Unit 6 Earth and Space

What causes changes in the appearance of the moon's shape?

Why do the moon's surface features always look the same?

If the moon started rotating faster, how would it look different from Earth?

Earth revolves around the sun. How long dies it take for Earth to complete one revolution?

Earth turns around an imaginary line called an _______________________.

Earth is tilted on its axis. Which of these would not exist if Earth had no tilt?

How does the shape of the moon change during the weeks after a full moon?

Why do the Northern and Southern Hemispheres never experience the same season at the same time?

If a person observes the moon through a window, it would seem to change every week. Why?

What would happen if Earth spun on its axis faster than it does now?

What is another word that means the same as moon?

What would happen to the moon's phases if the moon still revolved but Earth did not?

A group of stars that seems to form a pattern in the night sky.

Earth rotates on its axis once each 24 hours. What is the result of Earth's rotation?

Which phase takes place when the moon is directly between Earth and the sun?

A week after the first quarter moon, why does the moon appear bigger?

About how long does it take Earth to go half way around the sun?

A star and the planets and other objects that revolve around it.

When things turn like a top.

What is the next phase after the new moon?

Which is the correct order fo the phases that a person might see from the night sky?

The path that one object takes around another object in space.

Which of these is responsible for changes from day to night on Earth?

A change in the appearance of the moon's shape.

A large round body that revolves around a star in a clear orbit.

What object does the moon revolve around as it goes through its phases?

Which statement is true if the Nthrn Hemisph. is toward the sun and the Sthrn Hemisph. is away?