Day and Night — Answer Key
Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1. Earth turns around to make day and night.
Earth rotates like a spinning top, giving us day and night every day.
2. When our side faces the sun, we have day.
Daytime happens when our part of Earth points toward the bright sun.
3. When our side faces away from the sun, we have night.
Night happens when our part of Earth turns away from the sun.
4. The sun is highest in the sky at noon.
At noon, the sun reaches its highest point above us in the sky.
5. Stars only twinkle in the night sky.
The sun makes the sky too bright to see stars during daytime hours.
6. The sun rises in the east each morning.
The sun appears in the east at sunrise and lights up our morning.
7. It takes 24 hours for Earth to spin once.
Earth completes one full rotation every 24 hours, making one whole day.
8. The moon moves through phases each month.
The moon changes shape each night as it orbits around our Earth.
9. Bats fly out to hunt at night.
Bats are nocturnal creatures that wake up and hunt during nighttime hours.
Part B: Matching
Match each item on the left to the correct answer on the right.
1. Match each item to its correct answer.
Sun shining bright
→ Daytime
Daytime
Moon and stars out
→ Nighttime
Nighttime
Sun rising in east
→ Morning
Morning
Sun setting in west
→ Evening
Evening
Each picture shows clues about whether it is morning, day, evening, or nighttime outside.