Space and Seasons

Space and Seasons

Multiple Choice

As part of their training, Nasa staff watch the disaster movie Armageddon.

• TRUE

• FALSE

They are told to watch it to identify as many scientific errors as they can!

Multiple Choice

Nasa will pay you to lie in bed for months at a time.

True or false?

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

Nasa was once sued for trespassing on Mars.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Three men from Yemen claimed they had inherited the planet from their ancestors thousands of years ago! Unsurprisingly, the court did not take the claim seriously.

Multiple Choice

Before a mission, astronauts are able to choose from a menu of freeze-dried food, including a McDonald's Big Mac meal.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

You could fit ALL of the plants in the distance between the Earth and the Moon

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

The sun makes up 99.8% of the mass of the solar system

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

The Sun is Yellow

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

Which of these is NOT a type of satellite

• Geostationary

• Orbital

• Polar

• Moon

Multiple Choice

Which type of satellite sits on the equator?

• Polar

• Geostationary

Multiple Select

Which type of satellite is used for tracking the weather?

• Polar

• Geostationary

Fill in the Blanks

Polar satellites are used for tracking weather, monitoring and for

by the military

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a use of Geostationary orbits?

• TV

• 4G

• weather monitoring

• the Internet

Homework

• Complete the task sheet and the self assessment and send your work in through the assignment folder

  
  

• Due 5th March

Fill in the Blanks

The earth rotates every

hours

Multiple Choice

We get seasons because the earth is tilted at an angle. What is this angle?

• 22.5

• 23.5

• 24.5

Multiple Choice

The Sun RISES in the....

• North

• South

• East

• West

Multiple Choice

The Sun SETS in the ...

• north

• east

• south

• west

Fill in the Blanks

During summer, the North Pole is tilted towards the sun. As a consequence, the sun's path is

in the sky,