Grade Two Science End of Year Exam – June 2011

Revision Paper (Chapter 12)

The Moon

You might see the Moon in the night sky. The Moon is the largest and
brightest object in the night sky. The Moon does not make its own light.
The Moon reflects light from the Sun. You only see the part of the
Moon that has light shining on it.

The Moon seems to change shape in the sky. On some nights the Moon
looks round. At other times you see smaller parts of the Moon.
Sometimes you cannot see the Moon at all. The shape of the lighted
part of the Moon is called a phase.

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 Grade Two Science End of Year Exam – June 2011
Revision Paper (Chapter 12)

The Moon has mountains and deep craters. A crater is a hole in the
ground that is shaped like a bowl. A crater is formed when a large rock
from space hits the Moon.

What causes day and night?

The picture shows an imaginary line through the center of Earth. This
line is called an axis. Earth is always spinning on its axis. This spinning
on an axis is called a rotation.