WorksheetsSpace Quizizz - Ashton Paul
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
What galaxy is our solar system in?
The Solar galaxy
The Milky Way galaxy
The Universe
The Saucer galaxy
What is Gravity?
When the moon wants to go off into space.
A bird flying.
When things fall down.
When all things with mass are brought towards one another.
What is Inertia?
The tendency of an object to want to keep moving in a straight line.
When something floats on water.
A property of matter.
When an object is pulled in by gravity.
What controls the tides?
Uranus
The Moon
The Sun
The Earth
What is a lunar eclipse?
A lunar eclipse occurs when the sun passes between the earth and the moon.
A solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes between the sun and the earth.
A lunar eclipse occurs when the earth passes between the moon and the sun.
A lunar eclipse occurs when the planets stop in between each other.
Why don't satellites "fall" or drift off into space?
Because Inertia exists
Because there is gravity
Because there is tides
Because both inertia and gravity keep them orbiting.
What is a revolution?
When one object travels through an object.
When one object travels around another object.
When something sinks into water.
When the earth spins on its axis.
What does the Earth rotate on?
The moon
Its poles
The stars
Its axis
What is the tilt of Earths axis?
56.8 degrees
23.5 degrees
91.2 degrees
0 degrees
Why do we have seasons?
The tilt of the Earths axis is at 23.5 degrees.
The difference in direct and indirect light from the sun.
The moon revolving/orbiting around the earth.
The position on the Earth in space. (We are revolving around the sun)
Is the Earth's orbit around the sun a perfect circle?
Yes
No
Which sentence is correct?
The Moon orbits around the Sun.
The Earth orbits around the Sun.
The Sun orbits around the Earth.
When is it summer in the northern hemisphere?
When the northern hemisphere is tilted away from the sun.
When the northern hemisphere is tilted nether towards or away from the sun.
When the Northern hemisphere is tilted towards the sun.
At what time of year is the Earth closest to the Sun?
May 11th.
Around January 3rd.
October 8th.
Around February 27th.
How many solstices occur in one year?
Seven times
Four times
Two times
One time
In what seasons do equinoxes occur?
Spring
Summer
Fall
Winter
On what day does the vernal equinox occur?
June 21
September 21
March 21
December 21
What dose Equinox literally mean?
"almost equal day and night"
"unequal day"
"equal night"
How many hours does it take for the Earth to rotate once?
8 hours
24 1/4 hours
6 1/3 hours
12 hours
24 hours
How much of the Earth is lit up at a time?
1/4 of the Earth
1/2 of the Earth
The whole Earth
None of the Earth
Where dose sunlight strike the Earth most directly?
The tropic of Capricorn
At the south pole
At the equator
The tropic of Cancer
