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Moon Review
** Use your Flashcards to help you answer these questions**
1A is a series of events that occur in
natural order.
2A is a repeated pattern.
3. The imaginary line that travels through the center of the
Earth from the North Pole to the South Pole is called the
4. The earth spins in one place around its axis. This is called —
a. revolving
b, go around
c. rotating
5. The earth also goes around the sun. This is called —
a. revolving
b. go around
c. rotating6. To orbit around another object is called:
a. revolving
b. go around
c. rotating
7. It takes the moon approximately one (27 days)
to revolve around the earth one time.
8. It takes the earth days or one to
revolve around the sun one time.
9. It takes the earth day or hours to rotate
around its axis one time.
10. are the periodic rise
and fall of the ocean’s water.
fie The gravitational pull of the moon on Earth causes the
12. How many high and low tides occur every 24 hours?
high and low13.
What are the “phases of the moon”? Explain:
14.
Where does the moon get its light? Explain:
15.
Write the 4 seasons in order starting with Fall...
i. Fall
ii.
iii.
iv.
The earth rotating on its axis causes and17. The earth revolving or orbiting around the sun and the
tilt of the earth’s axis causes the
Current erientation
18. The picture above shows the of the earth
around the sun.
a. revolution
b. rotation
c. tides
d. phasesUse this diagram below to answer questions 19 - 22:
19. The full moon is number
20. The new moon is number
21. The crescent moons are numbers and
22. The gibbous moons are numbers and