Name- ______________ Subject- Science
Date- __/03/__ Topic- Earth and beyond
Total Marks- 30 Practice sheet- 2 Time- 30 mins
1. The diagram shows part of our Solar System.
a. Write down the name of the object which all the planets are orbiting.
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b. The picture shows a star and planets.
Write down the name of one other object found in our Solar System.
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c. Three planets are missing from this diagram of the Solar System.
Write down the names of two of these planets.
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d. Venus, Mars, and Earth have day and night.
Explain why these planets have day and night.
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e. Label asteroid belt given in the picture above.
2. Describe what each layer of Earth is made up of? Also mention if its solid (S) or
Liquid (L).
Crust _________________________________________________________________
Mantle ________________________________________________________________
Outer core _____________________________________________________________
Inner core ______________________________________________________________
3. Mia makes a model of the structure of the Earth using a polystyrene ball.
a. Complete the labels on the model of the Earth.
b. The centre of the model of the Earth has not been labelled.
Write down the name of the centre of the Earth.
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c. Describe one way this is a good model to show the structure of the Earth.
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d. Describe one way this is not a good model to show the structure of the Earth.
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4. Hassan is learning about the Solar System.
He finds this model on the internet.
Hassan says this model is wrong. Write down one reason why Hassan is correct.
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5. Read the passage below and answer the following questions.
a. How do cities in Japan and California try to prevent buildings being destroyed
during an earthquake?
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b. How do Chinese people in rural areas know when an earthquake is about to
happen? Give an example.
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6. Answer the questions below on Solar system.
a. List the planets in the solar system beginning in order with the planet closest to the
Sun.
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b. Does Saturn take a longer or shorter time than the Earth to make an orbit around the
Sun?
c. Explain your answer.
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d. On the below diagram, label the Sun’s ray the Earth’s axis and spin.
e. Which part of the Earth faces night in the picture given above?
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7. Look at the picture of a tree given below that are numbered 1 to 5. Each picture
shows the Sun in a different position in the sky and the shadow is of the different
length.
Drawing 1 shows 8:00 am in the morning.
c. Describe the pattern in the lengths of the shadows at different times of the
day (given above)
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8. Fill in the missing words. Choose words from the list given below.
