The Earth orbits the Sun. The Earth rotates on its axis, causing day and night. It takes the Earth approximately 365 days to orbit the Sun and approximately 28 days for the Moon to orbit the Earth. A full moon occurs when the entire side of the Moon facing Earth is illuminated by sunlight.

1. Which solar body does the earth orbit?
The Moon The Sun
The Milky Way Jupiter

2. Why does the Earth get night and day
So we can sleep The sun orbits
us
The Earth turns on its
axis – part is in dark
So plants can grow

3. The sun rises in the ___ and sets in the ___
East , West Morning, Night
North, South West , South

4. How long does it take the Earth to go
around the Sun?
1 month 28 days
365 days 365 ¼ days

5. How long does it take the moon to go around the
Earth?
1 month 28 days
365 ¼ days 1 week

6. A full moon is when
You can see a face
in the moon
Sun shines on the
moon’s whole face
When there is a
lunar eclipse
The first day of the
month

7. What is the longest day of the year?
December 22nd
June 21st
The last day of
school
September 1st

8. The sun moves across the sky because
It is going around us So that night can come
The Earth is rotating
on its axis
The moon goes
around the Earth

9. We get shadows when
An object gets in the
way of (sun)light
It is a sunny day
To make shadow
puppets
Shadows are scary

10. Shadows are longest at:
midday Night time
Morning & Evening Morning

11. Shadows are shortest at
Morning Night time
Midday Of a short person

12. 23 hours 28 days
1 day 12 hours
How long does it take the Earth to
turn on its axis?

13. What is a lunar month?
31 days The moon’s orbit
of the Earth
The moon’s orbit
of the sun
The moon’s light

14. The phase of the moon when none of
the Sun’s light reaches its surface is
New Moon 1st
Quarter
Full Moon Third Quarter

15. What shape is the Earth, Sun and
Moon?
Spherical Circles
Like Rugby balls No one knows