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Earth's Systems Part 1

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This season begins AROUND December 22nd.

a)

spring

b)

summer

c)

fall

d)

winter

2.

A repeated pattern.

a)

revolution

b)

cycle

c)

rotation

d)

sequence

3.

What are caused by the gravitational pull of the moon?

a)

tides

b)

seasons

c)

phases of the moon

d)

Day & Night

4.

A series of events that occur in a natural order.

a)

rotation

b)

cycle

c)

revolution

d)

sequence

5.

This season begins AROUND September 23rd?

a)

spring

b)

summer

c)

fall

d)

winter

6.

What is caused by the locations of the sun, moon, and Earth?

a)

tides

b)

seasons

c)

phases of the moon

d)

day and night

7.

What takes 365 days to occur?

a)

The Earth to rotate one time

b)

The Earth to make one revolution around the sun

c)

Day changing into night

d)

Spring to change into summer

8.

What does the revolution around the sun cause?

a)

tides

b)

seasons

c)

phases of the moon

d)

day and night

9.

Which season begins AROUND June 21st?

a)

spring

b)

summer

c)

fall

d)

winter

10.

What does the rotation of the Earth cause?

a)

tides

b)

seasons

c)

phases of the moon

d)

day and night

11.

What takes 24 hours to complete?

a)

One complete rotation

b)

One complete revolution around the sun

c)

Fall changing into Winter

d)

The tides to change

12.

Which season begins AROUND March 21st?

a)

spring

b)

summer

c)

fall

d)

winter

13.

A cycle is

a)

A series of events that occur in a natural order

b)

A repeated pattern

c)

spinning or turning on an axis

d)

to go around

14.

Revolve means

a)

a repeated pattern

b)

to go around

c)

spin or turn on an axis

d)

A series of events that occur in a natural order

15.

The revolution of the Earth around the sun takes how long?

a)

365 days

b)

one season

c)

24 hours

d)

one day

16.

TRUE or FALSE: "The Sun Revolves Around the Earth."

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

17.

If it is Daytime in China, what will it be in New York?

a)

Daytime

b)

Nighttime

18.

A sequence is...

a)

the rotation of the Earth

b)

a repeated pattern

c)

the revolution of the Earth around the sun

d)

a series of events that occur in a natural order

19.

The Water Cycle is an example of which of the following?

a)

sequence

b)

rotation

c)

cycle

d)

revolution

20.

Directions to make a PB & J would be which of the following?

a)

cycle

b)

rotation

c)

sequence

d)

revolution

21.

If it is Daytime in Florida, what would it be in Georgia (it is right next to Florida)?

a)

Daytime

b)

Nighttime

22.

If it is Nighttime in Australia, what would it be in Washington, DC?

a)

Daytime

b)

Nighttime

23.

What do Rotation and Revolution have in common?

a)

they are both Earth cycles

b)

they both help us understand how time passes

c)

they have nothing in common

d)

they are both Earth cycles and help us understand how time passes

24.

What are tides?

a)

something you do laundry with

b)

the rise and fall of the Earth's waters on shore

c)

the Earth moving

d)

an invisible line that goes around the world

25.

How long does it take the tides to change?

a)

half a day

b)

24 hours

c)

13 hours

d)

28 days

26.

What does the moon revolve around?

a)

sun

b)

Earth

c)

moon

d)

starts

27.

How long does it take the moon to undergo a complete cycle?

a)

13 hours

b)

1 day

c)

28 days

d)

24 hours

28.

What is the difference between waxing and waning?

a)

waxing is getting bigger while waning is getting smaller

b)

waxing is getting smaller while waning is getting bigger

c)

there is no difference

d)

one has to do with the sun and one has to do with the moon