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EARTH

Total questions: 33

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What do you call the spinning of earth on its axis?

a)

motion

b)

orbit

c)

revolution

d)

rotation

2.

What do you call the nearest and brightest star we see from Earth?

a)

sun

b)

orbit

c)

moon

d)

stars

3.

The nearest star to the Earth?

a)

sun

b)

orbit

c)

moon

d)

stars

4.

What do you call the movement of earth around the sun?

a)

motion

b)

orbit

c)

revolution

d)

rotation

5.

What do you call the path of earth around the sun?

a)

motion

b)

orbit

c)

revolution

d)

rotation

6.

How long does it take for Earth to make a complete turn in its axis?

a)

4 days

b)

1 day

c)

2 days

d)

3 days

7.

What is earth's satellite?

a)

asteroid

b)

comet

c)

moon

d)

sun

8.

When is the moon hardly visible on Earth?

a)

Full moon

b)

half-moon

c)

new moon

d)

quarter moon

9.

What do you call a condition wherein the skin gets burned and becomes painful due to excessive exposure to the heat of the sun?

a)

dehydration

b)

drying

c)

sunburn

d)

wrinkles

10.

Which is not a good effect of sunlight?

a)

It gives us food

b)

It makes our clothes dry

c)

It makes us perspire a lot

d)

It helps us see things around us

11.

In the morning, you see the Sun in what direction?

(a)  

12.

In the evening, you see the Sun in what direction?

(a)  

13.

At noon , the sun is

a)

in the east

b)

in the west

c)

overhead

14.

It takes how many years to complete 1 revolution?

a)

1 year

b)

2 years

c)

3 years

d)

4 years

15.

True or False: In 24 hours, only one side of Earth is lighted, while the other side is not.

(a)  

16.

A small body moving around a larger body.

a)

constellations

b)

stars

c)

satellite

d)

earth

17.

What do you call the groupings of stars?

a)

constellations

b)

stars

c)

satellite

d)

earth

18.

What do you call the changes in moon's shape as they are seen from Earth?

a)

constellations

b)

stars

c)

satellite

d)

phases

19.

The phase where in the bright side of the moon faces Earth as the moon revolve around the Earth?

a)

Full moon Phase

b)

First Quarter

c)

Last Quarter

d)

New moon

20.

The phase where in the dark side of the moon faces Earth as the moon revolve around the Earth?

a)

Full moon Phase

b)

First Quarter

c)

Last Quarter

d)

New moon

21.

The phase that happened right after the full moon?

a)

Full moon Phase

b)

First Quarter

c)

Last Quarter

d)

New moon

22.

The phase that happened right before the full moon?

a)

Full moon Phase

b)

First Quarter

c)

Last Quarter

d)

New moon

23.

The sun is a star. True or False?

(a)  

24.

Stars not only differ in size but they also differ in color. True or False?

(a)  

25.

Brightest stars

a)

Yellow stars

b)

Blue and bluish white stars

c)

white stars

d)

red stars

26.

oldest and coldest stars

a)

Yellow stars

b)

Blue and bluish white stars

c)

white stars

d)

red stars

27.

When exposed to the right amount of sunlight, it helps in producing what vitamin?

a)

Vitamin A

b)

Vitamin B

c)

Vitamin C

d)

Vitamin D

28.

It prevents rickets, a disease of the bones

a)

Vitamin A

b)

Vitamin B

c)

Vitamin C

d)

Vitamin D

29.

True or False. Continuous overexposure to sunlight may lead into skin cancer

(a)  

30.

When you loose a lot of water due to too much perspiration, it may lead into?

a)

Dehydration

b)

perspiration

31.

The center of the solar system

a)

Stars

b)

Sun

c)

Earth

d)

Moon

32.

Earth rotates on its own (a)   .

33.

The moon moves around the Earth as Earth moves around the (a)   .