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UNIT 4 SCIENCE: DAY & NIGHT STUDY NOTES

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the path a planet or moon follows as it travels around the Sun called?

a)

Orbit

b)

Rotation

c)

Axis

d)

Gravity

2.

What is the term for an object spinning around its axis?

a)

Gravity

b)

Rotation

c)

Orbit

d)

Solar System

3.

What is the force that pulls objects together?

a)

Axis

b)

Gravity

c)

Orbit

d)

Rotation

4.

What is the imaginary pole or line through the middle of the planet that Earth spins around called?

a)

Axis

b)

Orbit

c)

Solar System

d)

Gravity

5.

What is made up of all the planets, moons, and other objects that orbit the Sun?

a)

Axis

b)

Solar System

c)

Orbit

d)

Gravity

6.

When our country faces the Sun, what do we experience?

a)

Daylight

b)

Night

c)

Rain

d)

Winter

7.

When our country is not facing the Sun, what do we have?

a)

Daylight

b)

Night

c)

Summer

d)

Gravity

8.

What causes day and night on Earth?

a)

The Earth's rotation on its axis

b)

The Earth's revolution around the Sun

c)

The Moon's rotation

d)

The Sun's movement

9.

The Earth is a sphere, or a ball, which rotates (spins) round and round as it travels around the Sun.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Which of the following is a daytime activity?

a)

Watching the stars

b)

Fireworks displays

c)

Playing a soccer game

d)

Going to bed

11.

Which of the following is a nighttime activity?

a)

Hanging clothes on a clothesline

b)

Fireworks displays

c)

Playing soccer

d)

Going to school

12.

What are some physical features of the Moon?

a)

Craters and mountains

b)

Dusty ball of rock

c)

Quarter size of Earth

d)

Temperatures -153 degrees Celsius

e)

Moon gravity weaker than Earth

13.

NASA plans to build a new space station on the Moon.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

The Moon has phases.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

The Moon affects water tides on Earth.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Which is the biggest star in the solar system?

a)

The Sun

b)

The Moon

c)

Jupiter

d)

Mars

17.

What is the closest star to Earth?

a)

Proxima Centauri

b)

The Sun

c)

Sirius

d)

Alpha Centauri

18.

What is the temperature of the Sun?

a)

1 million degrees Celsius

b)

5 million degrees Celsius

c)

15 million degrees Celsius

d)

100 million degrees Celsius

19.

Who studied the Sun in ancient times?

a)

Ancient Greeks and Romans

b)

Ancient Egyptians

c)

Ancient Chinese

d)

Ancient Mayans

20.

How far is the Sun from Earth?

a)

1 million kilometres

b)

15 million kilometres

c)

150 million kilometres

d)

1 billion kilometres

21.

How did you go?

4 lines
22.

What does the sun provide

a)

Nothing

b)

Heat

c)

Dark

d)

Light