Third grade- Quiz #3

The sun is

• A big star

• A big planet

• A big comet

• A big asteroid

Choose the characteristics of the sun

• The sun is smaller than earth

• The sun gives us light

• The sun is made of gases

• The sun gives us heat

It is a hole in the ground formed when a rock hits the moon. (ONE WORD)

The sun looks low in the sky during mornings

• Sunrise

• Noon

• Sunset

• Eclipse

Choose the characteristics of the stars

• They are balls of gases that give off light and heat

• The moon is bigger than the stars

• The stars are really far away from Earth

• They are different colors and sizes

The sun looks low in the sky at _____________ in the evening. (ONE WORD)

Choose the name of the constellations

• Leo

• Cancer

• Orion

• Crater

It is a group of starts that forms a picture with imaginary lines

• Constellations

• Asteroids

• Belt

• Dipper

Choose the characteristics of the moon

• The moon makes its own light

• The moon is the brightest object in the sky

• The moon has a lot of craters

• It is made of rock and has mountains

It is a large body of rock or gas that moves around the sun. There are eight of them in the solar system. (ONE WORD)