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SCS Year 8 The Earth in Space

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the correct order of the planets in the Solar System, starting closest to the Sun?

a)

Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Mercury, Neptune, Uranus, Saturn

b)

Earth, Mars, Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

c)

Mercury, Mars, Earth, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

d)

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

2.

What is the largest planet in the solar system?

a)

Earth

b)

Jupiter

c)

Neptune

d)

Saturn

3.

Which planet has the most extensive ring structure?

a)

Uranus

b)

Jupiter

c)

Saturn

d)

Neptune

4.

Which is the correct order, starting with the smallest and ending with the largest?

a)

Universe - Galaxy - Solar system - Planet

b)

Planet - Galaxy - Solar system - Universe

c)

Solar system - Planet - Universe - Galaxy

d)

Planet - Solar system - Galaxy - Universe

5.

What does the earth's tilt cause?

a)

Earthquakes

b)

The seasons

c)

Tsunamis

d)

Day and night

6.

The earth is a tilted planet. What is the degree of tilt?

a)

Exactly 25 degrees

b)

Approximately 25 degrees

c)

23.5 degrees

d)

90 degrees with respect to the sun

7.

What is the shape of the earth's orbit around the sun?

a)

Variable and changes with the seasons (no particular shape)

b)

Square to rectangular

c)

Circular

d)

Elliptical (slightly oval)

8.

A satellite is .......

a)

a large object in orbit around a smaller object

b)

a large object in space

c)

a small object in orbit around a larger object

d)

a small object in space

9.

Which one do artificial satellites NOT do?

a)

Collect information

b)

Remain stationary

c)

Send TV broadcasts

d)

Take photographs

10.

The time it takes the Earth to orbit the Sun is called .......

a)

28 days

b)

a month

c)

a year

d)

a leap year