Our Earth, Sun and Moon

The Sun seems to rise in the ________ each

morning.

• North

• South

• East

Shadows change with the position of the Sun in the sky.

• True

• false

At midday, your shadow will be_________

• stretched

• long

• short

the Sun seem to move from________ to________

• North, South

• East, West

An ________ is a line through the center of a spinning object.

• rotation

• axis

• rise

Earth takes about 60 days to complete one orbit around the Sun.

• True

• False

What part of Earth has the most warm days each year?

• the north

• the south

• the middle

There are ___ main phases of the Moon.

• 5

• 9

• 8

The Moon takes about four weeks to finish one orbit.

• True

• false

What blocks the Sun’s light during a lunar eclipse?

• The Moon

• The Earth