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Earth, Moon, and Motion
Earth, Moon, and Motion
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A science quiz about the Earth, its moon, and the motions involved in both.
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What is it called when you can see more than half of the moon?
Penumbra
Gibbous
Umbra
Crescent
2
What causes the seasons?
Tilt of Earth's axis
How fast the Earth is spinning
The orbit
How close the Earth is to the sun
3
Which type of eclipse is the moon is between the Earth and the Sun? Moon's shadow hits Earth.
lunar Eclipse
Solar Eclipse
4
What are the phases when the moon is getting BIGGER? (Approaching a full moon)
Waning
Waxing
Gibbous
Crescent
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What is the partial shadow during an eclipse? The larger part of the shadow?
Crescent
Gibbous
Umbra
Penumbra
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What type of tides have the greatest difference between high and low tides?
Neap
Spring
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What is the phase when you can see the right half of the moon?
Full Moon
New Moon
Third Quarter
First Quarter
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What do we call the imaginary line that runs through the center of Earth?
Prime Meridian
Equator
Axis
Imaginary Line
9
What is the first day of summer?
Summer Solstice
Winter Solstice
Vernal Equinox
Autumnal Equinox
10
What are the light spots on the moon called?
Maria
Seas
Craters
Highlands
11
What is the rise and fall of ocean water?
Tides
Waning
Crescent
Gibbous
12
What are eclipses caused by?
Shadows
Revolutions
Craters
Rotations
13
What is the first day of winter?
Autumnal Equinox
Vernal Equinox
Winter Solstice
Summer Solstice
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What is it called when you can see less than half of the moon?
Penumbra
Umbra
Gibbous
Crescent
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What is the phase of the moon when you can see the left half of the moon?
Full Moon
First Quarter
Third Quarter
New Moon
16
What is the phase when the entire sunlit side of the moon faces Earth?
Full Moon
Third Quarter
New Moon
First Quarter
17
What are the phases of the moon when it is getting SMALLER? (Approaching a new moon)
Crescent
Gibbous
Waning
Waxing
18
What are the dark spots on the moon called?
Mountains
Craters
Highlands
Maria
19
What is the phase when the sunlit side faces away from Earth, and the dark side is facing us?
Full Moon
Third Quarter
First Quarter
New Moon
20
What type of tides have the least difference between high and low tides?
Neap
Spring
21
What is the amount of matter in an object?
Newtons
Gravity
Weight
Mass
22
What is the law that states that every object in the universe attracts every other object?
Weight
Law of universal gravitation
Mass
Gravity
23
What does this picture represent?
Eclipse
Craters
Gravity
Tides
24
What is the first day of spring?
Vernal Equinox
Autumnal Equinox
Winter Solstice
Summer Solstice
25
What is the inner, complete shadow during an eclipse? The darkest part of the shadow?
Crescent
Penumbra
Gibbous
Umbra
26
What are the different shapes of the moon that you can see from Earth?
Crescent
Phases
Umbra
Penumbra
27
What is the force that attracts all objects toward each other?
Gravity
Newtons
Mass
Weight
28
What do we call the different shapes that the moon is in the night sky?
Shapes
Stations
Phases
Motions
29
What is the force of gravity acting on an object?
Inertia
Mass
Gravity
Weight
30
What is it called when a body orbits around another body in space?
Revolution
Rotation
31
Which type of eclipse is the Earth between the Moon & the Sun? Earth's shadow hitting the Moon
Lunar Eclipse
Solar Eclipse
32
What do we call these features on the moon?
Mountains
Seas
Craters
Hills
33
What is it called when a body spins on its axis?
Revolution
Rotation
34
What do we call the path the Earth takes around the sun?
Rotation
Orbit
The road
The path
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What is the first day of fall?
Winter Solstice
Autumnal Equinox
Summer Solstice
Vernal Equinox
