Space - True or False Questions

People used to think the Sun moved around the Earth

• True

• False

Day and Night are caused by the Earth orbiting the Sun

• True

• False

It takes 24 hours for the Earth to spin around a complete revolution

• True

• False

The Earth is travelling through space at 100,000 kilometres per hour

• True

• False

The Sun rises in the west and sets in the east

• True

• False

We have 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of night

• True

• False

We have summer when the Earth gets closer to the Sun

• True

• False

The Moon is a lump of matter that was broken off the Earth

• True

• False

• We as scientists aren't sure

The Moon’s gravity causes the tides that we can see at the seaside

• True

• False

Apart from Earth, the only other place that has been visited by people is the Moon

• True

• False