Earth, Moon and Sun UNIT TEST

Which of the following is TRUE about the Moon?

• It has powers.
• It makes its own light.
• It has light colored rocks.
• It does not make its own light.

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What is TRUE about the Sun and the Moon?

• The Sun illuminates the entire Moon and no part of is dark.
• The Moon makes its own light and the Sun doesn't have anything to do with it.
• The Sun illuminates the half of the Moon that is facing it, the other half is dark.
• The Sun illuminates the half of the Moon that is not facing it, the other half is dark.

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Light from the sun travels...

• in straight lines.
• unpredictably.
• like a river, whenever there is an open path.
• depends; it can change direction if it is bright enough.

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What is a Moon?

• An ovule shaped planet made of rock that revolves around a planet.
• A sphere made of water and rock that travels around a planet.
• A gaseous sphere that travels around a planet.
• A rocky sphere that travels around a planet.

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Where does the moon get its light?

• The moon is illuminated by the suns rays.
• The moon generates it's light from its core.
• The moon is illuminated by the neighboring stars.
• The moon is illuminated by the light from the earth.

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An object, diagram, or computer program that helps us understand something by making it simpler or easier to see.

• scale
• model
• pattern
• orbit

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It means to shine light on something and make it visible.

• scale
• model
• pattern
• illuminate

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The biggest object in the solar system and the main source of light and energy.

• Sun
• Moon
• Earth
• Jupiter

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Leticia is a space scientist who made this diagram of the Moon and Earth as seen from above (top view), with sunlight coming from the left, as shown by the arrows. Why does Leticia’s diagram show that it’s brighter on the left half of the Moon?

• Because Leticia’s diagram is showing that the half of the Moon that is facing the sun is lit by the sun, and the other half is dark.
• Because the Moon has some lighter-colored rock and some darker-colored rock, and Leticia’s diagram is showing that the half of the Moon with the lighter-colored rock has rotated to the left
• Because as the Moon gets closer to the sun more of it is lit by the sun, so Leticia’s diagram is showing sunlight on half of the Moon
• Because there is a shadow from Earth falling on half of the Moon, and Leticia’s diagram is showing that shadow on the right half of the Moon.

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Which of these things is TRUE about the Moon?

• The Moon is always moving around Earth in a circle.
• The Moon is always in the same position in Earth’s sky.
• The Moon is always moving back and forth across Earth’s sky.
• The Moon is always moving in many changing patterns around Earth.

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