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Grade 6 · Science · Unit 4 of 9

Earth, Moon and Sun

Days, seasons, phases and eclipses

What your child practises

Why we have day and night, seasons, Moon phases, eclipses and tides, and which bodies give off light and which reflect it.

Nova Scotia Curriculum learning outcome: Earth and Space Science: Space · Earth, the Moon and the Sun

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Which is correct?

    • The Moon makes light by burning
    • The Moon is a star
    • The Moon reflects sunlight

  2. Question 2

    In the Northern Hemisphere, when is the shortest day of the year?

    • In December, when the hemisphere is tilted away from the Sun
    • In June
    • In September

  3. Question 3

    A full Moon happens when…

    • The Moon is between Earth and the Sun
    • the whole sunlit side of the Moon faces Earth
    • Earth's shadow covers the Moon

  4. Question 4

    At the equator, days and nights are about equal all year. Why?

    • It is always cloudy
    • Its day length changes very little because of how Earth is tilted
    • It is closer to the Moon

  5. Question 5

    A solar eclipse can happen only during which Moon phase?

    • Crescent Moon
    • Full Moon
    • New Moon

  6. Question 6

    During a solar eclipse, which body is between the other two?

    • Earth
    • The Moon
    • The Sun

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