WorksheetsOur Sun and Earth
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 28mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the Earth's shape?
a)
sphere
b)
cube
c)
circle
d)
prism
2.
When it is summer in the northern hemisphere, it is
a)
winter in the southern hemisphere
b)
spring in the southern hemisphere
c)
summer in the southern hemisphere
d)
fall in the southern hemisphere
3.
What causes Earth's seasons?
a)
A. The Earth is Round.
b)
B. The tilt of the Earth on its axis
c)
C. The Sun
d)
D. The stars
4.
What causes Earth's seasons?
a)
A. The Earth is Round.
b)
B. The tilt of the Earth on its axis as it revolves around the Sun
c)
C. The Sun
d)
D. The stars
5.
Which statement is true?
a)
A. The Earth rotates around the sun
b)
B. The Sun revolves around the Earth.
c)
C. Earth revolves around the sun.
d)
D. Earth revolves around the moon.
6.
Earth moves in 2 ways.
a)
True
b)
False
7.
Spinning of Earth on its axis.
a)
Rotation
b)
Revolution
8.
What is a year?
a)
A. The time it takes the Earth to orbit the Sun
b)
B. 365 1/4 days
c)
C. All of the above
9.
What is a day?
a)
A. When our side of the Earth faces the sun.
b)
B. When our side of the Earth does not face the Sun.
c)
C. When it is winter
d)
D. When it is summer
10.
Describe the sun
a)
A moon
b)
A flaming planet
c)
The largest star
d)
A flaming ball of gases
11.
The Earth's axis always tilts toward which star:
a)
Jupiter
b)
Leo
c)
Polaris
d)
Big Dipper
12.
Why does sunlight strike some
parts of the Earth more than others?
parts of the Earth more than others?
a)
The Earth is cold
b)
The Earth is heavy
c)
The Earth is big
d)
The Earth is round
13.
How long is a day?
a)
24 hours
b)
24 1/4 hours
c)
365 days
d)
12 hours
14.
The Earth rotates on its...
a)
equator
b)
axis
c)
pole
15.
Which hemisphere do we live in?
a)
Northern
b)
Southern
16.
Which part of the Earth receives the most Sunlight?
a)
South Pole
b)
North pole
c)
equator
17.
Which part of the Earth receives the least sunlight?
a)
North and South Poles
b)
Equator
c)
axis
d)
water
18.
The Earth Makes its own light.
a)
True
b)
False
19.
There are two hemispheres.
a)
True
b)
False
20.
The Sun is our closest star.
a)
True
b)
False
21.
When is it summer?
a)
When our part of the Earth tilts away from the Sun.
b)
When our part of the Earth tilts towards the Sun
c)
When it is day
d)
When it is night
22.
What is the Earth made of?
a)
gases
b)
land
c)
water and gases
d)
land and water
23.
What is the equator?
a)
An imaginary line circling the Earth.
b)
a pole
c)
an orbit
d)
an axis
24.
What will we study next?
a)
Sun
b)
Earth
c)
Moon
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