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WorksheetsDay and Night and The Solar System
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
An imaginary line passing through the center of the earth dividing it into 2 halves
Axis
Equator
Orbit
None of these
The part of the Earth facing towards the sun has day.
True
False
The upper half of the earth is called
North Pole
South Pole
Northern Hemisphere
Southern Hemisphere
The lower half of the earth is called
North Pole
South Pole
Northern Hemisphere
Southern Hemisphere
Movement of the earth on its axis is
Rotation
Revolution
Hemisphere
Poles
The part of the earth facing away from the sun has night.
True
False
Earth rotates from ________ to _______
West to East
East to West
North to South
South to North
Rotation causes ______
Seasons
Day and Night
None of these
Both
Revolution causes ________
Day and Night
Seasons
Both
None of these
Sun shines directly on ________
Axis
Equator
Orbit
None of these
Imaginary line going from North pole to South pole is
equator
latitude
axis
longitude
This star does not appear to move in the night sky
Betelgeuse
North star
Big dipper
Rigel
The earth spins on its axis once every_______ and this is called___________
12 hours; rotation
365 days; rotation
24 hours; rotation
365 days; revolution
The spinning of earth on its axis (rotation) causes the stars to appear to move in the night sky. This is called apparent motion
True
False
The earth's orbit around the Sun (revolution) causes us to see different constellations at different times of the year.
True
False
The north star can viewed by people living in Australia
True
False
We have different seasons because
The earth revolves around the sun
The earth completes 1 complete orbit around the sun
The earth's axis is tilted at an angle of 23 degrees
The earth rotates every 365 days
The length of day and night changes depending on the seasons
True
False
Our solar system has ___ planets
7
9
8
6
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are called
Planets
Gas Giants
Rocky planets
Rocky planets include
Mercury, Venus,Moon,Earth
Venus,Pluto, Earth, Mars
Earth,Mercury,Venus, Mars
Titan, Venus, Earth, Mars, Mercury
We can see Stars because
They reflect other stars light
They produce their own light
They absorb the light
We can see planets and moons because they
Generate their own light
Absorb light from stars
Reflect light from the stars
When the moon comes between the Sun and Earth we see a
Shadow
Lunar eclipse
Solar eclipse
When the earth passes between the sun and moon we see
Solar eclipse
Lunar eclipse
