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WorksheetsRichard Hammond Builds a Planet
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
What are the 4 main constituents that form the make up of planet earth?
Earth, Fire, Wind and Water
Hydrogen, Helium, Lithium and Beryllium
Iron, Oxygen, Magnesium and Silicon
Iron, Rocks, Magma and Water
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?
Gravity
Electro-static attraction
Magic
Evan Almighty
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:
Down a mine shaft
At sea level
Up a mountain
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?
40,000 tonnes
30,000 tonnes
20,000 tonnes
That's a lie - that crater was caused by Thors Hammer
Why do Asteroids cause so much damage?
Large amounts of kinetic energy are converted to thermal energy
They all contain explosives
They burn up when entering the atmosphere
Where did Earth get its water from?
select all correct answers.
Volcanic Activity
From Asteroids and comets
From rain clouds
From the ocean
What early life form first produced oxygen from carbon dioxide, water and sunlight?
Stromatolites
Plants
Algae
Plankton
How did we get our moon?
A passing asteroid got caught in Earths gravitational field and began to orbit
A massive planetary collision during early Earth formation
During early Earth formation, Earth had been spinning so fast that some material broke away and began to orbit the planet.
What effect does the moon have on Earth?
(select all correct answers)
It stabilises the planet, preventing it wobble
It causes the tides
It causes the seasons
It affects the speed of Earths spin
Who wants to do some lessons on space?
Me
Me too
Nah
