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DIA 6 The Solar System

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Heliocentric model of the solar system has the planets revolving around what object?

a)

the sun

b)

the moon

c)

the Earth

2.

The Geocentric model of the solar system has the planets revolving around what object?

a)

the sun

b)

the Earth

c)

the moon

3.

During a new moon, gravity from the Sun and Moon pull the oceans. Would this create a high or low tide?

a)

high

b)

low

4.

Which image shows the arrangement of the Earth, Moon and Sun during a lunar eclipse?

a)
b)
5.

The Earth is between the moon and the sun during a _____eclipse.

a)

Solar Eclipse

b)

Lunar Eclipse

6.

Which of the following is a waxing crescent?

a)
b)
c)
d)
7.

Which moon phase would we see at this point?

a)

New Moon

b)

Full Moon

c)

Waxing Crescent

d)

First Quarter

8.

Seasons are caused by....

a)

Earth's tilted axis

b)

Moon's tilted axis

c)

our revolution around the sun

d)

our orbital period

9.

What season is the southern hemisphere experiencing?

a)

winter

b)

summer

10.

How do we know the moon's gravity affects us?

a)

change in tides/water levels at the beach

b)

change in seasons

c)

change in moon's rotation

11.

What causes day and night?

a)

Earth's rotation on it's axis

b)

Earth's revolution around the sun

12.

Which of the following describes the ozone layer?

a)

the blocks UV rays from the sun

b)

Earth's ozone layer has been depleted and no longer useful.

c)

it traps heat within a planet's atmosphere

13.

Which of the following is true about a planet's atmosphere?

a)

The thicker the atmosphere, the more heat it traps.

b)

The thinner the atmosphere, the more heat it traps.

c)

The atmosphere does not affect the temperature of a planet.

14.

When a planet turns on it's axis, this is called it's....

a)

revolution

b)

rotation

15.

The further a planet is from the sun, the longer it's _____will be.

a)

revolution

b)

rotation

16.

What do all planets have in common within our Solar System?

a)

their shape of orbit around the Sun

b)

the length of the revolution

c)

number of moons/satellites

d)

the amount of gravity on each planet

17.

Why do the outer planets have more moons/satellites?

a)

they have a larger mass and more gravitational pull

b)

their gases trap more space debris

c)

their gravitational pull is weaker

d)

their mass is greater, but their gravitational pull is not

18.

There has been liquid water found on moons and frozen water found on Mars. What makes Earth's water so unique and different from other planets?

a)

it is found as a solid, liquid and a gas.

b)

it is found only as frozen water, like Mars.

c)

Earth has the water within it's atmosphere.

19.

Which of the following is a solid planet, not made up of gasses?

a)

Earth

b)

Neptune

c)

Juptier

d)

Saturn

20.

Which of the following planets has the longest year?

a)

Mars

b)

Uranus

c)

Neptune

d)

Earth

21.

True/ False. The moon has less gravity than the Earth.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

True/False The Moon has little to no atmosphere.

a)

True

b)

False

23.

True/False. The Earth rotates once about it's axis every 24 hours.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

If a planet spins faster on it's axis, it would have a shorter______.

a)

day/rotation

b)

year/revolution

25.

What season would the northern hemisphere being experiencing?

a)

Winter

b)

Summer

c)

Fall

d)

Spring