WorksheetsAstronomy and Weather Check
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 37mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What causes day and night on Earth?
a)
One Earth rotation
b)
One revolution around the sun
2.
What determines a month on Earth?
a)
Moons rotation around Earth
b)
Moons revolution around Earth
3.
What causes years on Earth?
a)
One Earth rotation
b)
One revolution around the sun
4.
How many moons does Earth have?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
5.
What is the sun?
a)
A star
b)
A moon
c)
A planet
d)
An asteroid
6.
The spinning of the Earth on its axis is
a)
rotation
b)
revolution
c)
precession
d)
nutation
7.
What is the force that pulls the earth towards the sun?
a)
Gravity
b)
inertia
c)
A force
d)
distance
8.
What causes the moon's phases
a)
Where you are standing on Earth
b)
the amount of sunlight reflected onto the moon from the sun
c)
The tilt of Earth
d)
how fast the moon is moving
9.
How long does it take the moon to complete an orbit around Earth?
a)
23 days
b)
29 days (1 month)
c)
2 weeks (half a month)
d)
365 days (a year)
10.
What season would it be in the southern hemisphere when Earth is in this position in its orbit?
a)
spring
b)
summer
c)
winter
d)
fall
11.
Which of the following pictures is showing a high tide?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
12.
At position A, which hemisphere would have summer?
a)
Northern hemisphere
b)
Southern hemisphere
13.
In what way does the Sun warm Earth?
a)
radiation
b)
convection
c)
conduction
d)
condensation
14.
Why does Earth have different seasons?
a)
because of the distance between Earth and the sun
b)
because of the speed of Earth as it rotates on its axis
c)
because of the amount of light blocked by the moon on its axis
d)
because of the tilt of Earth on its axis as it moves around the sun
15.
Seasons in the northern and southern hemispheres are
a)
the same.
b)
opposite.
c)
always winter.
d)
changing.
16.
What part of the illustration shows Evaporation?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
17.
What does this symbol on a weather map indicate?
a)
High pressure system
b)
Low pressure system
c)
Cold front
d)
Warm front
18.
What does this symbol indicate on a weather map?
a)
High pressure system
b)
Low pressure system
c)
Cold front
d)
Warm front
19.
The boundary between two air masses is known as:
a)
front
b)
storm
c)
climate
d)
flood
20.
Hot air (RISES / FALLS) __________.
a)
RISES
b)
FALLS
21.
Cold air (RISES/ FALLS) _________.
a)
RISES
b)
FALLS
22.
What does this symbol on a weather map indicate?
a)
High pressure system
b)
Low pressure system
c)
Cold front
d)
Warm front
23.
A _____ is a large, swirling, low-pressure system that forms over the Atlantic Ocean.
a)
blizzard
b)
cold front
c)
tornado
d)
hurricane
24.
Rain, snow, sleet, and hail are all forms of _____.
a)
precipitation
b)
condensation
c)
evaporation
d)
climate
25.
Cold air traveling south from Canada is:
a)
continental tropical
b)
continental polar
c)
maritime tropical
d)
maritime polar
26.
Warm air moving upwards from the Gulf of Mexico is:
a)
continental tropical
b)
continental polar
c)
maritime tropical
d)
maritime polar
27.
Warm air mass that does not carry water:
a)
continental tropical
b)
continental polar
c)
maritime tropical
d)
maritime polar
28.
Cold air mass that is carrying water is:
a)
continental tropical
b)
continental polar
c)
maritime tropical
d)
maritime polar
29.
Where does a hurricane form?
a)
Over a cold body of water
b)
Over a warm body of water
c)
Over cold land
d)
Over warm land
30.
A(n) _____ is a large body of air that has properties similar to the part of Earth's surface over which it depends.
a)
tornado
b)
pressure system
c)
front
d)
air mass
31.
When two air masses meet, there is a _____, or boundary.
a)
thunderstorm
b)
watch
c)
front
d)
cloud
32.
Which number illustrates Condensation?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
33.
What are the daily conditions of temperature, humidity and precipitation?
a)
weather
b)
climate
34.
What are the yearly conditions of temperature, precipitation and humidity?
a)
weather
b)
climate
35.
What imaginary line divides our world into the northern and southern hemispheres?
a)
equator
b)
international date line
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