Solar System Review Part 1

What causes day and night here on our Earth?

• The different moon phases

• Asteroids

• The rotation of Earth

• Stars

This is the phase of the moon when the moon looks like a thin sliver (less than half of the moon's nearside is sunlit).

• crescent

• gibbous

• full

• new

This is the phase of the moon where NONE of the moon's nearside is sunlit.

• crescent

• gibbous

• full moon

• new moon

This is the phase of the moon that looks ALMOST full.

• crescent

• gibbous

• full moon

• new moon

What is the imaginary line that runs through the center of the Earth?

• axis
• revolution
• axle
• satellite 

The sun is a _______________.

• planet
• satallite
• galaxy
• star

Why does the Sun appear to rise and set each day?

• The moon rotates on its axis.
• The Earth rotates on its axis.
• The sun rotates on its axis.
• The Earth revolves on its axis.

About how many days does it take for the moon to complete a phase?

• 45 days
• 28 days 
• 1 day
• 365 days 

Earth's seasons are caused by the tilt of its axis and its revolution.

• True 
• False

The sun goes around the Earth.

• True
• False