The Earth, Moon and Sun

The Earth spins on it’s axis. This causes day and night. True or false

• True

• False

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The Earth orbits the sun. How long does this take?

• 10 Months

• 4,000 Days

• 365 Days

• 2 Weeks

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The Earth has three moons. True of false?

• True

• False

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This is a picture of what stage of the moon?

• Waxing Cresent

• Waxing Gibbous

• Full Moon

• New Moon

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Tom stands 10 feet away from a torch. On a sheet behind him there is his shadow. How could he make it bigger?

• Stand right next to the sheet

• Lie down

• Jump

• Move closer to the Torch

True or false? The Earth orbits around the sun. This is one year.

• True

• False

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Why do we always see the same side of the moon from Earth?

• because the phases change
• because it rotates and revolves at the same rate
• because half of the moon always receives sunlight
• The moon changes positions

Mrs. Smith says "the moon looks larger than the stars!" What explains this?

• The moons soaks up the star's light
• The moon is larger than Earth
• The moon is larger than stars
• the moon is closer to Earth than stars

Define Waxing

• Moon is increasing and light part appears to be growing
• Completely illuminated
• dark side is facing earth
• Moon is decreasing and light part appears to be shrinking

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The Earth, Sun, and Moon all share a similar-

• Size

• Temperature

• Atmosphere

• Shape