Science Test Review Feb 10th 2015

Question 1

a complete orbit of the moon around the Earth

Answer 1

Revolution

Question 2

the path the moon takes around the Earth

Answer 2

orbit

Question 3

large, dark, flat land areas or plains on the surface of the moon

Answer 3

maria

Question 4

phase of the moon where the lit part grows

Answer 4

waxing

Question 5

a complete spin of the moon on its axis

Answer 5

rotation

Question 6

the different shapes of the lit part of the moon

Answer 6

phase

Question 7

the shape of the moon when it is more than half, but not completely full

Answer 7

Gibbous

Question 8

a long, deep valley on the moon’s surface

Answer 8

rill

Question 9

a hollowed – out place on the moon’s surface

Answer 9

crater

Question 10

a narrow sliver of a circle

Answer 10

crescent

Question 11

phase of the moon when the lit part is getting smaller

Answer 11

waning

Question 12

happens when the Earth blocks that sun from the moon

Answer 12

lunar eclipse

Question 13

happens when the moon blocks the sun’s face

Answer 13

solar eclipse

Question 14

an object that travels around another object in space

Answer 14

satellite

Question 15

Large, flat areas of the moon’s surface are called ___.

Answer 15

maria

Question 16

Hollowed – out places on the moon’s surface are called ____.

Answer 16

craters

Question 17

Deep valleys on the moon’s surface are called ____.

Answer 17

rill

Question 18

Each time the moon completely spins around on it axis is called ____.

Answer 18

rotation

Question 19

Each complete trip of the moon around the earth is called ____.

Answer 19

revolution

Question 20

The shape of the moon’s path around the earth is _____.

Answer 20

ellipse

Question 21

The path the moon takes around the earth is its _______.

Answer 21

orbit

Question 22

The ___________ of the moon is about one – fourth as long as the earth’s.

Answer 22

diameter

Question 23

The moon has extreme _____ changes between the side that is facing the sun and the side that is not.

Answer 23

temperature

Question 24

It takes________ days for the moon to go through all of its phases.

Answer 24

29 1/2

Question 25

What is one false theory to how the moon began?

Answer 25

Gravity pulled it out of the earth.

Question 26

Is a person’s belief about how the moon began a matter of faith or science? Why?

Answer 26

Matter of faith because there was no man to see it happen

Question 27

Why do we only see one side of the moon?

Answer 27

We only see one side of the moon because the moon rotates and revolves at about the same speed.

Question 28

Which has more carters? Moon or earth? Why?

Answer 28

The moon has more craters because it has no atmosphere to protect itself like the earth does.

Question 29

How did the moon begin?

Answer 29

God made the moon.

Question 30

Circle the correct answer:

You would weigh (more/less) on the moon than on earth

Answer 30

less

Question 31

Circle the correct answer:

The gravity of the earth (does/does not) keep the moon in orbit.

Answer 31

does

Question 32

Circle the correct answer:

The moon is a (natural/ manmade) satellite of the earth.

Answer 32

natural

Question 33

Circle the correct answer:

The moon is (larger/smaller) than the earth.

Answer 33

smaller

Question 34

Circle the correct answer:

The moon (does/ does not) have light of its own.

Answer 34

does not

Question 35

Circle the correct answer:

When gravity changes the mass of an object (changes/ does not change).

Answer 35

does not change