Sun, Earth, 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

In photos taken from space the Earth appears to be blue, while the moon appears to be white. This difference in appearance occurs because—

• the Earth and the moon have different gases in their atmosphere

• there is more water on the surface of the Earth than on the moon

• a great deal of the Earth is covered by water, but there is none on the moon

• there are many more clouds surrounding the Earth than around the moon

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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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Like Earth, the moon’s core is most likely -

• solid rock

• nitrogen gas

• molten rock

• full of craters

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