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Planet Earth

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Tick the option where all lines are imaginary lines.

a)

Axis, equator, coordinates, meridians and parallels

b)

Meridians, equator and Parallels

c)

Globe, equator and Greenwich Meridian

d)

Map, meridians, equator and parallels

2.

Meridians and parallels are measured in...

a)

kilometres

b)

metres

c)

centimetres

d)

degrees

3.

Meridians measure...

a)

Latitude

b)

Kilometres

c)

Longitude

d)

Temperature

4.

Parallels are...

a)

Semicircular vertical lines that go from the North Pole to the South Pole

b)

Semicircular vertical lines that are parallel to the Greenwich Meridian

c)

Circular horizontal lines around the Earth

d)

the Equator

5.

The equator divides the planet in...

a)

Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere

b)

East and West

c)

North Pole and South Pole

d)

Parallels and Meridians

6.

A geographic coordinate is...

a)

60ºN 25ºS

b)

105ºS 34ºN

c)

30ºS 160ºW

d)

160ºE 45ºW

7.

The movements of the Earth are...

a)

Rotation and orbitation

b)

Up and down

c)

Rotation and Revolution

d)

Right and left

8.

Rotation is...

a)

The spinning of the Earth on its axis

b)

The movement of the moon around the Earth

c)

The movement of the Sun around the Earth

d)

An orbit of the sun

9.

Tick the correct sentence

a)

Revolution causes day and night and rotation causes seasons

b)

Revolution causes parallels and meridians

c)

Rotation causes earthquakes

d)

Rotation causes day and night and revolution causes seasons

10.

Revolution takes

a)

1 hour

b)

365 days and 6 hours

c)

365 days

d)

24 hours