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U3W3 Earth

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 8hrs 0mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The _______ of something is how much of that thing there is.

a)

limit

b)

amount

c)

globe

d)

price

2.

____________ is the study of the stars and planets.

a)

astronomy

b)

astronaut

c)

science

d)

scientist

3.

The _______ is a scale model of the world (Earth).

a)

map

b)

story

c)

picture

d)

globe

4.

The __________ includes Earth and the planets that move around the sun.

a)

arctic

b)

atmosphere

c)

solar system

d)

temperature

5.

If you __________ someone or something, you provide what they need.

a)

support

b)

imagine

c)

think

d)

love

6.

The ___________ of something tells how hot or cold that thing is.

a)

coolness

b)

warmth

c)

temperature

d)

support

7.

When you feel _________ of the sun, you feel its heat.

a)

warmth

b)

sun

c)

coldness

d)

happiness

8.

What is the author's first and last name? Spelling and capitalization must be correct.

(a)  

9.

What makes Earth a special planet?

a)

it has volcanoes

b)

it has lots of water

c)

it has living beings on it

d)

it is mostly made of rock

10.

How many people live on Earth?

a)

thousands

b)

millions

c)

billions

d)

trillions

11.

What is the main idea of this paragraph?

a)

Earth has the right temperature for life

b)

some planets are too cold to support life

c)

some planets are too hot to support life

d)

gases cover the planet

12.

How many planets are in the solar system? Answer on page 244.

a)

6

b)

7

c)

8

d)

9

13.

Which two planets are Earth's neighbors? Answer on page 244.

a)

Mercury and Jupiter

b)

Mars and Jupiter

c)

Mercury and Venus

d)

Venus and Mars

14.

Which are the rocky planets? Answer on page 244.

a)

Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars

b)

Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus

15.

Look at the picture on page 244 and 245. What does it show?

a)

how hot the sun is

b)

only the gas planets

c)

what the Earth looks like from space

d)

planets and objects in our solar system

16.

Which are the largest planets?

a)

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

b)

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

17.

What does this picture on page 246 show?

a)

gas planets

b)

rocky planets

c)

the entire solar system

d)

how Earth orbits the sun

18.

Look at this diagram on page 247. Which is the biggest planet?

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Neptune

d)

Uranus

19.

Earth is the _____ planet from the sun.

a)

first

b)

second

c)

third

d)

fourth

20.

How far is the Sun from the Earth? Answer on page 247.

a)

1,000 miles

b)

8,000 miles

c)

3,733 miles

d)

93 million miles

21.

What is the main idea of this paragraph?

a)

Jupiter is the biggest planet

b)

how large Earth is

c)

gas giants

d)

rocky planets

22.

Which desert does the author use to illustrate how hot Earth is? Answer on page 247.

a)

Sahara

b)

Amazon

c)

Nile

d)

Mohave

23.

Look at this diagram on page 248. What does it show?

a)

which way planets spin

b)

the orbit of different planets around the sun

c)

how hot Mercury is compared to Earth

d)

How cold Mars is compared to Mercury

24.

"The orbits are a little bit elliptical."

What does elliptical mean? Answer on page 248.

a)

length and width

b)

rectangular

c)

perfect circle

d)

oval-shaped

25.

"Planets also rotate as they travel."

What does rotate mean? Answer on page 248.

a)

spin around

b)

oval-shaped

c)

flip around

d)

move up and down

26.

How many hours does it take the Earth to rotate in one day? Answer on page 248.

a)

60 hours

b)

24 hours

c)

48 hours

d)

72 hours

27.

Which is Earth's closest neighbor?

a)

the Sun

b)

Mars

c)

Venus

d)

the moon

28.

What is the main idea of this paragraph?

a)

the Moon comes out every night

b)

there is a full moon

c)

the moon looks cut in half

d)

the Moon's shape seems to change

29.

Look at the picture on page 250. What does it show?

a)

the Moon's orbit around Earth

b)

rocky planets

c)

Earth's orbit around the Sun

d)

the phases of the Moon

30.

Look at this picture. What does it show?

a)

craters on the Moon

b)

volcanoes on the Moon

c)

lava on the Moon

d)

asteroids and comets

31.

"You would also see many craters."

What does craters mean? Answer on page 252.

a)

bowl-shaped pits

b)

old volcanoes

c)

caves

d)

lava tubes

32.

Complete the sentence. Spelling and capitalization must be correct. Answer on page 253.

"The Moon has almost no (a)   ."