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Day and Night and The Solar System

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

An imaginary line passing through the center of the earth dividing it into 2 halves

a)

Axis

b)

Equator

c)

Orbit

d)

None of these

2.

The part of the Earth facing towards the sun has day.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

The upper half of the earth is called

a)

North Pole

b)

South Pole

c)

Northern Hemisphere

d)

Southern Hemisphere

4.

The lower half of the earth is called

a)

North Pole

b)

South Pole

c)

Northern Hemisphere

d)

Southern Hemisphere

5.

Movement of the earth on its axis is

a)

Rotation

b)

Revolution

c)

Hemisphere

d)

Poles

6.

The part of the earth facing away from the sun has night.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Earth rotates from ________ to _______

a)

West to East

b)

East to West

c)

North to South

d)

South to North

8.

Rotation causes ______

a)

Seasons

b)

Day and Night

c)

None of these

d)

Both

9.

Revolution causes ________

a)

Day and Night

b)

Seasons

c)

Both

d)

None of these

10.

Sun shines directly on ________

a)

Axis

b)

Equator

c)

Orbit

d)

None of these

11.

Imaginary line going from North pole to South pole is

a)

equator

b)

latitude

c)

axis

d)

longitude

12.

This star does not appear to move in the night sky

a)

Betelgeuse

b)

North star

c)

Big dipper

d)

Rigel

13.

The earth spins on its axis once every_______ and this is called___________

a)

12 hours; rotation

b)

365 days; rotation

c)

24 hours; rotation

d)

365 days; revolution

14.

The spinning of earth on its axis (rotation) causes the stars to appear to move in the night sky. This is called apparent motion

a)

True

b)

False

15.

The earth's orbit around the Sun (revolution) causes us to see different constellations at different times of the year.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

The north star can viewed by people living in Australia

a)

True

b)

False

17.

We have different seasons because

a)

The earth revolves around the sun

b)

The earth completes 1 complete orbit around the sun

c)

The earth's axis is tilted at an angle of 23 degrees

d)

The earth rotates every 365 days

18.

The length of day and night changes depending on the seasons

a)

True

b)

False

19.

Our solar system has ___ planets

a)

7

b)

9

c)

8

d)

6

20.

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are called

a)

Planets

b)

Gas Giants

c)

Rocky planets

21.

Rocky planets include

a)

Mercury, Venus,Moon,Earth

b)

Venus,Pluto, Earth, Mars

c)

Earth,Mercury,Venus, Mars

d)

Titan, Venus, Earth, Mars, Mercury

22.

We can see Stars because

a)

They reflect other stars light

b)

They produce their own light

c)

They absorb the light

23.

We can see planets and moons because they

a)

Generate their own light

b)

Absorb light from stars

c)

Reflect light from the stars

24.

When the moon comes between the Sun and Earth we see a

a)

Shadow

b)

Lunar eclipse

c)

Solar eclipse

25.

When the earth passes between the sun and moon we see

a)

Solar eclipse

b)

Lunar eclipse