1. One spring day your teacher takes the class outside and you watch the sun partly disappear. You look through a pinhole in a box. Why did some of the sun disappear?

The sun often disappears in the spring
The pinhole in the box wasn't round
The moon blocked part of its light
Earth's shadow blocked the light

2. Using the picture below, how does the moon appear to change from picture 5 to picture 8

Less of the moon is lit.
More of the moon is lit.
The same amount of the moon is lit.
Nothing appears to have changed.

3. Using the picture pattern below, what would the moon look like in it's next phase?



a. b. c. d.

a
b
c
d

4. What phase of the moon would you see on this night?

half moon
gibbous moon
new moon
full moon

5. What happens when you see the moon's "phases" change? The moon appears to change

color
location
shape
distance

6. Why does the moon appear to move across the sky during the night?

It travels around Earth every day
Earth rotates on its axis
It is extremely far away
All objects in space are moving

7. Why do we see phases of the moon during a month?

We see only the lit part of the moon as it moves around Earth
The moon is smaller when it is farther from us
Parts of the moon are always in shadow
Eclipses of the moon occur nightly

8. Which of the following correctly describes the movement of Earth, moon and sun?

Sun revolves around moon, moon revolves around Earth
Sun and moon revolve around earth
Moon revolves around sun, Earth revolves around moon
Moon revolves around Earth, Earth revolves around sun

9. If you watched the night sky for several hours, how would the stars appear to be moving? They would move around

the North Star
the Big Dipper
the moon
you

10. What is the movement of Earth on its axis called?

phases
floatation
revolution
rotation

11. What is the movement of Earth around the sun called?

precipitation
random movement
revolution
rotation

12. What causes the apparent movement of objects across the sky during a day or night on Earth?

revolution of Earth in its orbit
rotation of Earth on its axis
location of Earth in space
objects are moving around Earth