WorksheetsS-E-M System
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 16mins
It takes how many days for the Earth to rotate on its axis?
365 days
29 days
1 day
12 hours
When it is Summer in the Northern Hemisphere, what season is it in the Southern Hemisphere?
Winter
Summer
Spring
Fall
What type of Eclipse is shown?
Lunar Eclipse
Total Eclipse of the Heart
Solar Eclipse
Eclipse gum
What is gravity responsible for (select all correct answers)
Planets orbiting stars
Being able to sit in your chair and not float away
Lunar eclipses casting a shadow onto the Earth
Satellites orbiting Earth
The phase of the moon you see depends on
How bright the sun is
How much of the moon's surface is lit by the sun
How much of the sunlit side of the moon faces Earth
Winter solstice in the Northern Hemisphere is the (only 1 answer)
Longest day of the year
Shortest day of the year
Hottest day of the year
Coldest day of the year
One complete revolution of Earth around the sun takes about one _____________.
year
month
day
week
What are the dates that mark the beginning of spring and fall called?
solstices
tides
equinoxes
constellations
Galileo found that much of the moon's surface is covered in round pits called ______________.
mountains
highlands
marias
craters
The moon appears to be cut in half during which phases?
full moon
first and third quarter
waxing crescent and gibbons
waning crescent and gibbons
Earth has seasons because ______________________.
it rotates on its axis.
the distance between the Earth and Sun changes.
its axis is tilted as it moves around the sun.
of the temperature of the sun.
the average distance between the Earth and the sun, roughly 150 million km (93 million miles)
light year
moon phase
astronomical unit (A.U.)
planet to sun
All of space and everything in it
galaxy
solar system
Milky Way
universe
The path of an object as it revolves around another object in space
circle
rotation
orbit
revolution
an artificial body placed in orbit around the earth, moon or another planet in order to collect information or for communication
moon
planet
satellite
comet
This is the imaginary line running through the center of Earth. The Earth tilts on its ________.
axis
moon
constellation
orbit
The sun and everything that revolves around it is the ______.
solar system
galaxy
universe
rotation
