Year 3 Day and Night Quiz

Which of the following is at the centre of our Solar System?

• Earth

• The Moon

• The Sun

• Saturn

The Earth orbits around the...

• moon

• Sun

• Uranus

• Neptune

The moon orbits around...

• the Sun

• the planets

• satellites

• Earth

The direction that the Earth spins on its axis is...

• clockwise

• anti-clockwise

Everybody around the world experiences day and night at the same times.

• TRUE

• FALSE

We experience DAY time when...

Select all correct options

• a shadow is cast on our side of the Earth.

• the Sun's rays shine on our side of the Earth.

• the sun's rays reflect on the moon, so we can see it.

• when a shadow is not covering our side of the Earth.

We experience NIGHT time when...

Select all correct options

• a shadow is cast on our side of the Earth.

• the Sun's rays shine on our side of the Earth.

• the sun's rays reflect on the moon, so we can see it.

• when a shadow is not covering our side of the Earth.

What is true about the moon?

Select all of the correct answers.

• It orbits around the Sun.

• It orbits around the Earth.

• It reflects light from the Sun.

• It creates its own light.

The largest object in our solar system is the...

• moon

• planet Earth

• Sun

The smallest object in our solar system is the...

• moon

• planet Earth

• Sun