

Fill in the blank: The phase of the moon when the moon looks like the right half of a circle when seen from Earth’s Northern Hemisphere is called ________.

• First Quarter

• Full Moon

• New Moon

• Last Quarter

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The phase of the moon when the moon looks like a full circle when seen from Earth is called:

• Full Moon

• New Moon

• First Quarter

• Last Quarter

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Fill in the blank: The path of one object in space moving around another object is called ________.

• orbit

• trajectory

• pathway

• route

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Fill in the blank: The different shapes the Moon appears to have in the sky when observed from Earth are called ________.

• phases

• eclipses

• orbits

• rotations

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Fill in the blank: The phase of the moon when the moon cannot be seen from Earth is called ________.

• New Moon

• Full Moon

• First Quarter

• Last Quarter

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Fill in the blank: Water that falls to Earth’s surface as rain, snow, sleet, or hail is called ________.

• precipitation

• evaporation

• condensation

• transpiration

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Fill in the blank: A time of year that has a certain kind of weather is called ________.

• season

• month

• day

• year

Tags

NGSS.1-ESS1-2

Fill in the blank: The phase of the moon when the moon looks like the left half of a circle when seen from Earth’s Northern Hemisphere is called ________.

• Last Quarter

• First Quarter

• Full Moon

• New Moon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What is happening in the atmosphere at a certain time and place is called ________.

• weather

• climate

• temperature

• humidity

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What is the movement of an object around another object called?

• Rotation

• Orbit

• Revolution

• Spin

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4