Worksheets3rd SWKS Science Earth and Space
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 13mins
Earth and the moon have regular orbits. What causes orbits? Choose all the correct answers.
Gravity from the sun pushes Earth and the moon away.
Gravity from the sun pulls Earth toward the sun.
Gravity from Earth pushes it away from the sun.
Gravity from Earth pulls the moon towards Earth.
Which of these best describes an orbit?
The way space objects rotate
The relationship between a planet and other space objects
The distance from one space object to another space object
A curved path around an object.
The path of Earth’s revolution around the sun is _____ in shape. Earth rotates around ______.
oval; an axis
oval; the sun
straight; an axis
straight; the sun
Which of these best defines a solar system?
A solar system is eight planets with some that are large and others that are small.
A solar system is a sun and its rotation on an axis.
A solar system includes planets and moons, but not asteroids, comets, and dwarf planets.
A solar system is the sun and everything that orbits the sun.
Look at the image of four planets. What is true about all of these planets?
Their orbits are the same length.
They all have at least one moon.
They are the closest planets to the sun.
They are all about the same size.
The planets in our solar system have some unique characteristics. Which statements are true?
Saturn, Venus, and Neptune are gas and ice planets. Mercury and Jupiter are solid and rocky planets.
Mercury, Jupiter, and Venus are gas and ice planets. Saturn and Neptune are solid and rocky planets.
Saturn, Jupiter, and Neptune are gas and ice planets. Venus and Mercury are solid and rocky planets.
Venus, Mercury, and Jupiter are gas and ice planets. Neptune and Saturn are solid and rocky planets.
Look at the image of the eight planets in the solar system. Which lists the four Inner Planets?
Venus, Saturn, Jupiter, Mercury
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
Neptune, Earth, Uranus, Venus
Jupiter, Mars, Saturn, Venus
Tessa is making a model of the sun, Earth, and the moon. She uses a pumpkin to represent the sun, an orange to represent Earth, and a blueberry to represent the moon. She places these three items on a poster board. Tessa labels each item. Then she draws the orbital path of Earth around the sun and of the moon around Earth.
What is a limitation of this model?
The orange and blueberry are not the right colors for Earth and the moon.
The model is too small to use real distances between the sun, Earth, and the moon.
Tessa should have used a basketball, a tennis ball, and a marble for her model.
The difference in size between the pumpkin and the orange is not the same as the difference between the sun and Earth.
Look at the model of the sun, Earth, and the moon. What does this model tell you about the orbits of Earth and the moon? Choose all correct answers.
The moon and Earth orbit the sun together.
The orbits of the moon and Earth go in the same direction.
The moon’s orbit of Earth takes about 28 days.
Both the moon and Earth are held in their orbits by gravity.
Earth moves around the_______. The moon moves around ________.
moon; Earth and the sun
moon; just the sun
sun; Earth and the sun
sun; just the sun
Which of the following describes a difference between Jupiter and Mars?
Jupiter and Mars are shaped differently.
The orbits of Jupiter and Mars are shaped differently.
Jupiter and Mars are made up of different kinds of materials.
Jupiter has moons and Mars does not.
Look at the image of the sun. What is true about the sun? Select TWO correct answers.
The sun is an object that moves around Earth.
The sun is the nearest star to Earth.
The sun is a hot ball of gasses.
The sun is a planet.
The sun is an object that moves around the moon.
Look at the diagram of the sun, Earth, and moon. Earth rotates once in ______. The moon revolves around Earth in ________.
365 days; 24 days
365 days; 28 days
24 hours; 28 days
24 hours; 24 days
Order of the orbit of the outer planets from shortest to longest.
Uranus, Neptune, Saturn, Jupiter
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Neptune, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus
Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Jupiter
Choose the sentence that describes the moon.
The moon is a planet because it has an orbit.
The moon is not a planet because it orbits Earth.
The moon is a planet because it revolves and rotates like other planets.
The moon is not a planet because it takes 28 days to rotate once.
Look at the diagram showing planets orbiting the sun.
How are the orbits alike? Choose all correct answers.
Planets in the solar system travel in the same direction in their orbits around the sun.
Planets in the solar system travel the same distance in one revolution.
Planets in the solar system move along their orbits at the same speed.
Planets in the solar system have orbits that are the same shape.
Earth and the moon move in regular patterns through space. One full Earth rotation measures approximately _____. One full moon revolution measures approximately ______.
one day; one month
one day; one year
one year; one month
one year; one year
Why can we see the moon at night?
The moon reflects light from Earth.
The moon reflects the light from the sun.
The moon makes its own light.
The moon reflects light from distant stars.
What is true about all the planets?
Their orbits are the same length.
They all have at least one moon.
They are the closest planets to the sun.
They are all about the same size.
Daniel wants to make a model of an inner planet. Which characteristic should the model have?
Made of gas
Rocky surface
Made of liquid
Surrounded by rings
Louise drew the diagram below to model the natural world. Help her choose a title for the diagram. Which of the following diagram titles tells what this model represents?
The orbit of Earth
The position of the Moon
The orbits of the Sun, Earth, and the Moon
The positions of the Sun, Earth, and the Moon
What is the order of the planets in distance from the Sun?
Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Sun, Venus, Earth, Jupiter, Saturn, Mars, Uranus, Neptune
Look at the image of Earth’s orbit.
The path of Earth’s revolution around the sun is ______ in shape. Earth rotates around _________.
oval; its axis
straight; the sun
Look at the image showing the sun, the moon, and Earth. How are the orbits of the moon and Earth similar? How are they different? Provide details about the shape of the orbits as well as what each is orbiting.
The orbits of the moon and Earth are both nearly circular.
The moon orbits Earth and Earth orbits the sun.
The orbits are both in the same direction.
All of the above
