Space Test Revision

A __ moon is when the Moon transitions from New Moon to Full Moon.

A __ moon is when the moon is in the second half of its cycle, heading towards a New Moon.

Match the following

• A day

• The time it takes a planet to make one full rotation around its axis.

• A year

• The time it takes a planet to complete one orbit around the Sun.

• 24 hours

• The time it takes Earth to make one full rotation

• 365.25 days

• The time it takes for the Moon to orbit around the Earth.

• A month

• The time it takes Earth to make one full revolution

Reorder these planets in order from the Sun.

• Saturn

• Neptune

• Uranus

• Mars

• Mercury

Select the Earth position when the southern hemisphere would experience summer.

Select the Earth position when the northern hemisphere would experience winter.

Select the Earth position when the southern hemisphere would experience winter.

Which position would the Moon be in waxing crescent phase?

Which position would the Moon be in waning gibbous phase?

Which position would the Moon be in first quarter phase?