Let’s go through each sentence one by one and pick the best word from the box to fill in the blanks. The words we can use are:
smaller, orbits, light, weather, gravity, craters, largest, reflects, days, gray, rock, natural satellite, phases, close
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1. The moon is Earth’s _________. It _________ our planet.
- The moon is Earth’s
natural satellite (that’s what scientists call it).
- It
orbits our planet (means it goes around Earth).
✔ Answer: *natural satellite*, *orbits*
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2. It is primarily made of _________ and dust.
- The moon is made mostly of
rock and dust.
✔ Answer: *rock*
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3. The moon’s surface is _________ and it has _________ on it.
- The moon’s surface is
gray.
- It has
craters (those are the big holes from space rocks hitting it).
✔ Answer: *gray*, *craters*
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4. The moon is much _________ than Earth.
- The moon is smaller than Earth.
✔ Answer: *smaller*
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5. The moon is relatively _________ to Earth (about 238,855 miles)
- That distance is actually pretty
close for space!
✔ Answer: *close*
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6. The moon takes 28 _________ to orbit the Earth.
- It takes about 28
days to go around Earth once.
✔ Answer: *days*
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7. During this period, the moon goes through eight _________
- These are the changing shapes we see — called
phases (like full moon, crescent, etc.)
✔ Answer: *phases*
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8. The moon doesn’t make its own light. It _________ light from the sun.
- The moon
reflects sunlight — that’s why we see it glow.
✔ Answer: *reflects*
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9. We can only see the part of the moon that has _________ on it.
- We see the part that has
light shining on it (from the Sun).
✔ Answer: *light*
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10. The moon is the _________ and brightest object in the night sky.
- Among things we see at night, the moon is the
largest and brightest (except maybe Venus sometimes, but in this context, “largest” fits).
✔ Answer: *largest*
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11. There is no air to breathe and no _________ on the moon.
- No air means no
weather — no wind, rain, clouds, etc.
✔ Answer: *weather*
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12. The moon has less _________ than Earth.
- Gravity is weaker on the moon — you’d weigh less there!
✔ Answer: *gravity*
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Final Answer:
1. natural satellite, orbits
2. rock
3. gray, craters
4. smaller
5. close
6. days
7. phases
8. reflects
9. light
10. largest
11. weather
12. gravity
Parent Tip: Review the logic above to help your child master the concept of printable reading worksheet grade 3.
