FOSS Earth and Sun Investigation 1

The Sun rises in the __________.

• North
• South
• East
• West

The Moon and stars set in the __________.

• North
• South
• East
• West

Which sentence helps explain why there is day and night on Earth.

• The Sun moves around Earth once every 24 hours.
• Earth spins on a north-south axis
• It takes 1 year for Earth to turn on its axis.
• Day is the side of Earth facing the Moon.

True or false:  Night is the side of the Earth in shadow.

• True
• False

What statement best describes the Sun?

• The Sun is a star that revolves around the center of our solar system

• The Sun is a mass of burning gas at the center of our solar system

• The Sun is a mass of burning rock that orbits throughout the solar system.

• The Sun is the biggest star in the Milky Way Galaxy.

Of the Earth, Sun, & Moon, which travel in an orbit?

• The Sun and the Earth

• The Sun and the Moon

• The Moon and the Sun

• The Moon and the Earth

The Earth’s 4 seasons are caused by?

• The earth’s rotation on it’s axis.

• The earth ‘s revolution around the Sun on a tilted axis.

• The Sun’s gravitational pull on the

  Earth’s axis.

• The Earth’s gravitational pull on the

  moon.

In twelve hours, what will happen at Location A?

• It will be nighttime.

• It will be daytime.

• The sun will be rising.

• It will be summer time.

In twenty-four hours, what will happen at Location B?

• The sun will appear to rise.

• It will be daytime.

• It will be nighttime.

• It will be summer time.

The Earth spins on an imaginary line known as?

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• Lattitude

• Axis