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The Sun-Earth-Moon System

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which planets have shorter year, or orbit around the sun, than Earth?

a)

Mars and Jupiter

b)

Mercury and Venus

c)

Saturn and Uranus

d)

Neptune only

2.

What season is the southern hemisphere experiencing when the northern hemisphere is experiencing summer

a)

Fall

b)

Winter

c)

Spring

d)

Summer

3.

Earth experiences seasons as it revolves around the sun because of its

a)

shape

b)

tilt

c)

speed

d)

mass

4.

What season would we be experiencing with Earth #3?

a)

Winter

b)

Spring

c)

Summer

d)

Fall

5.

True or false: The diagram represents summer in the northern hemisphere.

a)

True

b)

False

6.
Which phase of the moon is represented in this diagram?
a)
new moon
b)
first quarter
c)
full moon
d)
last quarter/third quarter
7.
Why does the moon's gravitational pull have more of effect on tides than the sun's gravitational pull?
a)
they are the same
b)
the moon is larger than the sun
c)
tides are not caused by the moon
d)
the moon is closer to the Earth than the sun
8.
How many high tides does a place have each day?
a)
3
b)
4
c)
5
d)
2
9.
What is a difference between spring and neap tides?
a)
Spring tides occur when the earth and sun are IN LINE with the new or full moon. 
b)
Spring tides occur when moon in 3rd or 1st quarter phases
c)
Spring tides are LOWER than neap tides
d)
Spring tides occur in Spring and neap tides can occur in any season
10.
a)
neap tide
b)
spring tide
11.
a)
Spring Tide
b)
Neap Tide
12.

Is this alignment for a solar or lunar eclipse?

a)

Solar

b)

Lunar

13.

Is this alignment for a solar or a lunar eclipse?

a)

Solar

b)

Lunar

14.

Which moon phase do lunar eclipses occur?

a)

Full Moon

b)

Waxing Gibbous

c)

New Moon

d)

First Quarter

15.

When can a solar eclipse occur?

a)

Anytime

b)

During a new moon

c)

During a full moon

d)

Waning gibbous

16.

A space object goes around another object is...

a)

Rotation

b)

Revolution

c)

Axis

17.

When the lit part of the moon is getting bigger, we call that ...

a)

Waxing

b)

Waning

18.

When the lit part of the moon is getting smaller, we call that ...

a)

Waxing

b)

Waning

19.

The force that causes objects with mass to attract one another.

a)

Weight

b)

Gravity

c)

Mass

d)

Magnetism

20.

Why do planets orbit the Sun?

a)

The Sun is the only celestial object that has a gravitational pull.

b)

The Sun’s chemical composition makes it attract planets.

c)

Only celestial bodies that emit light, like the Sun, can be at the center of an orbit.

d)

The Sun is the most massive object in our solar system, so it exerts the greatest gravitational pull.