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WorksheetsSassafras Astronomy Chapter 10
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 21mins
What causes the Earth to have day and night?
The Earth rotating around itself
The Earth orbiting the Sun
The Sun moving around the Earth
The Moon blocking the Sun
What is one day equal to?
The time the Earth takes to rotate once around its axis
The time the Earth takes to orbit the Sun
The time the Moon takes to orbit the Earth
The time the Sun takes to rise and set
Label the diagram
Day
Night
This is an example of a (a)
Label the sides of the Earth as day or night.
If Shawn recorded 10 hours of daytime, how many hours of night time would he record?
This is an example of (a)
Which part of the Earth is receiving the the least direct Sunlight?
Northern Hemisphere
Southern Hemisphere
Polar Hemisphere
MidAtlantic Hemisphere
What season is the Southern Hemisphere experiencing in this picture?
summer
winter
spring
fall/autumn
What is an astronomical unit (A.U.)?
the time it takes light to travel one year
the distance between the Earth and the Moon
the distance between the Earth and the Sun
the distance between the Earth and the Neptune
Rotation
Rotation is when something turns or spins around a point located at its center
Revolution
A circular journey of one object around another
Day
The length of time the sun is out, and it is light outside.
Night
The length of time when the sun is not out and it is dark
Axis
an imaginary line through the earth that it rotates or spins on.
If the earth rotated slower, how would that affect the length of the day?
longer day
shorter day
same time, 24 hours
Match the following
Rotation
hen something turns or spins around a point located at its center
Revolution
A circular journey of one object around another
Day
The length of time the sun is out, and it is light outside.
Night
The length of time when the sun is not out and it is dark
Axis
n imaginary line through the earth that it rotates or spins on
74. The diagram below represents Earth orbiting the Sun. Approximately how long does it take Earth to complete one orbit around the Sun?
(1) a day
(2) a week
(3) a month
(4) a year
How many little Earths could fit inside of the Sun?
What is the temperature of the Sun?
How long does it sun's heat to reach Earth?
What do we call whiter, hotter spots on the sun?
faculae
solar flares
Where is Prominence?
Which probes were sent to study the Sun?
Ulysses
SOHO
TRACE
New Horizons
Voyager
