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Know your Planet

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which explorer sailed around the world ?

a)

Vasco da Gama

b)

Christopher Columbus

c)

Ferdinand Magellan

d)

Gerardus Mercator

2.

What is the name of the two end points of the Earth's axis ?

a)

Dots

b)

Poles

c)

Lines

d)

Caps

3.

The part of the Earth above the Equator is called the

a)

North Pole

b)

South Pole

c)

Southern Hemisphere

d)

Northern Hemisphere

4.

The prime Meridian passes through a place called

a)

Sandwich

b)

Norwich

c)

Greenwich

d)

London

5.

To locate a place on a globe we must know it’s

a)

Latitude

b)

Latitude and Longitude

c)

Longitude

d)

Time zone

6.

If parallels are drawn at intervals of one degree, there will be

a)

181 parallels

b)

90 parallels

c)

360 parallels

d)

180 parallels

7.

Nicolaus Copernicus said that the Earth revolves around the

a)

Moon

b)

Sun

c)

Pole star

d)

Comets

8.

The movement of the earth around the sun is called

a)

Revolution

b)

Rotation

c)

Gravitation

d)

Season

9.

The revolution of the Earth causes

a)

Days and nights

b)

Natural disasters

c)

Seasons

d)

Thunder and lightning

10.

Dust storms are common in

a)

Mountains

b)

Streams

c)

Plains

d)

Bays