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WorksheetsEarth-Moon-Sun System
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 2hrs 56mins
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Class
Date
1.
What happens when the area in which you live tilts away from the sun?
a)
It is summer.
b)
It is spring.
c)
It is winter.
d)
It is fall.
2.
Why does the area around the equator stay the same temperature all year?
a)
The equator rotates slower than the poles
b)
The equator remains the same distance from the sun.
c)
The equator always receives direct sunlight.
d)
The equator has 18 hour days.
3.
Which season is taking place in the Southern Hemisphere in Position 1?
a)
Winter
b)
Spring
c)
Summer
d)
Fall
4.
Which season is taking place in the Northern Hemisphere in Position 2?
a)
Winter
b)
Spring
c)
Summer
d)
Fall
5.
Which season is taking place in the Northern Hemisphere in Position 3?
a)
Winter
b)
Spring
c)
Summer
d)
Fall
6.
Which season is taking place in the Southern Hemisphere in Position 4?
a)
Winter
b)
Spring
c)
Summer
d)
Fall
7.
At position D in the Northern hemisphere it would be _____.
a)
Summer
b)
Winter
c)
Spring
d)
Fall
8.
The Earth's _______ is an imaginary line that goes from the North Pole to the South Pole.
a)
vernal equinox
b)
axis
c)
solar eclipse
d)
solar flare
9.
What is the Earth's tilt in degrees?
a)
25.3 degrees
b)
32.5 degrees
c)
28.5 degrees
d)
23.5 degrees
10.
What are the reasons for the seasons?
a)
Earth's tilt and rotation.
b)
Earth's rotation and revolution.
c)
Earth's tilt and revolution.
d)
Earth's tilt and resolution
11.
What is Earth's annual motion around the sun called?
a)
Rotation
b)
Revolution
12.
Which movement of Earth causes day and night?
a)
rotation
b)
revolution
13.
Where on Earth can you experience entire days of darkness?
a)
The equator
b)
The poles
c)
The Tropic of Cancer
d)
The Tropic of Capricorn
14.
How long does Earth take to make a complete rotation?
a)
365 days
b)
24 hours
15.
The moon is a _____________ of Earth.
a)
Satellite
b)
Star
c)
Body
d)
Rotator
16.
What direction does Earth rotate and revolve?
a)
clockwise
b)
counterclockwise
17.
Why does the moon appear to shine?
a)
It is like a star and gives off light
b)
it refracts light from space
c)
It reflects light from the sun
d)
It absorbs light from the sun
18.
Which one is NOT a reason we have seasons?
a)
the earth's gravitational pull
b)
the earth's tilt
c)
how high the sun gets
d)
the movement of the earth around the sun
19.
During the phases of the Moon, the Moon appears to change shape. This change in appearance is due to the Moon...
a)
physically changing size and shape.
b)
moving closer and then farther away from Earth.
c)
reflecting a different amount of light due to alignment with Earth and the Sun.
d)
having craters on its surface.
20.
What part of the moon do we see from Earth?
a)
all of it
b)
the same side
c)
none of it
d)
only one quarter
21.
As the moon's shape appears to get smaller, we say that the moon is _.
a)
swelling
b)
waxing
c)
waning
d)
disappearing
22.
Which moon phase is when you can't see the moon at all?
a)
Waning crescent
b)
Full moon
c)
Waxing gibbous
d)
New moon
23.
Phases of the moon in which the moon appears to be getting larger are referred to as _.
a)
waxing
b)
waning
c)
new
d)
eclipse
24.
Name the phase of the moon that comes AFTER this moon phase.
a)
waxing gibbous
b)
full moon
c)
1st quarter
d)
3rd quarter/last quarter
25.
Name this phase of the moon.
a)
waning crescent
b)
waxing crescent
c)
waning gibbous
d)
waxing gibbous
26.
Name this moon phase.
a)
new moon
b)
1st quarter moon
c)
last quarter moon
d)
waning gibbous
27.
What is this moon phase?
a)
waning crescent
b)
waxing crescent
c)
waning gibbous
d)
waxing gibbous
28.
What is this moon phase?
a)
new moon
b)
1st quarter
c)
full moon
d)
3rd quarter
29.
Name this moon phase.
a)
waxing crescent
b)
waning crescent
c)
waxing gibbous
d)
waning gibbous
30.
Name this moon phase.
a)
1st quarter
b)
3rd/last quarter
c)
new moon
d)
waxing crescent
31.
Name this moon phase.
a)
waxing crescent
b)
waxing gibbous
c)
waning gibbous
d)
waning crescent
32.
During which phase of the moon do we sometimes have a lunar eclipse?
a)
new moon
b)
full moon
c)
1st quarter
d)
3rd quarter
33.
If these three bodies are lined up with each other, what would this diagram represent?
a)
full moon
b)
new moon
c)
lunar eclipse
d)
solar eclipse
34.
If the sun, moon, and Earth are lined up, what does this diagram represent?
a)
full moon
b)
new moon
c)
lunar eclipse
d)
solar eclipse
35.
What causes the Earth to have day and night?
a)
Revolution
b)
Rotation
c)
Moon Phases
d)
The ocean
36.
What moon phase is at position 5?
a)
waning gibbous
b)
waxing crescent
c)
New
d)
Full
37.
What moon phase is at position 8?
a)
Waxing crescent
b)
waxing gibbous
c)
waning crescent
d)
waning gibbous
38.
what moon phase is position 3?
a)
full
b)
new
c)
3rd quarter
d)
1st quarter
39.
what moon phase is position 1?
a)
Full
b)
1st quarter
c)
3rd quarter
d)
new
40.
What event is shown in the figure?
a)
lunar eclipse
b)
solar eclipse
c)
tide formation
d)
sun spots
41.
How many times a day does the water rise and fall to produce tides?
a)
once
b)
twice
c)
three times
d)
four times
42.
What position must the Moon be in to produce a solar eclipse?
a)
The Moon must be in a direct line between Earth and the Sun.
b)
The Moon must be in the first quarter with Earth tilted on its axis.
c)
Earth must be between the Moon and the Sun.
d)
The Moon and Earth must both be tilted on their axes in the same direction
43.
Which of these affects tides the most?
a)
Mars
b)
the Sun
c)
the stars
d)
the Moon
44.
During which phases of the Moon do spring tides occur?
a)
the first phase and the new moon
b)
the new moon and the full moon
c)
only the full moon
d)
third quarter and first quarter
45.
If the Earth stopped rotating, What would happen?
a)
Nothing would really happen
b)
There would no longer be 24 hours of day/night
c)
Seasons would no longer happen
d)
The earth would fly off into space
46.
If the sun, moon, and Earth are lined up, what does this diagram represent?
a)
cresent moon
b)
new moon
c)
lunar eclipse
d)
solar eclipse
47.
During the crescent moon phases what percentage of visible light can we see from earth?
a)
100
b)
75 or more
c)
50
d)
25 or less
48.
During the gibbous phases of the moon what percentage of light do we see?
a)
100
b)
75 or more
c)
50
d)
25 or less
49.
The moon's pull on the Earth makes the surface level of the ocean rise and fall. This change in level is ________
a)
rotations
b)
tides
c)
moon phases
50.
As the Earth orbits around the sun, the direction of the tilt of its axis changes.
a)
True
b)
False
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