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WorksheetsScience Ch. 8 Review 3rd grade
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is a hot, glowing ball of gas?
a)
star
b)
planet
c)
earth
d)
moon
2.
What is it called when something moves around something else?
a)
revolve
b)
rotate
c)
satellite
d)
orbit
3.
How many phases does the moon have?
a)
8
b)
56
c)
316
d)
24
4.
What do you call the pattern or picture outlined by stars?
a)
constellation
b)
diagram
c)
diaramma
d)
pretty
5.
What has the moon formed by rocks crashing into its surface?
a)
craters
b)
holes
c)
dents
d)
tunnels
6.
What is the path called that earth travels on around the sun?
a)
orbit
b)
axis
c)
rotation
d)
oval
7.
What is another word for earth spinning in space?
a)
rotates
b)
revolution
c)
dizzy
d)
orbit
8.
What is the imaginary line through the center of a spinning object called?
a)
axis
b)
north pole
c)
clothes line
d)
wire
9.
What are our planets and sun part of?
a)
solar system
b)
eternity
c)
space
d)
atmosphere
10.
What do you call a large body of rock or gas that revolves around a star?
a)
planet
b)
golf ball
c)
frizbee
d)
orbit
11.
How does the sun appear to travel in the sky?
a)
east to west
b)
south to north
c)
west to south
d)
north to west
12.
How does the sun appear to travel in the sky?
a)
east to west
b)
south to north
c)
west to south
d)
north to west
13.
Why does the moon appear to glow in the sky?
a)
It reflects light from the sun
b)
it's hot
c)
it's cold
d)
It has vocanos
14.
What month has the shortest days in the northern hemisphere?
a)
December
b)
July
c)
September
d)
February
15.
What phase comes BEFORE a new moon?
a)
crescent
b)
full
c)
half
d)
gibbous
16.
Does the earth have a shorter or longer year than Mercury?
a)
longer
b)
shorter
17.
How do shadows appear at noon?
a)
longer
b)
shorter
18.
How many phases of the moon occur in two months?
a)
8
b)
14
c)
25
d)
314
19.
Why can't people see stars during the day?
a)
sun is too bright
b)
too many clouds
c)
they are behind the earth
d)
the rainbow covers them up
20.
What happens to shadows at sunrise and sunset?
a)
they get longer
b)
they get shorter
c)
they disappear
d)
they are invisible
21.
How many phases of the moon occur in each lunar cycle?
a)
8
b)
315
c)
48
d)
24
22.
What does earth's rotation cause?
a)
day and night
b)
seasons
c)
Christmas
d)
tides to rise and fall
23.
What do you call a machine that goes into space and takes pictures of planets?
a)
space probe
b)
camera
c)
lens
d)
robot
24.
What does a star give off?
a)
light
b)
heat
c)
gas
d)
rainbows
25.
What planet do people on earth need a telescope to see
a)
neptune
b)
moon
c)
venus
d)
mercury
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