Rotation
Revolution
Moon Phases
Shadows
Fun Facts
100
The period of time it takes for Earth to rotate once on its axis is one... a. hour b. day c. month d. year
What is a day?
100
What is the path and object takes as it revolves around another object? a. Gravity b. Equinox c. Orbit d. Tide
What is an orbit?
100
Which moon phase is being described? A moon that isn't visible because it is a complete shadow. The first phase of the 8 moon phases.
What is a New Moon.
100
What is it called when Earth moves into the Moon's shadow? a. Solstice b. Solar Eclipse c. Asteroid d. Tide
What is a Solar Eclipse?
100
What occurs when the entire Moon moves into the Earth's shadow? a. Partial Lunar Eclipse b. Total Lunar Eclipse c. New Moon d. Year
What is a Total Lunar Eclipse?
200
Which of the following does it take 24 hours to complete? a. The Sun completely orbits the Earth. b. The moon rotates once on his axis. c. The Earth rotates once on its axis. d. The Earth revolves around the sun once.
What is the earth rotates on its axis.
200
The moon orbits which of the following? a. Orbits the sun b. Orbits Stars c. Orbits Earth d. Has no orbit
What is the moon orbits earth?
200
If there is a full moon on March 29th, when would you expect the next full moon? a. March 30 b. April 3 c. April 28 d. May 9
What is April 28th?
200
What time of day would your shadow be the shortest? a. 12:00 noon b. 7:00 pm c. 4:00 pm d. 8:00 am
What is 12:00, noon.
200
Who was the first man to walk on the moon?
Who is Neil Armstrong?
300
How long does it take for the earth to rotate once on it's axis?
What is 29.5 days?
300
About how many days does it take for the moon to revolve around earth?
What is 27.32 days
300
What moon phase is being described? The moon is bright and completely lit.
What is a full moon?
300
If the sun is shining from the east which way is your shadow facing? a. North b. East c. South d. West
What is west?
300
Crescent means ______ than half the moon is lit.
What is less?
400
Why do we see different moon phases?
What is the rotation and revolution of the moon. (answers may vary)
400
How long does it take for the earth to revolve around the sun?
What is a year?
400
After the full moon we see 1/2 of the lighted side of the moon. This is the ______ quarter moon.
What is third quarter moon?
400
What two factors determine the length and position of a shadow? a. The time of day and position of the sun. b. The time of day and phase of the moon. c. The position of the sun and phase of the moon. d. The phase of the moon and the time of the year.
What is the time of day and position of the sun?
400
Gibbous means that _____ than half the moon is lit.
What is more?
500
Which rotates faster, the Earth or the Moon?
What is the Earth?
500
Our planetary system is made up of _____ planets that revolve around the sun. (This does not include dwarf planets)
What is 8.
500
Name the four major moon phases.
What is New Moon, 1st quarter moon, Full moon, 3rd quarter moon.
500
Marissa notices that the length of her shadow is different at 8am than 1pm. Which of the following is a testable question she could use to begin an experiment.? a. What is the effect of the length of the shadow on the height of a person. b. What is the effect of temperature in degrees C on the time of day? c. What is the effect of time of day on the length of a shadow. d. If the time of day that affects the length of the shadow, then the shadow will be shorter.
What is the effect of time of day on the length of a shadow?
500
What was the name of the first people to send non-living satellites to the moon.
What is the Soviet Union?