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The Earth and The Moon Worksheet

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Earth, Sun and Moon are all ...

a)

sphere

b)

cube

c)

pyramid

2.

The Earth, the Sun and the Moon are all spheres because of ...

a)

moving

b)

gravity

c)

fly

3.

Every object with mass has gravity. The ... mass an object has the stronger the gravity.

a)

same

b)

less

c)

more

4.

From the data about planet's gravity, the planet that has biggest mass is ...

a)

Mercury

b)

Jupiter

c)

Neptune

5.

The Moon is smaller than the Earth, so the Moon’s gravity is ...

a)

stronger than Earth’s

b)

weaker than Earth’s

c)

same as the Earth’s

6.

The Sun is a sphere because the Sun’s gravity pulls all the ... it is made of towards the centre.

a)

gas

b)

rock

c)

water

7.

Take a look the modeling of the Earth and The Moon. The Earth is represented by ...

a)

football

b)

tennis ball

c)

marble

8.

Study the picture. The Moon is shown by picture ...

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

9.

Marcus is making a scale model of the planets in our Solar System.

He is using the scale 1000 km = 1 cm.

If planet X has real size 13.000km, the size of model of planet X is ... cm.

a)

13

b)

130

c)

1300

10.

The incorrect fact that show us if the Earth is not flat is ...

a)

people have gone all the way around

b)

there is the edges

c)

photographs taken from space showing that the Earth is a sphere.

11.

The Moon ... the Earth.

a)

brings

b)

moves

c)

orbits

12.

The different shapes of the Moon are called ...

a)

phases

b)

focusses

c)

step

13.

There are ... phases of the Moon.

a)

5

b)

8

c)

4

14.

When the Moon is further away from the Sun than Earth, we see lots of the light side and only little of the dark side. This phases is called ... Moon.

a)

crescent

b)

half

c)

gibbous

15.

When the Moon is the same distance away from the Sun as Earth, we see half of each side. This phase is called ... Moon.

a)

half

b)

new

c)

full

16.

When the Moon is closer to the Sun than Earth, we see only a little of the light side and lots of dark side. This phase is called ... Moon.

a)

gibbous

b)

crescent

c)

new

17.

When the light side of the Moon is getting bigger, we say the Moon is ...

a)

waxing

b)

waning

c)

gibbous

18.

When the light side of the Moon is getting smaller, we say the Moon is ...

a)

crescent

b)

Waxing

c)

Waning

19.

The "B" phase called ...

a)

waxing crescent

b)

waxing gibbous

c)

waning crescent

20.

Waning gibbous shows by picture ...

a)

H

b)

D

c)

F