Name: ____________________________

Science Pre-Test
1. Which one of these objects is shaped like the moon?

2. What lights the moons surface so we can see it?

A. Heat from the moon
B. Sunlight
C. Shiny rocks on its surface
D. Starts
3. True or False. The moon is a 2D shape.
4. Why do we have day and night on Earth?
A. Because Earth goes around the sun
B. Because the sun goes around the Earth
C. Because the moon goes around the Earth
D. Because the Earth rotates on its axis
5. Why do the sun and moon appear to rise and set?
A. Earth rotates on its axis
B. Earth is large and round
C. Earth has oceans and lakes
D. Sun and moon travel around the Earth
6. About how many days does it take the moon to go through its cycle?
A. 5
B. 10
C. 21
D. 28
7. How would the moon and Earth appear if you were looking at them from
space?
A. The moon would be larger
B. The moon would be smaller
C. The moon is a different shape than Earth
D. The moon cannot be seen from space

8. When I work I like to ( rank in order with #1 being your top choice)
A. by myself ___
B. in a group ___

C. with a partner ___

9. True or False. The earth revolves around the sun.
10.When the part of the moon that you can see is slowing getting bigger, it
is________________.
A. Waning
B. Waxing
C. Full
D. New
11.Which of the following shows the moon in the full moon phase?

12.The different shapes of the moon are called the moons _______.
A. Shapes
B. Circles
C. Phases
D. Changes
13.I learn best when___________________________

14.What is something interesting you learned in 2 nd grade about the moon, sun,
or Earth?