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Earth

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What does a globe represent? 
a)
the solar system
b)
the moon
c)
the earth
d)
the sun 
2.
Which word means “the study of the Sun, Moon, stars and planets”? 
a)
astronomy
b)
globe
c)
solar system 
d)
temperature
3.
What does the word solar system mean? 
a)
the earth and planets that move around it 
b)
the sun and planets that move around it 
c)
the earth and moon that moves around it
d)
the sun and moon that moves around it
4.
How are Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars ALIKE? 
a)
They are made of rock
b)
They are the farthest planets from the Sun
c)
They are mostly made of gas
d)
They are the largest planets in the solar system
5.
How long does it take for Earth to rotate one time around its axis? 
a)
one day
b)
two days
c)
one month
d)
one year
6.
a form of oxygen that is found in a layer high in the earth's atmosphere that blocks some of the sun’s rays
a)
global warming
b)
plastic
c)
atmosphere
d)
ozone
7.

What is used to build homes, furniture and other products.

Can be burned to provide heat.

a)

trees

b)

water

c)

oil

d)

sunlight

8.

Warms Earth's surface and can be used to generate

electricity.

a)

water

b)

wind

c)

sunlight

d)

oil

9.

Movement of air. Can be used to produce

electricity.

a)

water

b)

sun

c)

wind

d)

oil

10.

What are the 3 R's?

a)

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

b)

Recycle, Reopen, Redo

c)

Reuse, Restart, Recycle

d)

Reduce, Reuse, Radiate

11.

What does reuse mean?

a)

to rot away

b)

to make something new

c)

to use less of

d)

to use again

12.

What is one way that factories cause pollution?

a)

dumping chemicals into rivers and lakes

b)

driving cars

c)

eating too much pizza

d)

building too many fires

13.

Earth is the only planet in the solar system with liquid water.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

What is gravity?

a)

An astronaut floating in space

b)

A machine that pulls objects towards the middle of the earth

c)

A force that pulls objects towards the middle of the earth

d)

The moon going around earth

15.

Gravity on the moon is stronger than gravity on earth.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

How much water is on Earth?

a)

Water covers more than 70% of earth's surface

b)

Water covers more than 10% of earth's surface

c)

Water covers more than 50% of earth's surface.

d)

There is no water on earth

17.

Where is most of the water on earth?

a)

Oceans

b)

Rivers

c)

Lakes

d)

Swimming Pools

18.

Fill in the blank: The Earth is the _______ planet from the sun.

a)

first (1st)

b)

second (2nd)

c)

third (3rd)

d)

sixth (6th)

19.

Fill in the blank: The earth goes __________ the sun.

a)

around

b)

over

c)

under

d)

through

20.

What is another name for the planet Earth?

a)

giant ball

b)

green planet

c)

the godzilla of planets

d)

blue planet

21.

What do we call the imaginary line that goes through the earth from the North Pole to the South Pole?

a)

the earth's skewer

b)

the earth's axis

c)

the earth stick

d)

the earth line

22.
What planet is the farthest from the sun?
a)
Jupiter
b)
Saturn
c)
Neptune
d)
Uranus
23.
What is the largest object in our solar system?
a)
sun
b)
Jupiter
c)
Earth
d)
Neptune
24.
What tool best helps us to study the solar system?
a)
binoculars
b)
telescope
c)
microscopes
d)
hand lens
25.

What does recycle mean?

a)

to rot away

b)

to make something new

c)

to use less of

d)

to use again

26.

Plants and trees release oxygen into the air.

a)

True

b)

False

27.
Why is recycling important?
a)
It does not help the planet.
b)
It gives raccoons food.
c)
It reduces the amount of trash we make.
d)
The world will shrink.
28.

The right side of this illustration represents...

a)

...night.

b)

...winter.

c)

...summer.

d)

...day.

29.
The path around the sun
a)
orbit
b)
rotation
c)
season
d)
equinox
30.
Earth and the other planets closest to the Sun are MOSTLY made up of...
a)
Gas
b)
Metal
c)
Water
d)
Rock