Review of Moon, Earth, and Sun Relationships

What's the order of our Terrestrial planets (starting closest to the sun)?

• Mars, Mercury, Venus, Earth

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

• Venus, Earth, Mars, Mercury

• Mercury, Saturn, Earth, Mars

Day and night on Earth are caused by -

• The tilt of Earth's axis

• Earth's rotation on its axis

• The moon creates day and night

• Earth's revolution around the sun

Which of these is a correct statement?

• Earth rotates around the Sun

• Moons rotate around planets

• A planet revolves on its axis

• Planets revolve around the Sun

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Which drawing shows the correct orientation of the Earth's axial tilt?

• A

• B

• C

• None of them are correct!

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What moon phase is this?

• Waxing Crescent

• Waning Crescent

• New Moon

• Waning Gibbous

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Earth's period of rotation equals -

• 1 day

• 1 month

• 1 year

• 12 months

Earth's revolution around the Sun equals -

• 24 hours

• 1 month

• 365 days

• about 29 days

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What moon phase is this?

• Waning Crescent

• Waxing Gibbous

• Waxing Crescent

• 1st Quarter

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Which moon phase would D be?

• Full Moon

• New Moon

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Which is NOT a member of our solar system?

• Galaxies

• Planets

• Moons

• Asteroids

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