Earth, Sun and Moon

What explains why the stars appear to move across the sky during the night?

• the path of the moon

• the motion of the stars

• the rotation of the Earth

• the revolution of the Earth

If you look up into the sky tonight and see a full moon, how long will it be before you see another full moon?

• about one day

• about one year

• about one week

• about one month

Why would the night sky look different in the fall than in the summer?

• stars constantly move

• visible patterns of stars change with seasons

• different people see different patterns in the sky

• the temperature changes your view

How long does it take Earth to make one complete rotation?

• 28 days

• 12 hours

• 24 hours

• 365 days

Jazmin went out to look at the stars one night. She went out again 4 hours later. What would the pattern of stars look like?

• The pattern of stars would appear to be in the same place in the sky.

• The pattern would be smaller because the stars moved closer together.

• The pattern of stars would appear to have moved together across the sky.

• The pattern would change because each star would have moved in a different direction.

What evidence supports the theory that Earth is rotating on its axis?

• There is a day and a night.

• . There are 365 days in a year.

• There are four phases of the Moon.

• There are different seasons of the year

Earth moves through space by spinning on its axis and by orbiting the Sun. What will happen between February 4, 2021 and February 4, 2022?

• Earth will complete 1 rotation

• Earth will complete 12 rotations.

• Earth will complete 1 revolution.

• Earth will complete 365 revolutions.

Why can you only see certain patterns of stars in the summer and not during the other seasons?

• Earth rotates on its axis

• Earth rotates around the Sun.

• . Earth revolves around the Sun

• Earth revolves around the Moon

Every night Jaysen walks out into his backyard. He notices that the moon appearance seems to change every week. Which sentence best explains why this happens?

• The Moon moves between Earth and the Sun.

• The Moon rotates only once in about a month.

• The same side of the Moon always faces Earth.

• The amount of lighted part of the Moon that faces Earth changes.

On February 4th, Jade observed a full moon in the night sky. Which of the following is the next closest date that Jade will observe the next full moon?

• March 1st

• March 17th

• March 4th

• March 28th