Social Studies Classwork Quiz

Scientists started learning about Earth and the universe using telescopes as early as the 1600s when the telescope is invented.

• True

• False

What do you call the scientists who study planets, stars, and other galaxies?

• Astronomers

• Biologists

• Geographers

• Chemists

Who invented the first telescope?

• Galileo Galilei

• Isaac Newton

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Albert Einstein

Satellites are ONLY used to study about the earth's atmosphere.

• True

• False

What does the GPS or Global Positioning System do?

• Helps people figure out the exact location

• Helps people figure out the exact time

• Helps people figure out the exact temperature

• Helps people figure out the exact climate

A light year is the distance light travels in one year in empty space.

• True

• False

What do you call the nearest star to Earth?

• Polaris

• Constellation

• Galaxy

• Milky Way

What do the Constellations form in the the sky?

• Patterns of stars

• Comets

• asteroids

• meteor

It occurs when the Moon blocks the Sun’s light from reaching Earth. It might happen at during daytime and not at nighttime.

• Solar Eclipse

• Lunar Eclipse

It occurs when Earth blocks the Sun’s light from reaching the Moon. It might happen at nighttime and not during day time.

• Solar Eclipse

• Lunar Eclipse