WorksheetsUNIT 4 -PLANETS AND EARTH PATTERNS
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
What do Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars all have in common?
They are all very cold planets
They are about the same size
They are considered terrestrial planets
They are considered gas giants
Which planets are the gas giants?
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Pluto, Mars, Venus, Earth
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
A student was making a model for the solar system. What order should she put the planets?
Saturn, Venus, Neptune, Mars, Mercury, Earth, Uranus, Jupiter
Mercury, Mars, Venus, Earth, Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Mercury, Venus, Neptune, Mars, Jupiter, Earth, Uranus, Saturn
A student was making a model of the solar system and noticed that the planets were not all the same size. What order would he put the planets if he organized them from smallest to largest?
Saturn, Venus, Neptune, Mars, Mercury, Earth, Uranus, Jupiter
Mercury, Mars, Venus, Earth, Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Mercury, Venus, Neptune, Mars, Jupiter, Earth, Uranus, Saturn
Which of these takes about one year to complete?
The moon to orbit Earth
The sun to orbit Earth
Earth to rotate on its axis
Earth to orbit the sun
What occurrence in space causes the seasons?
The stars revolve around the Sun while on their axis.
The Earth makes a complete rotation.
Earth revolves around the Sun while tilted on its axis.
The Moon revolves around the Earth.
How long does it take to go through the phases of the Moon cycle?
About one month
About one decade
About one day
About one year
When the Moon appears to get bigger each night, the Moon
revolves
waxes
wanes
rotates
Halfway through its orbit around the Earth, the entire side of the Moon that faces Earth is illuminated. This phase is called the
full moon
gibbous moon
quarter moon
new moon
The Moon is seen because
the stars shine on it all night
sunlight reflects off of its surface
the Moon makes its own light
the Moon's surface is hot
When the Moon appears to get smaller each night
It is waning.
It is revolving.
It is rotating.
It is waxing.
Which of these best explains why the sun is not visible during the night?
The moon blocks the sun from view.
That side of the sun faces away from Earth.
The sun stops creating light at night.
That side of Earth faces away from the sun.
The surface of the Moon is made up of
swirling gases
a mixture of gases and water
large bodies of water
craters, highlands, and flat areas
Ptolemy and Aristotle believed
Earth and Moon traveled around the Sun
the Sun and planets traveled around Earth
planets were rocks
the Sun never moved
Which two scientists developed a model of the solar system most like the one used today?
Aristotle
Galileo
Ptolemy
Copernicus
What was the name of the space program that sent astronauts into space to study the Moon?
Apollo Missions
Discovery Missions
Sputnik Missions
Mayflower Missions
