The Earth and Beyond

Question 1

What is our nearest star?

Answer 1

The sun

Question 2

How many planets are in our solar system?

Answer 2

8

Question 3

What covers most of the earth?

Answer 3

Water

Question 4

What do we call the pieces of dry land between the oceans?

Answer 4

Continents

Question 5

What do we call the layer of air around the earth?

Answer 5

The atmosphere

Question 6

What does the atmosphere protect us from?

Answer 6

Dangerous rays from the sun

Question 7

What is the name of the only planet that has plants and animals?

Answer 7

Earth

Question 8

What is often referred to as the “Blue Planet”?

Answer 8

Earth

Question 9

What do we call the imaginary line around which the Earth spins?

Answer 9

The Earth’s axis

Question 10

How many planets are between the Earth and the sun?

Answer 10

Two - Mercury and Venus

Question 11

What do we call the spinning of the Earth?

Answer 11

Rotation

Question 12

How long does one rotation of the Earth take?

Answer 12

24 hours

Question 13

In which two ways does the Earth move?

Answer 13

Rotates around its axis and revolves around the sun

Question 14

How long does it take the Earth to revolve around the sun?

Answer 14

365 days

Question 15

What do we call the imaginary line that divides the Earth into Northern and Southern halves?

Answer 15

The Equator

Question 16

What do call the part of the Earth to the north of the equator?

Answer 16

The Northern Hemisphere

Question 17

What shape is the Earth?

Answer 17

Spherical

Question 18

What is different about the rock at the centre of the Earth?

Answer 18

It is hot and molten

Question 19

What do we call areas of land surrounded by water?

Answer 19

Islands

Question 20

What do we call the surroundings in which a creature lives?

Answer 20

Its habitat

Question 21

Name some features of the Earth

Answer 21

Land with mountains and valleys, water in dams, lakes, rivers and oceans.

Question 22

What do we call the path of a planet around the sun?

Answer 22

Its orbit

Question 23

Name the planets in our solar system, in increasing order of distance from the sun.

Answer 23

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

Question 24

What are differences between stars and planets?

Answer 24

Stars are burning gas, while planets are rock or cold gas. Stars give off their own light, while planets reflect light. Stars twinkle, while the light of planets is steady

Question 25

How many times bigger than the Earth is the sun?

Answer 25

110 times

Question 26

Describe the surface of the moon?

Answer 26

Rocky with craters. No water or gas.

Question 27

What does the moon revolve around?

Answer 27

The Earth

Question 28

Name some phases of the moon.

Answer 28

new moon, crescent moon, half moon, gibbous moon, full moon

Question 29

What do we call the dents on the moon?

Answer 29

Craters

Question 30

What do we call the changing pattern of sunlight on the moon?

Answer 30

Phases of the moon

Question 31

What is a lake?

Answer 31

A large area of water that has land all around it

Question 32

What starts the energy chain?

Answer 32

Light from the sun

Question 33

Why is the sun’s heat important to the water cycle?

Answer 33

It causes water to evaporate

Question 34

How often do the phases of the moon repeat?

Answer 34

29 1/2 days