Sun Earth and Moon

Which of the following features can be found on both the moon and the Earth?

• Water

• Rivers

• Mountains

• Peninsulas

How is it possible for the moon to shine at night even though it produces no light?

• The moon have many craters filled with water.

• The moon is covered with a thin layer of ice

• The moon rotates at a very high rate of speed

• The moon reflects the light from the Sun

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A match will not burn on the moon because there is—

• not enough water

• not enough gravity

• not enough oxygen

• not enough carbon dioxide

Which of the following is one way that the Earth and the moon are NOT the same?

• The moon has craters

• The moon has rocky dust

• The Earth rotates on its axis

• The Earth has an atmosphere

Which of the following statements is true about the moon?

• The moon orbits around the sun in about 28 days

• Seasons on Earth are caused by the phases of the moon

• Only one side of the moon is visible from the Earth

• It takes the moon 365 days to orbit around the Earth

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Which of the following is one reason that there are more craters on the surface of the moon than on the surface of the Earth?

• The moon has a stronger gravitational pull. More meteorites are pulled to its surface than to the Earth’s surface

• There is more water on the Earth’s surface than on the moon’s surface. This water causes meteorites to explode

• The moon has little or no atmosphere. Meteorites heading to Earth burn up in its atmosphere before hitting the ground.

• Meteorites are more likely to hit a small body in space, such as the moon, than a larger body like the Earth

Which of the following statements best describes the Earth’s surface?

• The surface of the Earth looks exactly like it did thousands of years ago

• The changes in the Earth’s surface occur for moon

• The surface of the Earth is constantly changing

• All of the changes on the Earth’s surface occur slowly

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The Earth rotates on its axis and revolves around the sun. The moon rotates on its axis and revolves around the -

• sun

• Earth

• planets

• solar system

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Sunspots appear to be darker than the rest of the sun’s surface because they are—

• partially hidden from view

• in the shadow of the sun’s corona

• cooler than the rest of the sun’s surface

• made of dark-colored minerals

Which of these would best model how the sun’s energy warms Earth?

• A pot of water boiling

• A heat lamp keeping food hot

• An oven baking bread

• A spoon getting hot when stirring soup

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