Earth Sun and Moon

Seasons occur because...

• Earth orbits the sun

• Earth is tilted on it's axis

• The moon orbits the earth

• The earth rotates 360 degrees every 24 hours

Pluto is now classified as a ____________________

True or False: The earth is the centre of our universe

• True

• False

The order of the first 4 planets in our solar system is

• Mars, Venus, Earth, Mercury

• Mercury, Jupiter, Neptune, Saturn

• Mercury, Venus, Uranus, Earth

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

A solar eclipse occurs when...

• The moon is on the opposite side of the earth to the sun

• The sun's light reflects off the surface of the moon

• The moon blocks the sun's light from reaching the earth

• The sun's light is blocked from reaching the moon

It takes _______ hours for the earth to rotate 360 degrees

The closer you are to a planet, the _________ the gravitational pull

We see the moon because ...

• Light from the sun reflects off the surface of the moon

• A shadow is created on the surface of the moon

• Light from the sun reflects off the surface of the earth

True or False: There is more gravity on Earth than on the Moon

• True

• False

Explain why we see the different phases of the moon