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Total questions: 41
Worksheet time: 21mins
An imaginary line that goes through the center of the Earth that passes through the North and South Pole
equator
axis
ellipse
The spinning of the Earth on its axis is called its
revolution
rotation
orbit
The movement of one object around another like the Earth moving around the Sun is known as
rotation
orbit
revolution
ellipse
The path Earth takes as it revolves around the Sun is its
rotation
revolution
orbit
An Earth's orbit is an ________________. This means it is a stretched out circular path in opposite directions.
rotation
revolution
rectangular
ellipse
When an object in space gets between another object and the Sun you have an_____________.
ellipse
eclipse
revolution
orbit
Look at the image above. Then decide if it is a lunar eclipse or a solar eclipse.
lunar eclipse
solar eclipse
Look at the image above. Then, decide if it is lunar or solar eclipse
lunar eclipse
solar eclipse
Look at the image above. Is it showing a lunar or solar eclipse?
lunar eclipse
solar eclipse
Look at the image above. Is it a solar or lunar eclipse?
solar eclipse
lunar eclipse
When the moon passes above or below or through the moon's shadow
ellipse
solar eclipse
lunar eclipse
When the moon passes between the Sun and the Earth and casts its shadow on Earth.
ellipse
solar eclipse
lunar eclipse
A pattern of stars in the night sky
orbit
galaxy
constellations
ellipse
Earth spins around its axis
True
False
Earth completes one ________each day or every 23 hours and 56 minutes.
rotation
revolution
evolution
orbit
During a ______________the moon casts its shadow on the Earth.
lunar eclipse
solar eclipse
During a ___________the Moon passes through the Earth's shadow
solar eclipse
lunar eclipse
A revolution of the Earth around the Sun takes
24 hours
365 days
2 lightyears
As Earth rotates, thee sunlight that reaches an object shines on it from different angles. The length and the direction of the shadows change.
True
False
Some stars are actually bigger than the Sun, we just don't see them that way on Earth because they are farther away than the Sun
True
False
It takes the Earth one year to revolve around the Sun. Where will the Earth be 6 months from now from where it is currently?
In the same place on the opposite side of where it is now
It will be in the same place
Not enough information
Which fact is not a cause of why we have seasons?
Earth revolves around the Sun
Earth is tilted on its axis
Earth is the third closest planet to the Sun
Sunlight is more direct or less direct causing daylight and temperatures to vary
The Sun rises in the East and sets in the West because
it depends on which hemisphere you are in
the Sun moves in the same direction as the Moon
Earth rotates from East to West
Earth rotates from West to East
One reason seasons change on Earth is because
The Sun's gravity is very strong
Earth's axis is tilted
the Moon revolves around the Earth
Earth rotates around its own axis
Which of the following is a reason why day turns into night?
Earth is tilted on its axis
Earth rotates from west to East on its axis
Earth's gravity pulls on the Moon
Earth revolves around the sun
As Sun moves higher in the sky, shadows get
longer
shorter
disppear
stay the same
It is Summer in the Northern Hemisphere when it is turned away from the Sun
True
False
It is Winter in the Southern Hemisphere when it is facing the Sun.
True
False
When it is summer in the Northern Hemisphere, it is Winter in the Southern Hemisphere.
True
False
A progressively smaller part of the visible surface illuminated so that it appears to decrease in size.
waxing
waning
phase
A progressively larger part of the visible surface illuminated so it appears to increase in size
waxing
waning
phase
A distinct period or stage in a process of change or forming part of something's development
waxing
waning
phase
This chart shows
The orbit of the Sun around the Earth
The revolution of the moon around the Sun
The phases of the moon how we see it on Earth
waxing crescent
waning crescent
waning gibbous
third quarter
waxing gibbous
first quarter
third quarter
waning crescent
first quarter
third quarter
waxing gibbous
waning gibbous
new moon
waxing gibbous
waning gibbous
full moon
waxing crescent
waxing gibbous
waning crescent
waxing crescent
new moon
half moon
first quarter moon
full moon
new moon
full moon
waxing crescent
waning crescent
new moon
full moon
first quarter
third quarter
