When the side of the moon facing the earth is completely lighted
What is full moon?
100
The moon revolves around the earth once every _____. A 24 hours, B 29 days, C 15 days
What is B 29 days?
100
To spin on an axis
What is rotate?
100
The principle force pulling an object into orbit around another object is _____. A gravity, B speed, C revolution
What is A gravity?
100
An _____ is the curved path that an object follows as it revolves around another object.
What is orbit?
200
When the sunlit side of the moon cannot be seen
What is new moon?
200
Which of the following is not a feature on the moon's surface? A marias, B rivers, C mountains
What is B rivers?
200
Movement of an orbiting object
What is revolution?
200
Sunlight falls on the earth at different angles at different times of the year, causing _____. A rotation, B day and night, C seasons
What is C seasons?
200
Craters on the moon are caused by rocks traveling through space that hit the surface of a planet or moon called _____.
What is meteorites?
300
Low, flat plains on the moon
What is maria?
300
When the moon passes between the earth and the sun, the moon's shadow falls on the earth, causing a _____. A solar eclipse, B lunar eclipse, C full moon
What is A solar eclipse?
300
Rimmed depression caused by a meteorite hitting the moon
What is crater?
300
An eclipse happens when _____. A tides rise and fall, B the moon changes its orbit, C the sun, moon, and earth line up
What is C the sun, moon, and earth line up
300
The shape of an orbit is not exact circle, but an oval shape called an _____.
What is ellipse?
400
Shadow of the earth on the moon when the earth passes between the sun and the moon
What is lunar eclipse?
400
All of the following are phases of the moon except? A new moon, B first quarter, C second quarter
What is C second quarter?
400
Blocking of sunlight by a revolving object
What is eclipse?
400
The tilt of the earth's axis causes the sunlight to fall more directly on different parts of the earth throughout its orbit. This tilt causes _____. A the tides, B the seasons, C eclipses
What is B the seasons?
400
In the Northern Hemisphere, October is a fall month. In the Southern Hemisphere, October is in the _____.
What is springtime?
500
Shadow of the moon on the earth when moon passes between the sun and the earth
What is solar eclipse?
500
Tides are the regular rising and falling of the earth's oceans and are caused by the gravitational pull of the _____. A moon, B earth, C sun
What is A moon?
500
Changes in the moon's appearance as it orbits the earth
What is phases of the moon?
500
When it is winter in the Northern Hemisphere, it is _____ in the Southern Hemisphere. A winter, B spring, C summer
What is C summer?
500
Gravity depends on the distances between two objects and the _____ of each object, or how much matter each object contains.