Moon Characteristics

Which object is a natural satellite of the Earth?

• Jupiter
• Moon
• Sun
• Mercury

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Which of the following statements best describes one way that the Moon is different from Earth? 

• The Moon is not solid.
• The Moon has no gravity.
• The Moon has almost no atmosphere. 
• The Moon receives almost no solar light.

The pull of gravity on the surface of the moon is 

• six times that of Earth
• one eighth that of earth
• one quarter that of Earth
• one sixth that of Earth

Is the Moon bigger or smaller than the Earth?

• bigger
• smaller
• both the same size

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 What makes it possible to see the moon from Earth? 

• The surface of the moon emits its own light, which can be seen from Earth.
• The moon absorbs light during the day and emits light at night.
• Light emitted by Earth illuminates the moon’s surface, making it visible.
• Light emitted by the sun is reflected to Earth by the moon’s surface. 

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People from Earth have journeyed to the Moon and explored its surface.

• True
• False

During a “leap year” we add an extra day to our calendar because: 

• Earth takes 24 hours to rotate
• The moon takes 27.3 days to orbit.
• Earth takes 365 ¼ days to revolve.
• The moon takes 29.5 days to orbit.

What is the word that the moon turns around the earth?

• turning
• orbit
• rotates
• revolve

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Which of the following is a characteristic of both the Earth and the Moon?

• Atmosphere containing oxygen
• Rocky surface covered with landforms
• Flowing water in oceans and rivers
• Fossils and fossil fuels under the surface

Which has landforms?

• Sun
• Sun, Earth, Moon
• Earth and Moon
• only Earth

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