Name__________________ Moon Study Guide

Directions:  Answer each question with one or more complete sentences.

1.  Explain the difference between a full moon and a new moon. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2.  What phase comes right after a new moon?  Label it and draw what it looks like in the box below.

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3.  Who was the first man to ever step on the moon?  What did he say? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4.  What does rotation mean? ______________________________________________________________

5.  How is revolution different from rotation? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

6.  On which imaginary pole or line does Earth rotate? ______________________________________________________________

7.  What causes the tides on Earth’s oceans? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Page 2 Name________________________

Directions:  Fill in the blanks with the word that best fits.

            Our Earth and its moon are similar because they rotate like tops while they _________________, revolve, or pass through space in an oval pattern around the sun.  The moon takes only_________ days to complete an orbit.  During this time, we see each of its phases, from new moon to full moon, and back to waning crescent.  Earth completes one orbit after _________ days.  Earth and every other planet in our solar system is a ________________ of the sun as the moon is a __________________ of Earth. 

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Directions:  Match each word to the definition.

a.  satellite                         b. crater                   c.  solar eclipse

d. lunar eclipse                 e.  revolution

13.  ____     a hole caused by a meteorite crashing into the surface of the moon or by a volcano exploding

14.  ____     movement of one object around another

15.  ____     when the moon passes between the earth and sun, briefly

blocking a view of the sun

16.  ____     an object that revolves around a larger object

17.  ____     when the earth passes between the sun and the moon, briefly

blocking a view of the moon

Page 3

Directions:  Draw a Venn Diagram.  Label one side Earth and the other side Moon.  Write two things that belong in each side and two things that make the Earth and the moon alike in the center.

Directions:  Answer the question with a drawing and a sentence.

24.  Why does only a small part of the world see a solar eclipse at a time? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________