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Our Planet, Earth

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Imaginary line running through Earth between the North and South Poles.

a)

Solstice

b)

Axis

c)

Equinox

2.

Point at which everywhere on Earth, days and nights are nearly equal in length.

a)

Revolution

b)

Orbit

c)

Equinox

3.

Path one object makes as it circles around another.

a)

Orbit

b)

Revolution

c)

Time Zone

4.

Circular journey around the sun.

a)

Solstice

b)

Equinox

c)

Revolution

5.

Point at which days are longest in one hemisphere and shortest in another.

a)

Winter

b)

Summer

c)

Solstice

6.

If it is summer in the Northern hemisphere, what season is it in the Southern hemisphere?

a)

Winter

b)

Fall

c)

Spring

7.

How can days be short and cold in one hemisphere when they are long and hot in another?

a)

That's just the way it is

b)

Tilt of Earth's axis and the position of the sun

c)

At one point in the year, the Earth always faces away from the sun.

8.

Each complete turn that Earth makes is a called a ______.

a)

Rotation

b)

Orbit

c)

Solstice

9.

Who decided we should have time zones?

a)

Government

b)

Isaac Newton

c)

Zeus

10.

The center of Earth that is very hot metal.

a)

Water

b)

Core

c)

Mantle

11.

Thick, rocky layer around the core.

a)

Mantle

b)

Crust

c)

Atmosphere

12.

A thick layer of gases or air.

a)

Crust

b)

Landforms

c)

Atmosphere

13.

The thin layer of rocks and minerals that surrounds the mantle.

a)

Water

b)

Crust

c)

Mantle

14.

Earth is covered in 75% of this.

a)

Landforms

b)

Core

c)

Water