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Earth's Place in the Solar System

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What does the Earth orbit around?
a)
axis
b)
sun
c)
orbit
d)
moon
2.
This takes 365 days.
a)
1 rotation
b)
1 revolution
c)
1 spin
3.
The orbit is ____________________.
a)
The path the sun travels on.
b)
The imaginary line that goes through Earth.
c)
The rotation the Earth does.
d)
The path the Earth travels on.
4.
One of Earth's rotation takes _______.
a)
365 days
b)
28 days
c)
24 hours
5.
Spinning is the same as ___________.
a)
rotating
b)
revolving
c)
traveling
6.
Traveling is the same as ____________.
a)
Rotating
b)
Revolving
c)
Spinning
7.
Rotation causes ___________.
a)
Day and Night
b)
Seasons
c)
The Earth to be tilted
8.
What causes seasons?
a)
rotation
b)
the orbit
c)
the Earth's tilt
d)
day and night
9.
The different shapes of the moon we see from Earth are called _____________.
a)
lunar cycles
b)
moon phases
c)
eclipses
d)
new moon
10.
The pattern of the phases of the moon is called ___________.
a)
moon phases
b)
seasons
c)
lunar cycle
d)
revolution
11.
The name of the first phase of the lunar cycle is _________________
a)
First Quarter
b)
New Moon
c)
Full Moon
d)
Third Quarter
12.
The last phase of the lunar cycle is the ______________.
a)
new moon
b)
full moon
c)
first quarter
d)
third quarter
13.
The moon phase in which you can't see the moon from Earth is ________________.
a)
full moon
b)
new moon
c)
third quarter
d)
first quarter
14.
The moon revolves around the ___________.
a)
Sun
b)
Earth
c)
axis