The Solar System- Grade 3

Question 1

If the sun's rays are striking California directly but New Jersey at a slant, which is warmer?

Accepted Answer

California

Question 2

What is the movement of the earth once around the sun?

Accepted Answer

revolution

Question 3

What type of moon is it during a solar eclipse?

Accepted Answer

New moon

Question 4

When light rays strike directly the light is

Accepted Answer

brighter

Question 5

What is a large body of rock or gas in space?

Accepted Answer

planet

Question 6

The earth makes one revolution every...

Accepted Answer

365 days

Question 7

What season is it when the sun's rays strike the earth at the greatest slant?

Accepted Answer

winter

Question 8

How long does it take the earth to make one revolution?

Accepted Answer

a year

Question 9

What causes day and night?

Accepted Answer

The earth's rotation

Question 10

When the moon is "new," it rises at___________.

Accepted Answer

sunrise

Question 11

What is the spinning of the earth on its axis?

Accepted Answer

rotation

Question 12

A line that you cannot see from the top of the earth to the bottom of the earth is a

Accepted Answer

axis

Question 13

when the moon blocks sunlight from reaching earth so the moon's shadow falls on earth

Accepted Answer

solar eclipse

Question 14

Which of the following is not an outer planet?

Accepted Answer

Mars

Question 15

The sun, the planets and their moons and the small objects orbiting the sun are called..

Accepted Answer

the solar system

Question 16

How many phases are there of the moon?

Accepted Answer

eight

Question 17

Which planet is known as a Dwarf planet?

Accepted Answer

Pluto

Question 18

When earth blocks sunlight from reaching the moon

Accepted Answer

lunar eclipse

Question 19

How many days does it take for the moon to orbit the earth?

Accepted Answer

29

Question 20

Which moon phase comes after the full moon phase?

Accepted Answer

Third-quarter

Question 21

The path a planet takes as it revolves around the sun is called a

Accepted Answer

orbit

Question 22

What is not true of the inner planets?

Accepted Answer

They are gaseous.

Question 23

What causes the earth's seasons?

Accepted Answer

It's revolution and axis rotation

Question 24

What phase does the moon have to be in during a solar eclipse?

Accepted Answer

new moon

Question 25

Different shapes the moon seems to have in the sky when observed from earth is called...

Accepted Answer

moon phases

Question 26

When the moon is full, it rises at __________.

Accepted Answer

sunset

Question 27

In which phase do you see none of the moon's lighted side?

Accepted Answer

new moon

Question 28

How does the earth move?

Accepted Answer

Spins and travels

Question 29

What is not present on the moon?

Accepted Answer

water and air, weather, water and air

Question 30

What is a hot ball of glowing gases that gives off energy?

Accepted Answer

our sun, a star

Question 31

A group of stars that appears to form the shape of an animal, object, or person is

Accepted Answer

a constellation

Question 32

How often does the earth rotate once on its axis?

Accepted Answer

Every 24 hours

Question 33

What season is it when the sun's rays strike the Earth directly.

Accepted Answer

summer

Question 34

The pattern of phases of the moon is called a

Accepted Answer

lunar cycle

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