Earth, Sun and Moon Knowledge Check

Earth and space

“Describe the Sun, Earth and Moon as approximately spherical bodies”

Question 1 says the three bodies are roughly spherical, and question 2 orders them by size.

Earth and space

“Describe the movement of the Earth, and other planets, relative to the Sun in the solar system”

Label A and the first gap in question 4. Other planets are not covered.

Earth and space

“Describe the movement of the Moon relative to the Earth”

Label B and the second gap in question 4, where the key accepts 27 to 29 days.

Earth and space

“Use the idea of the Earth's rotation to explain day and night and the apparent movement of the sun across the sky.”

Questions 6 to 10 all use the Earth's rotation, from Side X and Side Y to the Sun's path across the sky.