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WorksheetsSolar System
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The spinning of an object on its axis is called _____________.
a)
revolution
b)
rotation
c)
orbit
d)
a top
2.
The ____________ is the sun and the objects that orbit around it.
a)
Earth
b)
planet
c)
solar system
d)
axis
3.
The ______________ is a star that is the center of our solar system.
a)
moon
b)
sun
c)
Earth
d)
planet
4.
___________________ is the movement of one object around another object.
a)
Rotation
b)
Orbit
c)
Revolution
d)
Axis
5.
_______________ is the PATH an object takes as it moves around another object in space.
a)
rotation
b)
orbit
c)
revolution
d)
axis
6.
The ________________ is an imaginary line that goes through the North Pole and the South Pole.
a)
rotation
b)
axis
c)
revolution
d)
planet
7.
A __________________ is a large body of rock or gas that orbits the sun.
a)
axis
b)
solar system
c)
planet
d)
orbit
8.
The Earth makes a complete rotation every _________________.
a)
7 days
b)
365 days
c)
24 hours
d)
hour
9.
The Earth makes a complete revolution every
a)
hour
b)
day
c)
week
d)
year
10.
True or False: It is daytime when the Earth is facing away from the sun.
a)
True
b)
False
11.
True or False: It is night when the Earth is facing away from the sun.
a)
True
b)
False
12.
Earth's ______________ causes us to have different seasons.
a)
rotation
b)
revolution
c)
axis
d)
equator
13.
Shadows are the ___________ at noon.
a)
shortest
b)
longest
14.
Choose the correct order of the planets.
a)
Mars, Venus, Earth, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune
b)
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Saturn, Neptune
c)
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
d)
Earth, Uranus, Mercury, Neptune, Saturn, Mars, Jupiter, Venus, Pluto
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