SKILL BUILDER WORKSHEER-20

In the picture shown below, in which of the places (A, B, C or D) is it NIGHT?

• Position A

• Position B

• Position C

• Position D

A teacher asked her students to draw the Earth and stars. The pictures that Rima, Sam, Amar and Rahul drew are shown below. Whose drawing correctly shows the arrangement of the Earth and the stars?

• Rima's drawing

• Sam's drawing

• Amar's drawing

• Rahul's drawing

Chaya saw the Moon from her house on Sunday and Monday as shown here.

Which of the following options shows how the Moon appeared on the next four nights?

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Ram: Only the Sun moves around the Earth.

Rahim: Only the Moon moves around the Earth.

Manaaz: Both, the Moon and the Sun move around the Earth.

Jennifer: Neither the Sun nor the Moon move around the Earth. Who is correct?

• Ram

• Rahim

• Manaaz

• Jennifer

Why are nights usually cooler than days?

• because the moon's light cools the parts that have night

• because the light from the stars cools the parts that have night

• because the parts having night are not facing the Sun

• because at night, the Earth is further away from the Sun

Shriram and Kabir were cycling one morning. Shriram saw the Sun on his LEFT while Kabir saw it on his RIGHT. Based on this, which of the following statements is true?

• They were riding towards each other.

• They were both riding in the same direction.

• Shriram was riding at 7 am and Kabir was riding at 9 am.

• Shriram was looking through his left eye and Kabir through his right eye

 Constellations may be only visible during certain seasons due to the Earth’s orbit around the____.  

• Earth

• Moon

• Planets

• Sun

One night, Bhanu observes and draws how the Moon looks at 9 PM, 1 AM and 4 AM. What can he check by doing this?

• A. whether the moon rises from the exactly same place daily

• B. whether the shape of the moon changes in a single night

• C. the total number of hours it takes for a full moon to change to half moon

• D. the total number of days from the day of a full moon to another full moon

Monty: Can it be seen in the day sky? Beenu: Yes

Monty: Does it give off its own light? Beenu: No

Which of these heavenly bodies was Beenu talking about? D. (none of the above)

• A. Sun

• B. Moon

• C. stars

• D. (none of the above)

Arrange the following from the smallest to the biggest. Moon, Sun, Earth, Jupiter

• A. Moon, Jupiter, Earth, Sun

• B. Moon, Earth, Jupiter, Sun

• C. Moon, Earth, Sun, Jupiter

• D. Earth, Moon, Sun, Jupiter