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The Earth in the Universe

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What's the name of our galaxy?

a)

Andromeda

b)

Orion

c)

The Rosy Way

d)

The Milky Way

2.
What unit  do you use to express astronomical distances?
a)
The light-week
b)
The thunder-year
c)
The light-year
d)
The kilometer
3.
How many planets are there in the Solar System?
a)
eight
b)
three
c)
nine
d)
ten
4.

Which are the four gaseous planets?

a)

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

b)

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Pluto

c)

Mercury, Venus, Earth , Mars

d)

Ethan, Arik, Ashar, Jovan

5.

What is the difference between inner and outer planets?

a)

Outer planets are made of gases and inner planets are made of rock and metal

b)

Inner planets are bigger than outer planets

c)

Outer planets are smaller than the inner planets

d)

Outer planets are made of rock and inner planets are made of gases

6.
Which is the closest planet to the Sun?
a)
Jupiter
b)
Mercury
c)
Neptune
d)
Mars
7.

What is the Sun?

a)

It is a satellite

b)

It is a star

c)

It is a comet

d)

It is a planet

8.

What is this?

a)

The Moon

b)

The Sun

c)

The Earth

d)

A star

9.
What is the Moon?
a)
It is a planet
b)
It is a satellite
c)
It is a star
d)
It is a comet
10.
What is Pluto?
a)
An asteroid
b)
A planet
c)
A dwarf planet
d)
It doesn't exist
11.

What is this?

a)

A star

b)

The Sun

c)

The Earth

d)

The Moon

12.

How long does it take the Earth to do the rotation movement?

a)

365 days

b)

24 hours

c)

24 hours + 6 hours

d)

28 days

13.

How long does it take the Earth to do the revolution movement?

a)

365 days

b)

24 hours

c)

24 hours + 6 hours

d)

28 days

14.

What happens to our day and night hours on December 21st (Winter Solstice)?

a)

Days are longer and nights are shorter.

b)

Days and nights are 12 hours.

c)

We probably have eclipses.

d)

Days are shorter and nights are longer.

15.

What happens to our day and night hours on June 21st (Summer Solstice)?

a)

Days are shorter and nights are longer.

b)

Days and nights are 12 hours.

c)

We probably have eclipses.

d)

Days are longer and nights are shorter.

16.

What happens to our day and night hours on September 21st (Fall Equinox)?

a)

Days are shorter and nights are longer.

b)

Days and nights are 12 hours.

c)

Days are longer and nights are shorter.

d)

That day is always an eclipse.

17.

We see the whole moon during...

a)

New moon phase

b)

Full moon phase

18.

During a solar eclipse, where is the moon?

a)

The moon is between the sun and the earth.

b)

The moon is full.

c)

The Earth is between the sun and the moon.

d)

It is foggy.

19.

During a solar eclipse, what happens?

a)

The Sun's shadow falls on the Moon.

b)

The Earth's shadow falls on the Moon.

c)

The Moon's shadow falls on the Sun.

d)

The Moon's shadow falls on the Earth.

20.

During a lunar eclipse, what happens?

a)

The Earth's shadow falls on the Moon.

b)

The Sun's shadow falls on the Moon.

c)

The Moon's shadow falls on the Earth.

d)

The Moon's shadow falls on the Sun.

21.

According to the image...

a)

It's summer in the northern hemisphere and winter in the southern hemisphere

b)

It's autumn in the northern hemisphere and spring in the southern hemisphere

c)

It's winter in the northern hemisphere and autumn in the southern hemisphere

d)

It's spring in the northern hemisphere and autumn in the southern hemisphere

22.

What is an eclipse?

a)

the Earth's rotation

b)

the moon orbit around the Earth

c)

the total or partial obscuring of one celestial body by another

23.

How many hours are there between the low tide and the high tide?

a)

4

b)

12

c)

6

d)

24

24.

Sea tides are due to the gravitatory influence of...

a)

The Sun

b)

The Moon

c)

The Moon and specially the Sun

d)

The Sun and specially the Moon

25.

Spring tides occur when...

a)

The Earth, the Sun and the Moon are aligned

b)

The Earth, the Sun and the Moon formed a right angle

26.

Neap tides occur when...

a)

The Earth, the Sun and the Moon are aligned

b)

The Earth, the Sun and the Moon formed a right angle