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WorksheetsScience Week
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
The theme for Science week in 2019 is
Future Science
Game changers and change makers
Destination Moon: more missions more science
Making Waves
When the Moon is directly between the Sun and the Earth, what phase would the Moon be in?
Full Moon
New Moon
Half Moon
Waxing Crescent
What term is associated with the moons that are increasing in size (more light on them) each day?
Waxing moons
Waning moons
Crescent moons
Gibbous moons
What phase of the moon is this?
Waxing Gibbous
Waning Gibbous
Waxing crescent
Waning crescent
The different phases of the Moon are caused by:
The days of the months
The angle at which we see the lit Moon as it revolves around the Earth
The position of the Earth in its orbit around the Sun
The tides of the ocean
How does the Moon gets its light
It reflects the Earth's light
It reflects the other stars' light
It reflects the Sun's light
It makes its own light
About how long does it take the Moon to complete it's cycle?
around 1 week
around 1 month
around 1 year
around 1 day
How much of the Moon is always reflecting light from the Sun?
The entire moon is always illuminated
Half of the Moon is always illuminated; it's just not always facing Earth
Half of the Moon is illuminated only during the new moon
Half of the Moon is illuminated only during the full moon
The moon’s surface has many more craters than the Earth’s. What best explains the difference in the number of craters on the surface of the Moon and the Earth?
The Moon rarely gets impacted by meteorites.
The Earth’s atmosphere protects it from impacts.
The Moon’s gravity attracts more meteorites than Earth's.
The Earth rotates on its axis more quickly than the Moon.
The mission that was the first to land on the moon was called....
Surveyor 1
Luna 22
Pioneer 2
Apollo 13
Apollo 11
The following were crew members on the first moon landing mission except...
Buzz Aldrin
Michael Collins
John Glenn
Neil Armstrong
The spacesuits worn on the moon are well padded to protect them from the jagged rocks and high-speed micrometeoroids that constantly bombard the Moon's surface.
True
False
The astronauts landed on the moon on....
July 20, 1959
July 20, 1969
July 20, 1979
July 20, 1989
The commander of the mission was the first to make a footprint on the lunar soil. His famous quote was...
"One small step for man, one leap for mankind"
"That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind"
"One small leap for man, one big leap for mankind"
"That's a small step for man and a giant leap for humankind"
The first man to step on the moon was....
Michael Collins
Buzz Aldrin
John Glenn
Neil Armstrong
The astronauts planted a __________ in the lunar soil.
tree
world flag
banner
US flag
The astronauts on the moon took time to answer a call from President.....
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Nixon
Carter
The astronauts were on the moon for about _________ hours.
2
10
15
24
What was the name of the Lunar Module that landed on the moon?
Eagle
Hawk
Falcon
Phoenix
People from around the world watched the moon landing on tv.
True
False
The "_____________" was chosen as a landing site on the moon because it is flat and relatively free of large craters.
Sea of Tranquility
Sea of Peace
Sea of Isolation
Sea of the Moon
Why did the astronauts wear heavy boots on the moon?
The make their spacesuit look amazing.
So they could make big footprints
To help keep bounce
There is less gravity on the moon
This is the windiest planet.
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
A natural body in space, as a moon, that moves around a planet.
Satellite
Alien
Meteorite
Comet
Which letter indicates the sino-atrial node (SAN)?
X
Y
_______ + Carbon Dioxide + sunlight = _______ + Oxygen
mass number
number of protons
number of electrons
number of protons and electrons
number of protons and neutrons
The force of gravity is responsible for continuously changing the ____________________ in which a satellite moves.
direction
orbit
centripetal force
gravitation
What is emitted during Alpha Radiation?
Helium nuclei.
Helium atoms
Gamma Rays.
Positrons
Which of the following is false about veins?
Carry blood back to the heart
Thin layer of muscle
Narrow lumen
Carry blood at low pressure
Contain valves to prevent backflow
Which structure controls the conducting system of the heart?
Pituitary gland
Cerebellum
Medulla
Cerebrum
This type of stem cell can differentiate into any type of cell.
Pluripotent
Multipotent
The theme for Science week in 2017 was
Destination moon: more missions more science
Future Earth
Game changers and change makers
Making waves
The largest organ in the human body is the
skin
liver
brain
lungs
Which animal species is NOT an endangered species in Australia
Eastern Curlew
Gouldian Finch
Northern Quoll
White winged flying fox
Only one side of the moon faces the Earth at all times
True
False
How many moons does Neptune have
62
14
67
27
If the gravity on Earth is taken as 10 and the Moon is taken as 1/6 of Earth, then an object with a weight of 100 N on Earth will have a mass of _________ kg on the Moon.
100
16.7
10
1.67
