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A review of our Earth Science unit.
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1
What is the imaginary line called that runs through the center of the Earth?
Prime Meridian
Equator
Axis
2
What phase of the moon is showing?
Waxing Crescent
Waning Crescent
Waning Gibbous
Waxing Gibbous
3
What is it called when the Earth spins or turns?
Axix
Revolve/Revolution
Rotate/Rotation
Orbit
4
Which movement takes 365 days to complete?
Revolution
Rotation
5
What phase of the moon is this?
3rd Quarter
First Quarter
Half Moon
6
What causes seasons?
The Sun
Revolution of the Earth
Rotation of the Earth
The Moon
7
What does waning mean?
Increase
Something somebody does when they don't get their way
Decrease
8
What is the meaning of waxing?
when a candle melts
to grow larger, stronger, fuller
to grow gradually smaller or less
9
The phase of the moon that looks like a sliver?
Full Moon
Gibbous
Crescent
New Moon
10
Which side of the moon is lit when it is in the waning phases?
Left
Right
11
The moon's light comes from the sun. True or False?
False
True
12
What is the second new moon in a month called?
Crescent Moon
Blue Moon
1st Quarter
New Moon
13
Which word means to bend or throw back waves of light, sound, or heat?
Reflect
Orbit
Phase
Axis
14
What word describes a state in a repeating series of changes?
Rotation
Phase
Orbit
Revolution
15
What phase of the moon is showing?
Waxing Gibbous
New Moon
3rd Quarter
Waxing Crescent
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Orbit means to spin or turn. True or False?
True
False
17
What phase of the moon is this?
Waxing Gibbous
New Moon
Third Quarter
Full Moon