Space Vocab Quiz
Quiz by Jamie Clark
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- Q1
What do we call a natural satellite that orbits a planet?
Moon
Comet
Dwarf Planet
Asteroid
300s - Q2
What phase of the moon occurs when the moon is not visible from Earth?
Full Moon
Last Quarter
First Quarter
New Moon
300s - Q3
Which lunar phase occurs when the entire face of the moon is illuminated and visible from Earth?
New Moon
First Quarter
Full Moon
Waning Crescent
300s - Q4
What term describes the gradual decrease of the visible portion of the moon after it is full?
Waxing
Crescent
Waning
Gibbous
300s - Q5
What is the term for the first phase of the lunar cycle when the moon becomes visible as a thin crescent?
Waning Crescent
Waxing Crescent
Full Moon
New Moon
300s - Q6
During which phase does the moon appear as a half-circle from Earth?
Waning Gibbous
Full Moon
New Moon
First or Last Quarter
300s - Q7
What is the name of the phase when the illuminated portion of the moon starts to decrease after the Full Moon?
New Moon
Waxing Gibbous
First Quarter
Waning Gibbous
300s - Q8
Which term describes the period when the visible part of the moon is increasing after the New Moon?
Waning
Crescent
Waxing
Gibbous
300s - Q9
What is the term for the phase that occurs when the moon is less than half illuminated and is decreasing in size?
Full Moon
Waning Crescent
Waxing Gibbous
First Quarter
300s - Q10
What causes the different seasons on Earth?
The tilt of the Earth's axis
The shape of the Earth
The rotation of the Moon
The distance from the Sun
300s - Q11
What is the approximate angle of Earth's axial tilt?
30 degrees
45 degrees
23.5 degrees
10 degrees
300s - Q12
What term refers to the circular movement of the Earth spinning on its axis?
Revolution
Orbit
Circulation
Rotation
300s - Q13
What is the main reason we experience day and night on Earth?
The rotation of the Earth on its axis
The axial tilt of the Earth
The revolution of the Earth around the Sun
The distance from the Moon
300s - Q14
What is the term for the movement of the Earth around the Sun?
Rotation
Precession
Revolution
Translation
300s - Q15
How long does it take for the Earth to complete one rotation on its axis?
12 hours
365 days
24 hours
30 days
300s