I bet you know the answers!What causes day & night?Which one is bigger the earth or the moon?Where does the moon get its light from?What percent of the earth is always lit by the sun?How many stars are in our solar system?How many days does it take for the Earth to revolve around the sun?How many low and high tides on Earth every 24 hours?

is the third planet from the Sun,is an oblated sphere,rotates on its imaginary axis counterclockwise every 24 hours or 1 day,appears blue in space because it is 70% water,It revolves around the sun every 365 days or 1 year.

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Can you put these in size order?Place the following in order from largest to smallest.MoonSunEarth

Answer: Sun, Earth, then moonThe sun is the largestNext in size is the Earth.The moon is smaller than the Earth.

Which of these is the biggest?FThe moonGThe EarthHThe sunJJupiter

Answer: The sun is the largest!Our sun is the only star in our solar system. The sun is also the largest heavenly body in our solar system.

The sun heats the Earth unevenly, making the poles cold and the tropics hot, because-

A the tropics face more directly toward the sunB the poles are covered with ice which causes cold airC seasons changeD weather changes

The moon revolves around -

F. itselfG. the EarthH. the sunJ. the solar system

The moon revolves or orbits the Earth once every 29 days.

We all ways see the same side of the moon because the moon rotates and revolves at about the same speed.

What is rotation? (define)

The rotation of the Earth on its axis causes-A.daysB.monthsC.seasonsD.years

Rotation is the turning or spinning of the Earth in one place on its imaginary axis.Rotation of the earth on its axis causes day & night. (answer A).

Which of these shows the location of a polar ice cap?Which of these shows the location of the equator?

Which of these is caused by the turning of the Earth?F. Summer and winterG. StarsH. Day and nightJ. Moon phases

The turning of the Earth causesDay & Night

When the moon is seen from the Earth as a whole circle, it is called a-

A. Crescent moonB. Full moonC. Half moonD. New moon

When the moon is seen from the Earth as a whole circle, it is called aFULL MOON.

Which of these is the next phase of the moon?New Moon --- Waxing Crescent --- ?

F. Full MoonG. Waning CrescentH. First QuarterJ. Waxing Gibbous

The next major phase of the moon would beFirst quarter.

Just think about ittheNew moon (can only get bigger. Or = Waxing)..Then comes Waxing crescent next isFirst quarterthen Waxing Gibbous and then a Full Moon.

The revolution of the Earth around the Sun takes-

A. a day & night or 12 hoursB. a week or 7 daysC. a month or 29-31 daysD. a year or 365 days

The revolution of the Earth around the sun Takes 365 days or one year.

NOTE:Due to the tilt of the Earths axis during revolution, the Earth experiences seasons.