Space Science revision

The Moon is a(n):

• Asteroid

• Satellite

• Star

• Planet

The time it takes the Earth to complete an orbit around the Sun is:

• 29.5 days

• 24 hours

• 365.25 days

• 1 year

Venus takes around 225 days to orbit the Sun. This means that its years are _____ long.

• 225 days

• 112.5 days

• 365.25 days

• 243 days

What keeps the moon in orbit around the Earth?

• Magnetism

• Friction

• Sunlight

• Gravity

The shape of Earth's orbit around the Sun is best described as:

• artificial

• a perfect circle

• an ellipse

• a straight line

A model that places the Earth at the centre of the Solar system is called:

• Geocentric

• Heliocentric

It takes Jupiter 10 hours to rotate once on its axis. A day on Jupiter is _________ a day on Earth.

• shorter than

• longer than

• the same as

How long does one rotation of the Earth take?

• 12 hours

• 24 hours

• between 28 and 31 days

• 365.25 days

It takes Uranus is 17 hours, and 14 minutes to rotate on its axis. The length of one day on Uranus is:

• 17 hours and 14 minutes

• 24 hours

• 7 Earth days

• 7 hours and 41 minutes

What is the tilt of Earth's axis?

• 35.0°

• 0°

• 10.0°

• 23.5°