The Sun, Earth & Moon and The Changing Moon

The sun is a planet.

• True

• False

The Earth is a planet.

• False

• True

The Earth travels around the ... on a path called orbit.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

The Earth takes one day to go around the sun.

• False

• True

One day is the time it takes for ....

• the star to spin around once

• the moon to spin around once

• the sun to spin around once

• the Earth to spin around once

We have one period of darkness and one period of daylight every ... hours.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The moon is a hot ball of rock.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

The Sun and the Moon look about the same ... in the sky. But the Sun is really much bigger than the Moon.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

The Earth orbits the ....

• Moon

• Sun

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

The ... is the biggest among the Earth and the Moon.