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Understanding of Earth

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How long does it takes the moon to orbit the Earth?

a)

About 1 year

b)

About 1 month

c)

About 1 day

d)

About 1 decade

2.

The dark side of the moon shown in the picture is the moons phase called the ______.

a)

Full Moon

b)

Warning Gibbous

c)

New Moon

d)

Solar Eclipse

3.

Check all of the answers that are characteristics of the Earth

a)

Has life

b)

Has water

c)

Has an atmosphere

d)

Many long lasting craters

e)

Sphere shaped

4.

How long does it take the Earth to rotate on it's axis one time?

a)

1 day/ 24 hours

b)

1 month/ 29 days

c)

1 year/ 365 days

5.

The Earth ______ on its axis causes the day and night cycle.

a)

Spinning

b)

Running

c)

Flying

d)

Rotating

6.

What causes the moon to have different phases?

a)

The moon's axis

b)

The moon orbiting the Earth

c)

The Earth's rotation

d)

The Earth orbiting the moon

7.

Check all of the answers that are characteristics of the moon.

a)

Has little to no atmosphere

b)

Has life

c)

Less gravity

d)

Many very long lasting craters

e)

Has water

8.

The imaginary line the goes around the Earth halfway between the North and south poles, dividing the Northern hemispheres.

a)

Axis

b)

Orbit

c)

Equator

d)

International date line

9.

What happens during a lunar eclipse that causes this?

a)

The Earth casts a shadow on the full moon.

b)

The sun passes in front of the moon.

c)

The new moon passes in front of the sun.

d)

The full moon passes in front of the sun.

10.

When we see the daylight side of the moon, this is called the _______.

a)

Waxing Crescent

b)

New Moon

c)

Full Moon

d)

Warning Gibbous

11.

The Earth's inner core is ______.

a)

A layer of hot rock

b)

A dense ball of solid metal

c)

A layer of molten metal

d)

Part of Earth's outer skin

12.

What is the correct order of Earth's layers? Starting from surface

a)

Crust, mantle, outer core, inner core

b)

Outer core, inner core, crust, mantle

c)

Crust, outer core, inner core, mantle

d)

mantle, outer core, inner core, crust