Amplify Earth, Moon, and Sun Ch. 2

Because the Moon moves to different positions around Earth, we see different amounts of the illuminated half of the Moon.

• True

• False

There is a pattern to the position of the moon because _______.

• There are moon phases

• It orbits the earth in the same pattern

• Of the rotation

• Of the sunlight

The shape of the illuminated part of the Moon as it appears from Earth.

• Moon phase

• Orbit

• Pattern

• Rotation

The nearly circular path a smaller object (like the Moon) travels around a larger object (like Earth).

• Moon phase

• Orbit

• Pattern

• Rotation

Something we observe to be similar over and over again.

• Moon phase

• Orbit

• Pattern

• Rotation

The moon does not make its own light.

• True

• False

When a model is "to scale," object sizes and distances are larger or smaller than in the real world but the same relative to one another. Do all models need to be "to scale"?

• Yes

• No

How long does it take to complete all the moon phases?

• 1 week

• 1 month

• 3 days

• 2 weeks

Light from the sun travels ________.

• In a curved pattern

• In straight lines

• Up and around the moon

• Vertically

What portion of the moon is always illuminated?

• All

• None

• Quarter

• Half