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WorksheetsEarth, Moon & Sun
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Earth's rotation causes
Day and night
Solar eclipse
The seasons to change
The moon to appear as different shapes
Every day the sun appears to
Rise in the west and set in the east
Rise in the east and set in west
Rise in the north and set in the south
Rise in the south and set in the north
Why does the moon appear to shine in the night sky?
The moon makes its own light.
The moon reflects the sun's light.
The moon lights up when it becomes dark.
The moon reflects the Earth's light.
Why does the moon appear to be larger than the stars?
The moon is larger than the stars.
The moon is brighter than the stars.
The moon is closer to Earth than the stars.
The moon is the largest of all stars.
What is the sun?
The sun is a planet.
The sun is a star.
The sun is a constellation.
The sun is a satellite.
What is the moon?
A constellation
A large star
A satellite
A planet
How long does it take for the Earth to travel once around the Sun.
12 months
28 Days
24 hours
4 weeks
How long does it take the Moon to travel once around the Earth?
12 months
28 days
24 hours
15 days
Why does the Moon seem to change?
Because the cheese melts and comes back.
Because we only see the part of the Moon that is lit by the sun.
Because sometimes it is cloudy.
Because it is sunny.
If you were standing near a tree, when would the shadow be shortest?
Midday
Sunset
Sunrise
Night
______ is the outermost layer of the earth.
Mantle
Core
Crust
The inner core is made of solid iron and _____
Aluminium
Nickel
Cobalt
Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin and Michael Collins were the astronauts on ____
Aryabhatt
Apollo 11
Apollo 10
The first artificial satellite was the _____ which was launched by Russia.
Apollo 11
Aryabhatta
Soviet Sputnik I
When the moon is completely blocked by the earth, it is called ____
Solar eclipse
Partial solar eclipse
Total lunar eclipse
_____ is a person who is trained to travel in a spacecraft.
Captain
Astronaut
Engineer
An area of complete darkness at the centre of shadow is known as ______
Penumbra
umbra
celestial
The period between one new moon to another is called _____ month.
Lunar
Solar
Mission
It takes about _____ hours for the rising water to reach high tide.
Seventeen
Six
Nine
From _________ space station MOM was launched.
ISRO
Soviet
Apollo
