Emma's Science Quiz 3: THE STARS AND SPACE

Astrology is a science that is:

• false

• up-to-date

• modern

• true

The star Sirius is called the:

• Big Dipper

• Milky Way

• Pole Star

• Dog Star

How many times greater is the gravity of the earth than the gravity of the moon?

• six

• three

• ten

• five

The planet nearest the sun is:

• Earth

• Venus

• Pluto

• Mercury

How many miles per second does light travel?

• 250 million

• 100 billion

• 1,500

• 186,282

The Pole Star is also called:

• Leo, the Lion

• Venus

• the North Star

• Sirius

How many satellites does the planet Saturn have?

• two

• twelve

• fifty-three

• five

Dust storms happen on the planets Earth and ________.

• Mars 

• Venus 

An instrument that measures light from bodies in space is the ______

• barometer

• radio telescope

• microscope

• spectroscope

The stars you see at night belong to _______  galaxy.

• the Milky Way 

• another