Night and Day

Night and Day

By Teacher Salfa​

Day and Night

Why does the Earth have day and night?

Day and Night

• To revolve means to travel around.

• Earth revolves around the sun.

• One trip around the sun takes one year.

Multiple Choice

 

Earth _____ around the Sun.

• Revolves

• Rotates

Multiple Choice

 

Earth revolves around ______.

• The Sun

• The Axis

Multiple Choice

 

A revolution takes one ______.

• year

• month

• day

Rotation

• To rotate means to spin.

• Earth rotates on its axis.

• A rotation takes one day.

Multiple Choice

 

What is the Science word for spin?

• revolve

• rotate

Multiple Choice

 

What does rotate mean?

• travel

• spin

Multiple Choice

Earth _____ around its axis.

• rotates

• revolves

Multiple Choice

A rotation takes one ____.

• year

• month

• day

Day and Night

• It is day time when our part of Earth faces towards the Sun.

• It is night time when our part of Earth faces away from the Sun.

• When it is day time in Boston, it is night time in Asia.

Multiple Choice

When Earth faces towards the Sun, it is _____.

• day time

• night time

Multiple Choice

The _____ is made up of the Sun and the objects around it.

• sun

• solar system

• moon

• star

Multiple Choice

A _____ is a large ball of hot gases that give off light.

• sun

• solar system

• moon

• star

Multiple Choice

Earth _____ (or spins) around an imaginary line.

• rotates

• revolves

• glide

• swings

Multiple Choice

The _____ is the brightest things in the day sky; it warms the Earth.

• moon

• star

• jupiter

• sun

Multiple Choice

A _____ is a large object that orbits the Sun.

• moon

• star

• planet

• sun

Multiple Choice

The Sun orbits the Earth.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct moon phase

• First Quarter

• Last Quarter

• Full Moon

• New Moon

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct moon phase

• Full Moon

• New Moon

• Waxing Gibbous

• Waxing Crescent

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct moon phase

• First Quarter

• Last Quarter

• Crescent Moon

• New Moon

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct moon phase

• New Moon

• Full Moon

• Waxing Gibbous

• None of the above

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct moon phase

• Waning Gibbous

• Full Moon

• New Moon

• Crescent Moon

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct moon phase

• Waning Gibbous

• Waxing Gibbous

• Full Moon

• Waxing Crescent

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct moon phase

• Waning Crescent

• Half Moon

• New Moon

• Waxing Crescent

Multiple Choice

The word "waxing" means to

• Appear to grow

• Appear to get smaller

Multiple Choice

The word "waning" means to

• Appear to grow

• Appear to get smaller

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct moon phase

• Waning Gibbous

• New Moon

• Full Moon

• Waxing Gibbous

Multiple Choice

What does crescent mean?

• Appears to get smaller

• Appears to get bigger

• Less Light

• More Light

Multiple Choice

What does gibbous mean?

• Appears to get smaller

• Appears to get bigger

• Less Light

• More Light

Multiple Choice

How long is a lunar cycle?

• 24 hours

• 1 year

• Every 4 years

• 2

Multiple Choice

What moon phase is occurring when the moon is in between the sun and earth?

• new moon

• full moon

• first quarter

• third quarter

Multiple Choice

What moon phase is occurring when the earth is between the moon and sun?

• new moon

• full moon

• first quarter

• third quarter

Multiple Choice

Why does the moon look different each night?

• the moon orbits the earth so it is in a different spot each night

• the earth orbits the moon so it is in a different spot each night

• first quarter

Multiple Choice

What direction does the moon orbit the earth?

• clockwise

• anti-clockwise

Multiple Choice

Why doesn't the Earth block out the light between the sun and the moon during a normal month?

• the moon's orbit is tilted

• the earth is much too small to block the light from the sun

• the earth is never between the sun and moon during a normal month

Multiple Choice

Which phases are waning?

• 1 & 2

• 2 & 4

• 4 & 5

• 5 & 1

Multiple Choice

Where would the Sun need to be in this diagram to cause these phases of the moon?

• At the bottom

• At the left

• At the top

• At the right

Multiple Choice

What moon phase will be observed after the waning crescent?

Open Ended

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