Vocab Quiz- The Earth/sun/moon/system Question Preview (ID: 28813)


Students Prepare For Their Vocabulary Quiz On The Earth/Sun/Moon System. TEACHERS: click here for quick copy question ID numbers.

No silly! No need to get out of your seat. You can't see the IMAGINERY LINE that passes through the MIDDLE OF EARTH AND ITS POLES.
a) axis
b) rotation
c) revolution
d) orbit

Just as a tornado that strikes down in the MIdwest, EARTH IS ALWAYS SPINNING.
a) axis
b) rotation
c) revolution
d) orbit

Like a family that is always on vacation, Earth is constantly making a TRIP AROUND THE SUN.
a) axis
b) rotation
c) revolution
d) orbit

In the same way Dorothy followed the Yellow Brick Road, Earth moves a VERY SPECIFIC WAY AROUND THE SUN
a) axis
b) rotation
c) revolution
d) orbit

The Sun is ITS FARTHEST FROM the EQUATOR at the BEGINNING OF SUMMER AND WINTER.
a) solstice
b) equinox
c) eclipse
d) tide

Sun hovers DIRECTLY ABOVE EQUATOR on the FIRST DAY of SPRING and AUTUMN
a) solstice
b) equinox
c) eclipse
d) tide

Like a orange sign BLOCKING your car on the highway, OBJECTS IN SPACE often get BLOCKED by each other.
a) solstice
b) equinox
c) eclipse
d) tide

It's a stalemate when the FORCES OF EARTH AND MOON square off to CONTROL THE OCEAN WATERS.
a) solstice
b) equinox
c) eclipse
d) tide

At certain times of the lunar cycle, the MOON is becoming BETTER LIT.
a) Waxing
b) waning
c) gibbous
d) crescent

At certain times of the Lunar Cycle, the MOON is becoming LESS LIT.
a) waxing
b) waning
c) gibbous
d) crescent

At certain times of the lunar cycle, MORE THAN HALF THE MOON IS COVERED BY LIGHT.
a) waxing
b) waning
c) gibbous
d) crescent

At certain times of the Lunar Cycle, LESS THAN HALF THE MOON IS COVERED BY LIGHT.
a) Waxing
b) waning
c) gibbous
d) crescent

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