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WorksheetsThe Solar System and Earth's Structures
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 11mins
Today it is known that the Universe is made of a huge amount of stars gathered in groups called:
(a)
They are galaxies that are identified with the letter S and they may be the most frequent type in the Universe and they have the shape of a whirl.
Spiral
Irregular
Elliptical
This type of galaxies are very simple, and formed only by the nucleus and the halo, tend to have a flatter shape, and do not have new stars (white or blue), but are formed only by red stars with scarce gas and cosmic dust.
Elliptical
Spiral
Irregular
The most distinctive characteristic of these galaxies is that they look chaotic and undefined.
Irregular
Spiral
Elliptical
This theory suggests that the Sun, the planets, and satellites (including the moon) of the Solar System were formed from a gas cloud slowly rotating until it contracted by the gravitational force. This is the most accepted theory in the origin of the Solar System.
Nebular
Catastrophic
Alastair G. W. Cameron
Weiszäker
All of these are components of our Solar System, EXCEPT:
Sun
Planets
Exoplanets
Comets
Teacher, all of the options are! What the heck?!
They are dull bodies that are capable of reflecting light and revolve around the Sun in elliptical orbits.
Sun
Planets
Exoplanets
Comets
This term refers to rocky bodies, of different shapes and sizes that orbit around the Sun, especially in the inner Solar System.
Meteors
Planets
Asteroids
Comets
They are solid bodies that originate from the destruction of comets or asteroids and that cross space with big velocity. One of them smashed into the Yucatán Peninsula 66 million years ago, killing some 75 percent of life on Earth, including all non-avian dinosaurs.
Meteors
Planets
Asteroids
Comets
Their name means “hairy body” and they are low-density bodies, basically cosmic snowballs of frozen gases, rock, and dust roughly the size of a small town.
Meteors
Planets
Asteroids
Comets
Make a quick research online, and select which of these are the correct internal structures of the Sun.
the crust, the mantle, the outer core, and the inner core
magma chamber, conduit, crater, cone, secondary cone, secondary vent, and ash cloud
core, radioactive zone, convective zone, photosphere, chromosphere, and corona
It is the Earth’s only natural satellite, a sphere composed of heavy chemical elements such as aluminum, calcium, iron, magnesium, silicon, and others.
Europa
Titania
Moon
International Space Station (ISS)
The Moon crosses phases during its movement around the Earth. Its revolution also has an effect on Earth like the tides (wow!). The most common phases of the Moon are the following, EXCEPT:
New Moon
Full Moon
Last Quarter
Medium Quarter
First Quarter
In the (a) movement, the Earth moves around the polar axis following west to east direction, and this causes the Sun to rise on the east (orient) and to set on the west (occident).
In the (a) movement, the Earth follows an elliptical orbit around the Sun. The whole loop is completed in 365 days, 5 hours and 48 minutes, and starts on March 21st.
The research into the layers’ structure of Earth is carried out mainly through the study of the seismic waves propagation, which behaves differently if they travel either in liquid or solid media. Which of these are the classification of the Earth's layers?
the crust, lithosphere, mantle, outer core, and inner core
magma chamber, conduit, crater, cone, secondary cone, secondary vent, and ash cloud
core, radioactive zone, convective zone, photosphere, chromosphere, and corona
Tectonic plates are pieces of Earth's crust and uppermost mantle, together referred to as the lithosphere. What is true about them?
They are constantly moving
Earthquakes cause them to move
They don't move for centuries at the time
There are fewer and fewer of them
Where is Earth's heat energy most concentrated?
The mantle
The lithosphere
The core
The crust
Which of the following best describes the location of the mantle?
Above the crust
Between the crust and the lithosphere
Between the crust and the core
Beneath the core
The most common landscape forms are the following, EXCEPT:
Isthmus
Mountain
Plateaus
Plains
Manifestations can occur at any moment and anywhere and endanger human beings and their goods.
(a)
Observe the next diagram and relate each letter to its corresponding part.
a) Magma chamber, b) conduit, c) crater, d) volcanic cone, e) ash cloud
a) Magma chamber, b) crater, c) conduit, d) volcanic cone, e) ash cloud
a) Magma chamber, b) volcanic cone, c) conduit, d) crater, e) ash cloud
a) Ash cloud, b) conduit, c) crater, d) volcanic cone, e) magma chamber
An (a) is the result of the collision between two tectonic plates, their displacement or rearrangement.
