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Richard Hammond Builds a Planet

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the 4 main constituents that form the make up of planet earth?

a)

Earth, Fire, Wind and Water

b)

Hydrogen, Helium, Lithium and Beryllium

c)

Iron, Oxygen, Magnesium and Silicon

d)

Iron, Rocks, Magma and Water

2.

Earth and the other planets formed approximately 4.5 Billions years ago from a cloud of dust containing all of the planetary elements. What force started the process of binding these elements together to form a planet?

a)

Gravity

b)

Electro-static attraction

c)

Magic

d)

Evan Almighty

3.

You've been a member of weight watchers for a month now and you have not made any progress. To cheat the scales you decide to weigh yourself in which of the following locations:

a)

Down a mine shaft

b)

At sea level

c)

Up a mountain

4.

Impact craters are evidence that gravity continues add more and more material to the planet. Approximately how much material is added to the planet every year?

a)

40,000 tonnes

b)

30,000 tonnes

c)

20,000 tonnes

d)

That's a lie - that crater was caused by Thors Hammer

5.

Why do Asteroids cause so much damage?

a)

Large amounts of kinetic energy are converted to thermal energy

b)

They all contain explosives

c)

They burn up when entering the atmosphere

6.

Where did Earth get its water from?

select all correct answers.

a)

Volcanic Activity

b)

From Asteroids and comets

c)

From rain clouds

d)

From the ocean

7.

What early life form first produced oxygen from carbon dioxide, water and sunlight?

a)

Stromatolites

b)

Plants

c)

Algae

d)

Plankton

8.

How did we get our moon?

a)

A passing asteroid got caught in Earths gravitational field and began to orbit

b)

A massive planetary collision during early Earth formation

c)

During early Earth formation, Earth had been spinning so fast that some material broke away and began to orbit the planet.

9.

What effect does the moon have on Earth?

(select all correct answers)

a)

It stabilises the planet, preventing it wobble

b)

It causes the tides

c)

It causes the seasons

d)

It affects the speed of Earths spin

10.

Who wants to do some lessons on space?

a)

Me

b)

Me too

c)

Nah