1st grade space
1st grade (Year 2 in England) · 14 questions · Common Core: NGSS.1-ESS1-1, NGSS.5-ESS1-1, NGSS.1-ESS1-2 · England: KS1 Y1 Seasonal changes, KS2 Y5 Earth and space
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Question 1
True or false? The Moon's shape seems to change in a pattern that repeats.
- A. True
- B. False
Question 2
Tonight the Moon is full. In about two weeks, what will you see?
- A. another full moon
- B. a square moon
- C. a new moon, which is hard to see
- D. two moons
Question 3
A class far from the equator counted the hours of daylight on one day in each season. Which season had the MOST daylight?
- A. winter
- B. spring
- C. summer
- D. autumn (fall)
Question 4
Stars: which statement is true?
- A. Stars are small and close to Earth.
- B. Stars disappear in the morning and are made again at night.
- C. The Moon is a star.
- D. The Sun is a star.
Question 5
True or false? You can see more stars on a dark night away from city lights.
- A. True
- B. False
Question 6
In which direction does the Sun rise?
- A. west
- B. a different direction every day
- C. straight up from the ground at midday
- D. east
Question 7
True or false? Winter days are the longest of the year.
- A. True
- B. False
Question 8
Why do stars look tiny even though many are bigger than the Sun?
- A. Our eyes are too small.
- B. They are made of glitter.
- C. They are extremely far away.
- D. They shrink at night.
Question 9
Sun, Moon and stars: which statement is true?
- A. The Moon makes its own light.
- B. The Sun is a star.
- C. You can only see the Moon at night.
- D. The Sun goes round the Earth.
Question 10
What is the Sun?
- A. a star
- B. a moon
- C. a comet
- D. a planet
Question 11
Look at the chart of daylight hours. How many more hours of daylight were there on the summer day than on the winter day?
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Question 12
Sun, Moon and stars: which statement is NOT true?
- A. The Sun goes round the Earth.
- B. The Sun appears to move across the sky during the day.
- C. The Moon reflects light from the Sun.
- D. The Sun is a star.
Question 13
True or false? The Sun rises in the west.
- A. True
- B. False
Question 14
True or false? You can sometimes see the Moon during the day.
- A. True
- B. False
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