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Earth and Space

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Sun, Earth and Moon are...

a)

Roughly square

b)

Roughly cuboid

c)

Circles

d)

Roughly spherical

2.

How long does it take the Earth to orbit the Sun? 

a)

24 hours

b)

365 1/4 days

c)

200 days

d)

1 month

3.

Day and night are caused by Earth's_______________?

a)

orbit

b)

rotation

c)

axis

d)

size

4.

How long does it take Earth to make one full rotation?

a)

365 1/4 days

b)

24 hours

c)

200 days

d)

1 month

5.

When the Northern Hemisphere is tilted towards the Sun it will be........

a)

Spring

b)

Summer

c)

Autumn

d)

Winter

6.

Which phase will come just before a full moon?

a)

Third quarter

b)

New moon

c)

Waxing crescent

d)

Waxing gibbous

7.

How long does it take the moon to make one orbit of Earth?

a)

4 hours

b)

30 days

c)

28 days

d)

12 hours

8.

Which solar system model, by Aristotle and Ptolemy, places Earth at the centre?

a)

Spiral

b)

Astrocentric

c)

Heliocentric

d)

Geocentric

9.

Which is the biggest planet in our solar system?

a)

Saturn

b)

Neptune

c)

Jupiter

d)

Mercury

10.

Which is the 7th planet in our solar system?

a)

Uranus

b)

Mars

c)

Earth

d)

Venus