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WorksheetsScience space review
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 33mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A spinning motion on an axis
a)
rotation
b)
revolution
2.
How long does it take for Earth to rotate on its axis one time?
a)
24 hours
b)
24.25 hours
c)
365 days
d)
365.25 days
3.
Period of 24 hours or the time it takes Earth to make one complete spin on its axis
a)
Rotation
b)
Compass
c)
Sundail
d)
Movement
4.
You are getting ready for school. On the other side of the world, students are getting ready for _______.
a)
school
b)
bed
c)
breakfast
d)
lunch
5.
What causes the sun to look like it is rising in the east and setting in the west?
a)
moon's orbit
b)
sun's rotation
c)
Earth's revolution
d)
Earth's rotation
6.
What is the name of the imaginary line running through the North Pole to the South Pole?
a)
orbit
b)
axis
c)
equator
d)
latitude
7.
When the Earth spins on its axis this causes ___________________
a)
all four seasons to happen.
b)
day and night to happen.
c)
the moon to go through phases.
d)
high tides and low tides.
8.
Why do globes lean sideways?
a)
To allow them to spin easier.
b)
To demonstrate the tilt of Earth's axis.
c)
To demonstrate the effects of gravity.
d)
To demonstrate day and night.
9.
Earth revolves around the sun every ----
a)
365.25 days
b)
Day
c)
24 hours
d)
Hour
10.
What causes seasons?
a)
The rotation of the Earth and Rotation of the Sun
b)
The Rotation of the Earth and the Earth's Tilt
c)
The Revolution of the Earth and the Earth's Tilt
d)
How close the Earth is to the Sun
e)
Magic
11.
When it is Summer in the Northern Hemisphere, what season is it in the Southern Hemisphere?
a)
Also Summer
b)
Spring
c)
Winter
d)
Fall
e)
Football Season
12.
Which is the correct order of the planets?
a)
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
b)
Mars, Venus, Earth, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
c)
Earth, Venus, Mercury, Mars, Saturn, Neptune, Pluto, Uranus, Jupiter
d)
The Planets don't have an order.
13.
Why does the Earth seem flat for us?
a)
there are different Earths
b)
The earth is round, but we only see a small part that seems flat.
c)
Earth is round like a plate, so it seems round when you are over it and flat when you are on it
d)
Earth is round like a ball, but people live on the flat part in the middle..
14.
What number planet from the sun is Earth?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
8
15.
Why don't people on the South Pole fall off Earth?
a)
Sticky Shoes
b)
Good Grip
c)
They are frozen to Earth
d)
Gravity
16.
The phase of the moon depends on...
a)
Where the Earth's Shadow is.
b)
How many clouds are in the sky.
c)
where the moon is in it's orbit around Earth.
d)
Whether we are having day or night.
17.
How does Earth have day or night?
a)
Magic
b)
The earth's rotation around it's axis, causing one side to face the sun, and the other to face away.
c)
By the moon creating night and the sun creating day.
18.
What causes Seasons?
a)
The tilt of the Earth.
b)
How close the Earth is to the sun.
c)
The month of the year.
d)
Whether it's snowing or hot.
19.
True or False: One day on Earth is caused by one REVOLUTION around the sun.
a)
True
b)
False
20.
True or False: One day on Earth is caused by one ROTATION around the Earth's Axis.
a)
True
b)
False
21.
What planet is closest to the sun?
a)
Mars
b)
Earth
c)
Venus
d)
Mercury
22.
What are the four inner planets?
a)
Earth, Uranus, Mercury, Venus
b)
Mercury Venus Earth Saturn
c)
Mars, Earth , Mercury, Venus
d)
Mars, Earth, Neptune, Mercury
23.
Which planet is farthest from the sun?
a)
Neptune
b)
Jupiter
c)
Mercury
d)
Uranus
24.
What is at the center of our solar system?
a)
asteroid belt
b)
Earth
c)
sun
d)
moon
25.
Which planet is a gas giant?
a)
Mercury
b)
Earth
c)
Saturn
d)
Venus
26.
The surfaces of the Earth, Moon,
and Sun are described as having different physical characteristics. How is the Sun different from the Earth and
Moon?
a)
the sun has no gravity
b)
the sun is a solid
c)
the sun does not produce its own heat
d)
the sun is capable of producing its own light
27.
Students know there are patterns
in the natural world. One of these
patterns is the relationship between the Sun, Earth, and Moon. Which of the following correctly explains the
relationship of the Earth, Moon, and Sun?
a)
earth revolves around the moon as earth revolves around the sun
b)
the sun revolves around the earth as the moon revolves around the earth
c)
the moon revolves around earth as earth revolves around the sun
d)
earth revolves around the moon as the sun revolves around earth
28.
Why are there no clouds on the moon? There is—
a)
no liquid water on the moon
b)
no solar energy on the moon
c)
no living things on the moon
d)
no gravity on the moon
29.
How would the measurable properties of a golf ball change if it
were moved from Earth to the Moon?
a)
it would have the same mass, but a different weight
b)
it would have the same weight, but a different mass
c)
it would have the same density, but a different mass
d)
it would have the same mass, but a different density
30.
Astronauts weigh more on Earth than they do on the moon
because—
a)
they have less mass on the moon
b)
their density decrease on the moon
c)
the moon has less gravity than earth
d)
the moon has less friction than earth
31.
Which of the following is one reason that there are more craters on
the surface of the moon than on the surface of the Earth?
a)
the moon has a stronger gravitational pull and more meteorites are pulled to its surface than to the Earth's
b)
there is more water on the Earth's surface than on the moon's surface and this water causes meteorites to explode
c)
the moon has little or no atmosphere and meteorites heading to Earth burn up in its atmosphere before hitting the surface
d)
meteorites are more likely to hit a small body in space such as the moon, than a larger body like the earth
32.
Which of the following statements is true about the moon?
a)
the moon orbits around the sun in about 28 days
b)
seasons on Earth are caused by the phases of the moon
c)
only one side of the moon is visible from the Earth
d)
It takes the moon 365 days to orbit around the Earth
33.
Which of the following is one way that the Earth and the moon are
NOT the same?
a)
the moon has craters
b)
the moon has rocky dust
c)
the Earth rotates on its axis
d)
the Earth has an atmosphere
34.
A match will not burn on the moon because there is—
a)
not enough water
b)
not enough gravity
c)
not enough oxygen
d)
not enough carbon dioxide
35.
How is it possible for the moon to shine at night even though it
produces no light?
a)
the moon has many craters filled with water
b)
the moon is covered with a thin layer of ice
c)
the moon rotates at a very high rate of speed
d)
the moon reflects the light from the Sun
36.
Changes in the moon's appearance are
a)
phases
b)
eclipses
c)
stages
d)
cycle
37.
What causes the moon's phases
a)
Where you are standing on Earth
b)
the amount of sunlight reflected onto the moon from the sun
c)
The tilt of Earth
d)
how fast the moon is moving
38.
Define Waxing
a)
Moon is increasing and light part appears to be growing
b)
Completely illuminated
c)
dark side is facing earth
d)
Moon is decreasing and light part appears to be shrinking
39.
Define Waxing
a)
Moon is increasing and light part appears to be growing
b)
Completely illuminated
c)
dark side is facing earth
d)
Moon is decreasing and light part appears to be shrinking
40.
As the moon's shape appears to get smaller, we say that the moon is _.
a)
swelling
b)
waxing
c)
waning
d)
disappearing
41.
Which moon phase is when you can't see the moon at all?
a)
Waning crescent
b)
Full moon
c)
Waxing gibbous
d)
New moon
42.
Name the moon phase
a)
waning crescent
b)
waxing crescent
c)
waning gibbous
d)
waxing gibbous
43.
Name the moon phase
a)
waning crescent
b)
waxing crescent
c)
waning gibbous
d)
waxing gibbous
44.
Name the moon phase
a)
waning crescent
b)
waxing crescent
c)
waning gibbous
d)
waxing gibbous
45.
What does the moon orbit?
a)
stars
b)
sun
c)
Earth
46.
How many major phases does the moon go through?
a)
16
b)
8
c)
24
d)
6
47.
True or False: Tides are caused by the gravitational pull of the Moon and Sun on the surface waters of Earth.
a)
True
b)
False
48.
The the bright side of the moon is growing on the right, (light on the right) it is a _______ moon.
a)
Waxing
b)
Waning
49.
The bright side of the moon is getting smaller on the left, (light on the left), this is a _________ moon.
a)
Waxing
b)
Waning
50.
Approximately how long does it take the moon to make one revolution around Earth?
a)
365.25 days
b)
24 hours
c)
29 days
d)
84 years
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