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Various Science Questions

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many phases of the moon are there?

a)

6

b)

8

c)

5

d)

12

2.

How long does it take for the Earth to orbit the sun?

a)

24 hours

b)

12 hours

c)

365 days

d)

6 months

3.

How are high tides and low tides caused by the moon?

a)

They are not caused by the moon

b)

Tides slowly evaporate while the moon is out

c)

Water rises when the moon is out

d)

The moon's gravitational pull generates tidal force

4.

What is motion?

a)

something going from place to place

b)

change of location or position of an object

c)

a reaction

d)

force

5.

What is a force?

a)

The push or pull on an object with mass that causes it to change its velocity

b)

Something strong

c)

A reaction in which one thing moves another

d)

Something that causes destruction

6.

What is speed?

a)

force

b)

how an object creates motion

c)

the rate at which someone or something is able to move

d)

an act of movement

7.

What is the equation for calculating speed?

a)

speed = distance/time

b)

distance + speed

= time

c)

time/speed

= distance

d)

speed =

distance x time

8.

What is gravity?

a)

motion between two objects

b)

a push or pull

c)

an invisible force that pulls objects toward each other

d)

A force can cause an object with mass to change its velocity

9.

What is mass?

a)

how heavy an object is

b)

the amount of matter or substance that makes up an object

c)

the capacity for doing work

d)

a group of linked ideas intended to explain something

10.

What 2 planets are dwarf planets?

a)

Makemake

b)

Venus

c)

Eris

d)

Mars

11.

What is a Comet?

a)

Ice that falls from space

b)

snowballs of frozen gases, rock, and dust that orbit the Sun

c)

a minor planet of the inner Solar System

d)

lumps of rock or iron that orbit the sun

12.

What are 4 parts of the water cycle?

a)

droplets, hail, rain, snow

b)

condensation, precipitation, collection, evaporation

c)

precipitation, collection, runoff,

flooding

d)

oceans, lakes, rivers, streams