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Science: Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - Solar System 4 (Questions)

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The principal component of the Solar System is the Sun that contains 99.86 percent of the system's known mass and dominates it gravitationally. The Sun is 1.4 million kilometers wide!

Try this Science quiz on the Solar System - it's out of this world!

The shape of the path of a planet moving round the Sun is .......

[ ]	a circle
[ ]	a curve
[ ]	a loop
[ ]	an ellipse

The Sun appears to move across the sky from .......

[ ]	east to west
[ ]	north to south
[ ]	south to north
[ ]	west to east

The Earth spins round on its axis .......

[ ]	once in 12 hours
[ ]	once in 24 hours
[ ]	once in 7 days
[ ]	It doesn't spin round

Which one of the following is NOT true during summer?

[ ]	The length of shadows is longer than in winter
[ ]	The Sun is higher in the sky
[ ]	There are more hours of daylight than darkness
[ ]	We are tilted towards the Sun

The nearest date to the shortest daylight hours in Britain is .......

[ ]	1st January
[ ]	21st March
[ ]	1st December
[ ]	21st December

For someone in the Southern hemisphere, the nearest date for midwinter is .......

[ ]	1st January
[ ]	1st May
[ ]	21st June
[ ]	21st December

Which one of the following is FALSE?

[ ]	The Earth takes 365.25 days to orbit the Sun
[ ]	The stars appear to move across the sky
[ ]	The Sun is highest in the sky at midday
[ ]	The Sun's rays shine over a small area in winter

The Moon completes one orbit of the Earth every .......

[ ]	day
[ ]	week
[ ]	28 days
[ ]	month

Which of the following is FALSE?

[ ]	Earth rotates counterclockwise
[ ]	The Moon appears to change shape
[ ]	The Moon is a satellite of the Earth
[ ]	The Moon is luminous

10.

In which of the following is GPS (global positioning system) NOT used?

[ ]	Air travel
[ ]	Sailing
[ ]	Sat Nav
[ ]	TV

Science: Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - Solar System 4 (Answers)

The shape of the path of a planet moving round the Sun is .......

[ ]	a circle
[ ]	a curve
[ ]	a loop
[x]	an ellipse

An ellipse is a 'squashed' circle

The Sun appears to move across the sky from .......

[x]	east to west
[ ]	north to south
[ ]	south to north
[ ]	west to east

The Sun does not move, just the planets

The Earth spins round on its axis .......

[ ]	once in 12 hours
[x]	once in 24 hours
[ ]	once in 7 days
[ ]	It doesn't spin round

This gives us day and night

Which one of the following is NOT true during summer?

[x]	The length of shadows is longer than in winter
[ ]	The Sun is higher in the sky
[ ]	There are more hours of daylight than darkness
[ ]	We are tilted towards the Sun

When the Sun is higher in the sky the shadows are shorter

The nearest date to the shortest daylight hours in Britain is .......

[ ]	1st January
[ ]	21st March
[ ]	1st December
[x]	21st December

For someone in the Southern hemisphere, the nearest date for midwinter is .......

[ ]	1st January
[ ]	1st May
[x]	21st June
[ ]	21st December

Which one of the following is FALSE?

[ ]	The Earth takes 365.25 days to orbit the Sun
[ ]	The stars appear to move across the sky
[ ]	The Sun is highest in the sky at midday
[x]	The Sun's rays shine over a small area in winter

In summer the Sun's rays are concentrated over a small area, which is why it is warmer

The Moon completes one orbit of the Earth every .......

[ ]	day
[ ]	week
[x]	28 days
[ ]	month

Which of the following is FALSE?

[ ]	Earth rotates counterclockwise
[ ]	The Moon appears to change shape
[ ]	The Moon is a satellite of the Earth
[x]	The Moon is luminous

The Moon reflects light from the Sun

10.

In which of the following is GPS (global positioning system) NOT used?

[ ]	Air travel
[ ]	Sailing
[ ]	Sat Nav
[x]	TV

The tv does not need to find its position!