5 Written Questions

1. circular movement around an axis
2. the year
3. March 20 or 21, when the number of hours of daylight and darkness are the same
4. Northern hemisphere has this when the North Pole is tilted toward the sun
5. sun is highest in the sky, and length of day is the greatest

5 Matching Questions

1. Full Moon
2. Waning
3. As the rotation speed increases
4. Quarter Moon
5. Waxing

1. a the length of day decreases
2. b the period during which the visible surface of the moon decreases
3. c Moon phase when all of the Moon's lighted half is visible
4. d first and third quarter moon phases, which occur when the moon is in quadrature about one week after the new moon and full moon phases, repectively. the third quarter moon phase is also known as the last quarter moon phase
5. e the period during which the visible surface of the moon increases

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. sun is lowest in the sky, and the day is shortest
   1. Summer solstice
   2. Winter Solstice
   3. winter
   4. Revolution
2. more than half, but less than fully illuminated
   1. GIbbous
   2. Axis
   3. winter
   4. Waning
3. the Earth has one _____ around the Sun- it takes 365 1/4 days
   1. New Moon
   2. Full Moon
   3. Revolution
   4. Rotation
4. the length of the year would increase
   1. Rotation creates
   2. Revolution creates
   3. As the revolution speed decreases
   4. As the rotation speed increases
5. day and night
   1. Rotation creates
   2. Revolution creates
   3. Rotation
   4. Revolution

5 True/False Questions

1. Axis → an imaginary line through the center of the Earth

   True        False

2. Crescent → phase where we see less than 1/4 of the lighted portion the Moon

   True        False

3. Autumnal Equinox → First day of fall, when the number of hours of daylight and darkness are the same

   True        False

4. winter → the period during which the visible surface of the moon decreases

   True        False

5. New Moon → Moon phase when all of the Moon's lighted half is visible

   True        False