Worksheet

Earth, Sun, and Moon

Grade 5 - Science - Building Confidence

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  1. Which cause explains the pattern "Moon phases"?

    • Earth rotates toward the east
    • Earth completes one orbit around the Sun
    • the Moon orbits Earth while sunlight hits half of the Moon
    • Earth's rotation changes the Sun's apparent position in the sky

  2. Which model would help explain day and night?

    • turn a globe eastward near a lamp
    • mark Earth's positions around a lamp for different months
    • move a ball around a lamp-lit globe
    • spin a globe while a lamp stays still

  3. Which pattern is explained by this cause: Earth completes one orbit around the Sun?

    • day and night
    • a year
    • Moon phases
    • a changing shadow through the day

  4. Why is "Earth's shadow causes every Moon phase" a weak explanation for Moon phases?

    • it is the accepted model for this pattern
    • it uses repeated observations correctly
    • it does not match the Earth-Sun-Moon model
    • it explains the cause with rotation or orbit

  5. Which question belongs in an Earth, Sun, and Moon investigation about the Sun appearing to rise in the east?

    • Which animal is a decomposer?
    • Which suffix forms a noun?
    • Which material dissolves fastest?
    • What repeated sky pattern needs a rotation or orbit model?

  6. Which cause explains the pattern "the Sun appearing to rise in the east"?

    • Earth rotates toward the east
    • Earth orbits the Sun during the year
    • Earth's rotation changes the Sun's apparent position in the sky
    • Earth completes one orbit around the Sun

  7. Which model would help explain a year?

    • turn a globe eastward near a lamp
    • move an Earth model once around a lamp
    • track a stick shadow from morning to afternoon
    • mark Earth's positions around a lamp for different months

  8. Which pattern is explained by this cause: Earth rotates toward the east?

    • day and night
    • the Sun appearing to rise in the east
    • Moon phases
    • a year

  9. Why is "the Sun travels around Earth once each day" a weak explanation for day and night?

    • it is the accepted model for this pattern
    • it explains the cause with rotation or orbit
    • it uses repeated observations correctly
    • it does not match the Earth-Sun-Moon model

  10. Which question belongs in an Earth, Sun, and Moon investigation about seasonal star patterns?

    • What repeated sky pattern needs a rotation or orbit model?
    • Which material dissolves fastest?
    • Which animal is a decomposer?
    • Which suffix forms a noun?
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