Earth+and+Moon+Study+Guide

Earth and Moon Study Guide Questions will be short answer and multiple choice. 1. You can’t feel Earth moving because it moves slowly and steadily. 2. Earth’s path around the sun is shaped like an ellipse. 3. Earth completes one rotation each day. 4. Earth takes one year to complete a revolution around the sun. 5. The force of gravity keeps Earth moving around the sun. 6. The imaginary pole that runs through the center of Earth is called its axis. 7. The spinning of Earth on its axis is called rotation. 8. Earth’s rotation causes us to have day and night. 9. The tilt of Earth is what causes us to have different seasons. 10. The same side of the moon always faces Earth. 11. A solar eclipse occurs when the moon is between Earth and the sun and casts a shadow on Earth. 12. A lunar eclipse occurs when Earth is between the moon and the sun and the moon is in Earth’s shadow. 13. As Earth rotates, the sun’s light hits Earth at different angles. The length and position of the object’s shadow changes. 14. Shadows are longest in the morning and evening when the sun is low in the sky.