4th Grade Study Review: Earth, Sun & Moon Test

Match the following

• a system of millions to billions stars

• Galaxy

• All of outer space including galaxies

• Revolve

• the path an object takes in space

• Solar System

• to circle

• Orbit

• the sun and everything that orbits it

• Universe

(a)   ​ (b)   ​

• ________the distance from one side of a circle to
• Diameter
• shadow
• Tide

Match the following

• predictable rise and fall of ocean water

• Shadow

• 24

• Tide

• large chunk of rock that orbits the sun

• Asteriod

• a dark area where light has been blocked

• Gravity

• attraction of one object w/mass

• Hours it takes the moon to rotate on it's axis

THE SIZE OF THE EARTH, SUN AND MOON FROM SMALLEST TO LARGEST IS :

• MOON

• EARTH

• SUN

TRUE OR FALSE:

GRAVITY ISN'T IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT DOESN'T MAKE THE EARTH ORBIT THE SUN

• FALSE: IT DOES MAKE THE EARTH ORBIT THE SUN

• TRUE

HOW ONG DOES IT TAKE THE EARTH TO REVOLVE AROUND THE SUN

• 6 MONTHS

• 1 YEAR

• 18 MONTHS

• 2 YEARS

TRUE OR FALSE:

THE TILT OF THE EARTH'S AXIS IS WHAT CAUSES SEASONS

• MAYBE

• TRUE

• FALSE

THE MOON SINES AT NIGHT BECAUSE IT REFLECTS THE ______ LIGHT.

• OCEAN

• CITY LIGHTS

• SUN

WHAT MAKES THE STARS AT NIGHT LOOK SMALLER THAN THE SUN EVEN THO SOME ARE BIGGER?

• THE MOON

• SEASONS

• DISTANCE

• SHADOWS

THE EARTH AND MOON ARE MADE UP OF

• SOLAR ENERGY

• GAS

• ROCKS