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Year 7 Term 4 week 2

Total questions: 53

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the smallest planet?

a)

Venus

b)

Pluto

c)

Jupiter

d)

Mercury

2.

What is the hottest planet?

a)

Venus

b)

Mercury

c)

Earth

d)

Jupiter

3.

Pluto is a..?

a)

Tiny planet

b)

Dwarf planet

c)

A planet

d)

Moon

4.

Which planet tilts 90 degrees on its axis(which planet is upside down) ?

a)

Jupiter

b)

Earth

c)

Saturn

d)

Uranus

5.

Which of the gas giants has the largest rings?

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Mercury

d)

Neptune

6.
The inner planets are also called...
a)
terrestrial planets
b)
gas giants
7.
The motion of a body orbiting another body in space is called _____.
a)
revolution 
b)
period of revolution
c)
rotation
d)
period of rotation
8.

What are the Inner Planets?

a)

Mercury, Mars, Earth, and Venus

b)

Earth, the Moon, Mars

c)

Neptune, Pluto, Earth

d)

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

9.
The order of the planets is:
a)
Mars,Venus,Earth,
Mercury,Saturn
Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune
b)
Earth,Venus,Mars
Jupiter, Neptune,
Mercury,Saturn,
Uranus
c)
Mercury,Venus,Earth
Mars,Jupiter,
Saturn,Uranus
Neptune
d)
Mercury, Earth, Venus, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Neptune, Uranus
10.
The spinning of an object on its axis is called______
a)
orbit
b)
rotation
c)
revolution
d)
tide
11.
This is the smallest planet in the solar system
a)
Mercury
b)
Venus
c)
Earth
d)
Mars
12.
The earth orbits around...
a)
the sun.
b)
the moon
c)
other planets
d)
the Milky Way
13.

What is at the middle of a Heliocentric system?

a)

Mars

b)

Moon

c)

Sun

d)

Earth

14.

What is at the middle of a Geocentric system?

a)

Sun

b)

Neptune

c)

Earth

d)

The Universe

15.

What does the Geocentric system look like?

a)
b)
c)
d)
16.

What does the Heliocentric system look like?

a)
b)
c)
d)
17.

What is the biggest difference between the Geocentric Model and the Heliocentric Model?

a)

the shape of the planets' orbits

b)

the movement of the moon

c)

the center of the solar system

18.
  What does "geo-" mean?
a)
Earth
b)
sun
c)
Center
19.
This image shows the:
a)
Geocentric Solar System
b)
Heliocentric Solar System
20.
What does the rotation of the Earth cause us to experience?
a)
seasons
b)
year
c)
day & night
d)
eclipse
21.
Why do we experience the changing of  seasons on Earth?
a)
Earth's tilt & rotation
b)
Earth's tilt & revolution
c)
Earth's rotation & rovolution
d)
Earth's tilt & resolution
22.
How long does it take the Earth to revolve once around the sun?
a)
29 1/2 days
b)
24 hours
c)
30 days
d)
365 1/4 days
23.
Earth's axis is tilted at - 
a)
23.5 degrees
b)
33.5 degrees
c)
28 degrees
d)
90 degrees
24.

Which phenomenon does the Moon affect on Earth?

a)

The seasons

b)

Tree growth

c)

Mountain erosion

d)

The tides

25.

What causes the moon to shine?

a)

The sun

b)

Its red-hot surface

c)

Pixie dust

d)

Electricity

26.
How many days are in a leap year?
a)
210
b)
180
c)
364
d)
366
27.

What term do we use for spin of an astronomical body on its axis?

a)

Orbit

b)

Rotate/Rotation

c)

Revolve/Revolution

28.

How long does it take for the Earth to spin on its axis one time?

a)

1 Day

b)

1 Month

c)

1 Year

d)

1 Hour

29.

What time is it at point A?

a)

Noon

b)

6PM

c)

Midnight

d)

6AM

30.

What time is it at point B?

a)

Noon

b)

6PM

c)

Midnight

d)

6AM

31.

What time is it at point C?

a)

Noon

b)

6PM

c)

Midnight

d)

6AM

32.

A revolution takes one _____.

a)

Year

b)

Month

c)

Day

33.

A rotation takes one _____.

a)

Year

b)

Month

c)

Day

34.

What is the line that runs from North to South through the middle of the Earth called?

a)

Tilt line

b)

Equator

c)

Axis

d)

Equinox

35.
Why is the Equator warmest?
a)
Because it is closest to the sun.
b)
Because it receives the most direct sunlight
c)
Because no clouds form here.
d)
Because it is far from the sun
36.

When the Earth faces away from Sun, it is _____.

a)

Daytime

b)

Nighttime

37.

When the Earth faces towards the Sun, it is _____.

a)

Daytime

b)

Nighttime

38.

What causes the seasons?

a)

The earths moon

b)

The earths tilt

c)

The ocean

d)

The star

39.

What does revolution mean?

a)

Revolution means an object moving around something

b)

The shadows get longer as seasons go on

c)

  The earth is moving around the sun

d)

The sun is moving horizontally

40.

Why are the seasons in the Northern hemisphere different from the ones in the Southern hemisphere?

a)

  The sun blows up into pieces

b)

 During summer or winter one part of the planet is exposed to summer while the other is exposed to winter

c)

 The sun is moving around the Earth so one half the Earth is fried and the other half is frozen

 

d)

The sun is freezing

41.

What does rotation mean?

a)

   An object spinning on it's axis

b)

  People pollute the earth

c)

  The sun is heating up the earth while it spins

d)

The Earth is moving around the sun

42.

The spinning of Earth on its axis in a day is called

a)

perihelion

b)

aphelion

c)

rotation

d)

revolution

43.

What is the name of the imaginary line running through the North Pole to the South Pole?

a)

orbit

b)

equator

c)

axis

d)

latitude

44.
Earth's axis is tilted at - 
a)
23.5 degrees
b)
33.5 degrees
c)
28 degrees
d)
90 degrees
45.

The Earth is rotating on its axis, creating _____

a)

day and night

b)

a year

c)

the seasons

d)

a month

46.

When the part of the world that you're living in is leaning away from the Sun, its _____

a)

winter

b)

spring

c)

summer

d)

autumn

47.

When the part of the world that you're living in is leaning towards the Sun, its _____

a)

winter

b)

spring

c)

summer

d)

fall

48.

How long does it take for the Earth to make one full orbit around the Sun?

a)

one day

b)

one week

c)

one month

d)

one year

49.

The earth rotates every _____________.

a)

24 hours

b)

15 hours

c)

365 days

d)

hour

50.

What does the tilt of the earth cause?

a)

heating

b)

seasons

c)

years

d)

atmosphere

51.

A revolution takes one _____.

a)

Year

b)

Month

c)

Day

52.

A rotation takes one _____.

a)

Year

b)

Month

c)

Day

53.
Why is the Equator warmest?
a)
Because it is closest to the sun.
b)
Because it receives the most direct sunlight
c)
Because no clouds form here.
d)
Because it is far from the sun

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