Our Place in the Universe Quiz 1

Earth is a ______ that orbits a ______ which we called the _______.

• planet; star; Milky Way

• star; planet; Solar System

• galaxy; sun; Universe

• planet; star; Sun

A star is a ______ ______ of gases.

• burning ball

• cold cluster

• solid mass

• hot mixture

The Earth is one of ______ planets in orbit round our sun.

• eight

• seven

• nine

• six

A collection of planets orbiting a star is known as a ______ _______.

• solar system

• galaxy cluster

• moon system

• Sun system

A collection of billions of stars is called a ______ and we live in the ______ ______ galaxy.

• solar system; Milky Way

• galaxy; Andromeda

• universe; Milky Way

• galaxy; Milky Way

A Day is the time taken for the Earth to ______ once round its ______.

• rotate; axis

• revolve; sun

• orbit; moon

• spin; orbit

A Year is the time taken for the Earth to ______ the Sun. The Earth takes _______ days to complete one orbit.

• orbit; 365.25

• rotate; 360

• revolve; 365

• circle; 365.25

The ______ seasons on Earth are the result of the Earth's axis being ______.

• four; tilted

• three; straight

• four; perpendicular

• two; tilted

During the northern winter, the northern hemisphere is ______ from the Sun. During the summer, it ______ the Sun.

• closer to; moves away from

• tilted towards; tilts away from

• tilted away from; tilts towards

• far away from; orbits closer to

A solar eclipse occurs when which object casts a shadow on the Earth?

• The Moon

• The Sun

• A planet

• A star