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Earth Cycles

Total questions: 41

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

An imaginary line that goes through the center of the Earth that passes through the North and South Pole

a)

equator

b)

axis

c)

ellipse

2.

The spinning of the Earth on its axis is called its

a)

revolution

b)

rotation

c)

orbit

3.

The movement of one object around another like the Earth moving around the Sun is known as

a)

rotation

b)

orbit

c)

revolution

d)

ellipse

4.

The path Earth takes as it revolves around the Sun is its

a)

rotation

b)

revolution

c)

orbit

5.

An Earth's orbit is an ________________. This means it is a stretched out circular path in opposite directions.

a)

rotation

b)

revolution

c)

rectangular

d)

ellipse

6.

When an object in space gets between another object and the Sun you have an_____________.

a)

ellipse

b)

eclipse

c)

revolution

d)

orbit

7.

Look at the image above. Then decide if it is a lunar eclipse or a solar eclipse.

a)

lunar eclipse

b)

solar eclipse

8.

Look at the image above. Then, decide if it is lunar or solar eclipse

a)

lunar eclipse

b)

solar eclipse

9.

Look at the image above. Is it showing a lunar or solar eclipse?

a)

lunar eclipse

b)

solar eclipse

10.

Look at the image above. Is it a solar or lunar eclipse?

a)

solar eclipse

b)

lunar eclipse

11.

When the moon passes above or below or through the moon's shadow

a)

ellipse

b)

solar eclipse

c)

lunar eclipse

12.

When the moon passes between the Sun and the Earth and casts its shadow on Earth.

a)

ellipse

b)

solar eclipse

c)

lunar eclipse

13.

A pattern of stars in the night sky

a)

orbit

b)

galaxy

c)

constellations

d)

ellipse

14.

Earth spins around its axis

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Earth completes one ________each day or every 23 hours and 56 minutes.

a)

rotation

b)

revolution

c)

evolution

d)

orbit

16.

During a ______________the moon casts its shadow on the Earth.

a)

lunar eclipse

b)

solar eclipse

17.

During a ___________the Moon passes through the Earth's shadow

a)

solar eclipse

b)

lunar eclipse

18.

A revolution of the Earth around the Sun takes

a)

24 hours

b)

365 days

c)

2 lightyears

19.

As Earth rotates, thee sunlight that reaches an object shines on it from different angles. The length and the direction of the shadows change.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

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

a)

True

b)

False

21.

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?

a)

In the same place on the opposite side of where it is now

b)

It will be in the same place

c)

Not enough information

22.

Which fact is not a cause of why we have seasons?

a)

Earth revolves around the Sun

b)

Earth is tilted on its axis

c)

Earth is the third closest planet to the Sun

d)

Sunlight is more direct or less direct causing daylight and temperatures to vary

23.

The Sun rises in the East and sets in the West because

a)

it depends on which hemisphere you are in

b)

the Sun moves in the same direction as the Moon

c)

Earth rotates from East to West

d)

Earth rotates from West to East

24.

One reason seasons change on Earth is because

a)

The Sun's gravity is very strong

b)

Earth's axis is tilted

c)

the Moon revolves around the Earth

d)

Earth rotates around its own axis

25.

Which of the following is a reason why day turns into night?

a)

Earth is tilted on its axis

b)

Earth rotates from west to East on its axis

c)

Earth's gravity pulls on the Moon

d)

Earth revolves around the sun

26.

As Sun moves higher in the sky, shadows get

a)

longer

b)

shorter

c)

disppear

d)

stay the same

27.

It is Summer in the Northern Hemisphere when it is turned away from the Sun

a)

True

b)

False

28.

It is Winter in the Southern Hemisphere when it is facing the Sun.

a)

True

b)

False

29.

When it is summer in the Northern Hemisphere, it is Winter in the Southern Hemisphere.

a)

True

b)

False

30.

A progressively smaller part of the visible surface illuminated so that it appears to decrease in size.

a)

waxing

b)

waning

c)

phase

31.

A progressively larger part of the visible surface illuminated so it appears to increase in size

a)

waxing

b)

waning

c)

phase

32.

A distinct period or stage in a process of change or forming part of something's development

a)

waxing

b)

waning

c)

phase

33.

This chart shows

a)

The orbit of the Sun around the Earth

b)

The revolution of the moon around the Sun

c)

The phases of the moon how we see it on Earth

34.
a)

waxing crescent

b)

waning crescent

c)

waning gibbous

d)

third quarter

35.

a)

waxing gibbous

b)

first quarter

c)

third quarter

d)

waning crescent

36.

a)

first quarter

b)

third quarter

c)

waxing gibbous

d)

waning gibbous

37.

a)

new moon

b)

waxing gibbous

c)

waning gibbous

d)

full moon

38.

a)

waxing crescent

b)

waxing gibbous

c)

waning crescent

d)

waxing crescent

39.

a)

new moon

b)

half moon

c)

first quarter moon

d)

full moon

40.

a)

new moon

b)

full moon

c)

waxing crescent

d)

waning crescent

41.

a)

new moon

b)

full moon

c)

first quarter

d)

third quarter