Earth and Moon Quiz

What is the imaginary line from the North Pole to the South Pole called?

• Axis

• Equator

• Orbit

• Tilt

What causes different amounts of daylight throughout the year?

• Tilt

• moon phases

• mars

• Equator

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What is the predictable path of Earth as it travels around the Sun called?

• Axis

• Consistent Orbit

• Equator

• Tilt

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What phase of the Moon occurs when the Moon lies in between Earth and the Sun? During this time, the Moon has risen and set during the day. The side of the Moon that we see on Earth receives no sunlight, so it appears dark. As the Moon revolves, we start to see the edges of the lighted side from Earth.

• Quarter Moon

• Crescent Moon

• New Moon

• Full Moon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What is the term for the movement of an object around another object?

• Revolve

• Orbit

• Rotate

• Tilt

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Match!

• full moon

• when the majority of the Moon appears to be illuminated, but not quite all of it

• crescent moon

• Halfway through the lunar cycle, when we can see the entire illuminated side of the Moon from Earth. It looks like a big white circle in the sky.

• gibbous moon

• This phase occurs when the Moon lies in between Earth and the Sun. During this time, the Moon has risen and set during the day. The side of the Moon that we see on Earth receives no sunlight, so it appears dark.

• new moon

• After the new moon phase the Moon "grows" into a crescent with a tiny portion of the right side of the Moon illuminated. (It looks like a backwards "C")

• quarter moon

• where only the right half of the whole Moon appears to be illuminated. This looks like a half-circle in the sky.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Match!

• new moon

• 
• quarter moon

• 
• gibbous moon

• 
• full moon

• 
• crescent moon

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Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

caused by different amounts of sunlight falling on the Moon as it changes its angle between Earth and the Sun

• gravity

• rotation

• equator

• moon phases

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The movement of an object around another object; the moon does this around the earth

• quarter moon

• revolve/revolution

• equator

• full moon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

To spin on an axis; the spinning of Earth on its
axis causes day and night to occur.

• rotate/rotation

• full moon

• new moon

• consistent orbit