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WorksheetsSolar system review
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 25mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is a huge collection of stars, gas, and dust traveling through space?
a)
Asteroid belt
b)
Solar systems
c)
Galaxies
2.
What is a cloud of gas and dust in space that forms stars?
a)
comet
b)
meteor
c)
nebula
3.
What are patterns of stars against the night sky?
a)
Constellations
b)
Galaxies
c)
Solar system
4.
The sun and all of the objects that orbit it
a)
Atmosphere
b)
Solar system
c)
Galaxy
5.
What are moon(s) orbiting a body in space?
a)
Satellite
b)
Meteor
c)
Comet
6.
What is the center of our solar system?
a)
Earth
b)
Sun
c)
Jupitar
7.
What are space objects that burn up as they enter Earth's atmosphere?
a)
nebula
b)
meteor
c)
comet
8.
What is the area that separates the inner and outer planets called?
a)
atmosphere
b)
light year
c)
asteroid belt
9.
What is the unit to measure distances between objects in space called?
a)
light year
b)
orbit
c)
satellites
10.
What is the movement of one object in a curved path around another called?
a)
light year
b)
asteroid belt
c)
orbit
11.
What is the air that surrounds the planet earth called?
a)
atmosphere
b)
nebula
c)
orbit
12.
What is the lump of ice, rock, frozen gas, and dust that orbits the sun and has a tail?
a)
meteor
b)
comet
c)
satallite
13.
The planet closest in size to earth is
a)
Mercury
b)
Venus
c)
Pluto
14.
The great red Spot is a well-known feature of
a)
Neptune
b)
Jupiter
c)
Uranus
15.
The only two planets without a moon are
a)
Venus and Earth
b)
Jupiter and Mercury
c)
Venus and Mercury
16.
The four seasons on earth are caused by
a)
Earth's rotation
b)
Earth's atmosphere
c)
The tilt of the Earth
17.
The dark features of the Moon are called
a)
highlands
b)
maria
c)
oceans
18.
The visible part of the Moon increases as the moon is
a)
waning
b)
waxing
c)
expanding
19.
The minor planets are actually
a)
asteroids
b)
meteors
c)
comets
20.
All of the following are outer planets except
a)
Earth
b)
Jupitar
c)
Uranus
21.
The sun gets its energy through a process called hydrogen fusion.
a)
True
b)
False
22.
Sunspots are dark patches on the suns surface
a)
True
b)
False
23.
The sun absorbs the earth's radiation to make it glow.
a)
True
b)
False
24.
Earth rotates on its axis approximately every
a)
27 days
b)
24 hours
c)
365 days
25.
Over 1,000 Earths could fit inside of Jupitar
a)
True
b)
False
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