Sun, Moon, and Cycles

Question 1

What makes up the solar system?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Answer 1

1. planets
2. stars (sun)
3. comets
4. asteroids
5. moons
6. gases

Question 2

Name the eight plants in order.

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Answer 2

1. Mercury
2. Venus
3. Earth
4. Mars
5. Jupiter
6. Saturn
7. Uranus
8. Neptune
   (Pluto used to be one)

Question 3

What is the sun made of?

Answer 3

The sun is a star - a hot ball of glowing gases.

Question 4

How is Earth different from other planets?

Answer 4

It has a watery surface, lots of oxygen in the atmosphere and has animal and plant life.

Question 5

What causes day and night?

Answer 5

The Earth’s rotation on its axis causes day and night. At any time, half the Earth is experiencing night and the other half of the Earth is experiencing day.

Question 6

List the four seasons.

Answer 6

1. Winter
2. Summer
3. Spring
4. Fall

Question 7

Why do we have seasons?

Answer 7

They are caused by the Earth’s tilt on its axis and its revolution around the Sun.

Question 8

What causes the phases of the moon?

Answer 8

They are caused by the Sun’s rays and the Earth’s shadow as the Earth and Moon rotate and revolve around the sun.

Question 9

What are the four phases of the moon?

Answer 9

1. New
2. Crescent
3. Gibbous
4. Full

Question 10

What does the tilt of the axis cause?

Answer 10

The four seasons. The part of the Earth tilted closest to the sun will experience summer and the part of the Earth furthest from the sun will be having winter.

Question 11

What causes high tides and low tides on Earth?

Answer 11

The moon

Question 12

The Earth revolves around the ______.

Answer 12

sun

Question 13

It takes the Earth _____ days to make an entire revolution.

Answer 13

365 1/4 or one year

Question 14

When the Earth _________ on its axis (spins like a top), one side is always facing the sun, while the other side isn’t. This is what causes day and night.

Answer 14

rotates

Question 15

It takes _______ hours for the Earth to make one complete rotation.

Answer 15

24

Question 16

There are ____ hours in a day.

Answer 16

24

Question 17

There are ____ weeks in a year.

Answer 17

52

Question 18

There are ____ months in a year.

Answer 18

12

Question 19

Axis

Answer 19

An imaginary line through a spinning object.

Question 20

Rotation

Answer 20

One full spin of an object around an axis.

Question 21

Orbit

Answer 21

The path of an object around another object.

Question 22

Revolution

Answer 22

The movement of an object around another object.

Question 23

The cycle of the ________ of the moon occurs as the moon makes one revolution around the earth.

Answer 23

phases

Question 24

The different shapes the moon seems to have in the sky.

Answer 24

Phases

Question 25

Waning

Answer 25

Means losing light

Question 26

Waxing

Answer 26

Mean gaining light

Question 27

Gibbous

Answer 27

Means more light

Question 28

The tides follow a pattern of _____ high and ____ low tides every 24 hours.

Answer 28

two; two

Question 29

The pattern of the tides in our ocean is caused by the __________________ between the Earth and the moon.

Answer 29

gravitational attraction

Question 30

The pattern of day and night is caused by the ____________ of the Earth.

Answer 30

rotation

Question 31

One complete rotation occurs every ____ hours.

Answer 31

24

Question 32

The part of the Earth facing the sun has ___________, while the part facing away has _____________.

Answer 32

daylight; night

Question 33

The spinning of the object on its axis is called ___________.

Answer 33

rotation

Question 34

Earth's Axis

Answer 34

An imaginary line that goes through the North Pole and South Pole.

Question 35

The pattern of seasonal changes takes place because the _____________ is tilted toward or away from the sun during its revolution around the sun.

Answer 35

Earth's axis

Question 36

The Earth takes 365 days or 1 year to make one _____________.

Answer 36

revolution

Question 37

The movement of one object (the Earth) around another object (the sun) is called ______________.

Answer 37

revolution

Question 38

When the Earth makes a revolution, we say a _________ has passed.

Answer 38

year

Question 39

Each time the Earth rotates once, a _____ has passed.

Answer 39

day

Question 40

When our side of the Earth faces away from the sun, it is _________.

Answer 40

night

Question 41

The Earth _________ on its own axis.

Answer 41

rotates

Question 42

The Earth _____ around the sun.

Answer 42

rotates

Question 43

The sun "rises" in the _________.

Answer 43

east

Question 44

The sun "sets" in the _________.

Answer 44

west

Question 45

The shapes of the moon are called its __________.

Answer 45

phases

Question 46

Spring, summer, winter, fall are called the ___________.

Answer 46

seasons

Question 47

When our part of the Earht (northern hemisphere) is tilted toward the sun, the season we are having is ___________.

Answer 47

summer

Question 48

When our part of the Earth (northern hemisphere) is titled away from the sun, the season we are having is ________.

Answer 48

winter