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GRADE 2 - THE SOLAR SYSTEM

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Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 15mins
Date
Instructor name: TPS Science03

1.

How many planets are there in the Solar System?

a) 9 b) 10

c) 3 d) 8
2. Which planet is the first (1st) from the Sun?

a) b)

c) d)

3.

The planet Earth move all the time.

a) False b) True

4. Why is the sun so important? (Choose 2)

a) It gives us light. b) It keeps our planet warm.

c) It is the center and that makes it important. d) It is a star and stars are cool.
5.

The Earth spins on its axis. This movement is called...

a) Rotation b) Turning

c) Revolution d) Spinning

6.

When the Earth moves around the sun, we call this movement...

a) Spinning b) Revolution

c) Moving d) Rotation
7.

How many moons does Earth have?

a) 4 b) 1

c) 3 d) 2

8.

The name of our galaxy is...

a) The Farm b) Galaxy War

c) Milky Way d) The Universe

9. How long does it take for the moon to orbit around the Earth?

a) 28 days/1 month b) 7 days/1 week

c) 1 year d) 365 days

10. The moon creats it's own light.

a) False b) True

11. What is the pattern of changes the moon goes through as it travels around the Earth called?

a) reflection b) moon phases

c) sun phases d) full moon

12.

Name this moon phase.

a) new moon b) 1st quarter moon

c) last quarter moon d) waning gibbous

13.

Name this moon phase. (NO MOON SEEN)

a) waxing crescent b) New moon

c) waning crescent d) full moon

14.

Earth's ________ on its axis causes day and night.

a) revolution b) comet

c) phase d) rotation
15.

The path on object takes as it moves around another object is called

a) rotation b) orbit

c) mare d) revolution

16. What planet is eighth in the Solar System?

a) Jupiter b) Uranus

c) Neptune d) Mars

17. All of the following are true about the Sun

EXCEPT

a) the Sun makes the light we see b) the heat from the Sun is reflected from Moon to the Earth

c) sunlight is Earth’s primary source of energy

18.

True or False: Planets give light.

a) False b) True

19. Which one is the red planet?

a) b)

c) d)
20.

True or False: the planets move around the sun.

a) True b) False