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Year 9 Earth & Space Practice
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Year 9 Earth & Space Practice
You are part of a science team investigating how Earth and space systems work. Complete the questions using the information on this sheet. Explain your reasoning where asked.
Earth and space investigations
Use evidence, patterns and scientific ideas to solve each challenge.
1.If the Southern Hemisphere is tilted towards the Sun, which season is most likely occurring in Australia, and what causes it?
2.A monitoring station records frequent earthquakes along a boundary where two plates move sideways past one another. What kind of boundary is this, and why do earthquakes occur there?
3.A rock contains rounded pebbles cemented together in layers. Which rock type is it most likely to be? Choose the best answer.
- Igneous
- Sedimentary
- Metamorphic
- Meteorite
4.Magma cools beneath Earth’s surface and becomes solid rock. Name the rock type formed and describe one way that rock could later become sediment.
5.After rain falls on a hillside, some water soaks into the soil and some flows over the surface into a creek. Name the process by which water enters the ground and the process that moves surface water downhill.
6.A class model has the planets mixed up. Put these four planets in order from closest to farthest from the Sun: Earth, Mars, Mercury, Venus.
7.The Moon looks bright in the night sky. Does it make its own visible light, or reflect light from another object? Name that object.
8.During a solar eclipse, which object is between the other two: the Sun, the Moon or Earth? Write the order of the three objects.
9.The same fossil species is found in matching rock layers on two continents now separated by an ocean. Explain how this observation supports the idea that continents have moved.
10.Two stars appear equally bright from Earth. Star A is 10 light-years away and Star B is 100 light-years away. Assuming the observations are accurate, which star has the greater actual brightness? Explain your reasoning.
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