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Solar System Study Guide_B

Total questions: 56

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Planet We Live On

(a)  

2.

Which is bigger?

a)

The Sun

b)

The Earth

c)

They are the same size

3.

What is the Science word for the Shape of Earth?

a)

Cylinder

b)

Cone

c)

Sphere

d)

Cube

4.

Earth travels around the Sun.

What is the Science word for travels around?

a)

Rotates

b)

Revolves

c)

Axis

5.

How long does it take for the Earth to travel around the Sun one time?

a)

A day

b)

A month

c)

A year

d)

An hour

6.

The Sun is a (a)   .

7.

The Sun is very, very hot.

What state of matter is the Sun?

a)

Solid

b)

Liquid

c)

Gas

8.

What is the Science word for Sun?

a)

Solar

b)

Lunar

c)

Terrestrial

9.

The Solar System has (a)   planets.

10.

A force keeps the planets traveling around the Sun.

What force pulls these objects together?

a)

Inertia

b)

Gravity

c)

Momentum

11.

The ______ Planets are close to the Sun.

a)

Inner

b)

Outer

12.

The ______ Planets are far from the Sun.

a)

Inner

b)

Outer

13.

The ______ Planets are made of gas.

a)

Inner

b)

Outer

14.

The ______ Planets are made of solid rock and metal.

a)

Inner

b)

Outer

15.

The ______ Planets have no rings and few moons.

a)

Inner

b)

Outer

16.

The ______ Planets have many rings and many moons.

a)

Inner

b)

Outer

17.

The ______ Planets are big and cold.

a)

Inner

b)

Outer

18.

The ______ Planets are small and hot.

a)

Inner

b)

Outer

19.

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

a)

Inner

b)

Outer

20.

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

a)

Inner

b)

Outer

21.

Earth _____ around the Sun.

a)

Revolves

b)

Rotates

22.

Earth revolves around _____.

a)

its axis

b)

the Sun

23.

A revolution takes one _____.

a)

Year

b)

Month

c)

Day

24.

What is the Science word for spin?

a)

revolve

b)

rotate

25.

What does rotate mean?

a)

Travel Around

b)

Spin

26.

Earth _____ around its axis.

a)

Rotates

b)

Revolves

27.

Earth rotates around ______.

a)

Its axis

b)

The Sun

28.

A rotation takes one _____.

a)

Year

b)

Month

c)

Day

29.

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

a)

Daytime

b)

Nighttime

30.

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

a)

Daytime

b)

Nighttime

31.

The moon takes one month to revolve around _____.

a)

The Earth

b)

The Sun

c)

Its Axis

32.

The moon takes _____ to revolve around the Earth.

a)

One Day

b)

One Month

c)

One Year

33.

What force keeps the moon revolving around the Earth?

a)

Gravity

b)

Pressure

c)

Momentum

34.

The moon appears to change shape, but in reality, ___.

a)

It is changing shape.

b)

It is always the same shape.

35.

We see the moon in different phases because ____.

a)

The Moon is rotating

b)

The Moon is revolving

c)

The Earth is rotating

36.
a)

New Moon

b)

Quarter Moon

c)

Full Moon

37.
a)

New Moon

b)

Quarter Moon

c)

Full Moon

38.
a)

New Moon

b)

Quarter Moon

c)

Full Moon

39.

The moon gets its light from _____.

a)

The fire in its core

b)

Other stars in the galaxy

c)

The Sun

40.

The moon appears to rise and set because ____.

a)

It is moving across the solar system.

b)

The Earth is rotating.

c)

It is chasing the Sun.

41.
a)

Solar Eclipse

b)

Lunar Eclipse

42.
a)

Solar Eclipse

b)

Lunar Eclipse

43.
a)

Solar Eclipse

b)

Lunar Eclipse

44.
a)

Solar Eclipse

b)

Lunar Eclipse

45.

The moon blocks the light from the Sun, so the Sun looks black.

a)

Solar Eclipse

b)

Lunar Eclipse

46.

The Earth blocks the light from the Sun, so the moon looks red.

a)

Solar Eclipse

b)

Lunar Eclipse

47.

The Sun's appearance changes

a)

Solar Eclipse

b)

Lunar Eclipse

48.

The Moon's appearance changes

a)

Solar Eclipse

b)

Lunar Eclipse

49.

Science word for "Moon"

a)

Solar

b)

Lunar

50.

The Sun has so much gravity because it is so ____.

a)

Bright

b)

Hot

c)

Big

51.

When the Earth pulls on the moon, the moon ____.

a)

Floats away into space

b)

Pulls back on the Earth

c)

Crashes into the Earth

52.

When we have high tide, the water feels ____.

a)

Deep

b)

Shallow

53.

We see tide changes because ____.

a)

The Earth rotates

b)

The moon revolves

c)

The Earth revolves

54.

When Boston is facing the moon, Boston has ____.

a)

High Tide

b)

Low Tide

55.

When it is High Tide in Boston, it is Low Tide ____.

a)

Everywhere else

b)

6 hours away

c)

12 hours away

56.

Science word for "Sun"

a)

Solar

b)

Lunar