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Earth, Sun and Moon Assessment test

1. What shape is the Earth?
   
   
   
2. Put the Moon, Sun and Earth in order of size, biggest first.
   
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3. Why is it difficult to collect evidence about the Sun?
   
   
   
   
   
4. Why does the Sun appear to move across the sky?
   
   
   
   
5. Draw the Moon. Explain why you have drawn it this way.
   
   
   
   
   
6. How long does it take for the Moon to orbit the Earth?
   
   
   
7. How long does it take the Earth to make one complete turn on its axis?
   
   
   
8. Where does the Sun go at night?
   
   
   
   
   
9. What does 'orbit' mean?
   
   
   
   
10. Why do we get more hours of daylight per day in the summer?
    
    
    
    
    
11. Where would you be standing if you got 24 hours of daylight every day in summer?
    
    
    
    
12. If you were still in the same place as in question 11, how many hours per day of darkness would you get in winter?
    
    
    
13. Which TWO changes make plants start to grow in the spring?
    
    
    
    
    
14. What was your favourite part of this topic?