WorksheetsChapters 26-28 Combined
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A bowl-shaped depression that forms on the surface of an object when a falling body strikes the object's surface or when an explosion occurs is called a(n) what?
a)
aphelion
b)
mare
c)
crater
d)
perigee
2.
A celestial body that revolves around a body that is greater in mass is known as a(n)...
a)
moon
b)
asteroid
c)
planet
d)
terrestrial planet
3.
In the orbit of a planet or other body in the solar system, the point that is closest to the sun is known as the...
a)
apogee
b)
perigee
c)
aphelion
d)
perihelion
4.
What is a large, dark area of basalt on the moon called?
a)
perigee
b)
mare
c)
solstice
d)
equinox
5.
What is a planet that has a deep, massive atmosphere, such as Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, or Neptune, called?
a)
terrestrial planet
b)
gas giant
c)
oort cloud
d)
aphelion
6.
An event in which the shadow of one celestial body falls on another is called a(n)...
a)
aphelion
b)
equinox
c)
lunar eclipse
d)
eclipse
7.
In the orbit of a satellite, the point that is closest to the Earth is called what?
a)
apogee
b)
perigee
c)
aphelion
d)
perihelion
8.
The sun and all the planets and other bodies that travel around it is called a(n)...
a)
galaxy
b)
kuiper belt
c)
oort cloud
d)
solar system
9.
What is a celestial body that orbits the sun, is round because of its own gravity, and has cleared the neighborhood around its orbital path?
a)
planet
b)
terrestrial planet
c)
gas giant
d)
comet
10.
A small body of ice, rock, and cosmic dust that follows an elliptical orbit around the sun and that gives off gas and dust in the form of a tail as it passes close to the sun
a)
comet
b)
meteor
c)
asteroid
d)
meteoroid
11.
What is a region of the solar system that starts just beyond the orbit of Neptune and that contains dwarf planets and other small bodies made mostly of ice called?
a)
solstice
b)
oort cloud
c)
kuiper belt
d)
aphelion
12.
In the orbit of a planet or other body in the solar system, the point that is farthest from the sun is called the...
a)
apogee
b)
perigee
c)
perihelion
d)
aphelion
13.
A relatively small, rocky body that travels through space is called a...
a)
asteroid
b)
meteoroid
c)
meteor
d)
comet
14.
The moment when the sun appears to cross the celestial equator is called a(n)...
a)
perihelion
b)
equinox
c)
solstice
d)
eclipse
15.
One of the highly dense planets nearest to the sun is called a...
a)
asteroid
b)
gas giant
c)
terrestrial planet
d)
mare
16.
What is a spherical region that surrounds the solar system, that extends from the Kuiper Belt to almost halfway to the nearest star, and that contains billions of comets is called?
a)
oort cloud
b)
apogee
c)
solar circle
d)
solstice
17.
The passing of the moon through Earth's shadow at full moon is known as a(n)...
a)
aphelion
b)
eclipse
c)
solstice
d)
lunar eclipse
18.
What is the point at which the sun is as far north or as far south of the equator as possible known as?
a)
perigee
b)
equinox
c)
solstice
d)
perihelion
19.
A small, rocky object that orbits the sun is called a(n)...
a)
asteroid
b)
meteoroid
c)
meteor
d)
comet
20.
In the orbit of a satellite, what is the point that is farthest from Earth called?
a)
perigee
b)
perihelion
c)
aphelion
d)
apogee
21.
What is a bright streak of light that results when a meteoroid burns up in Earth's atmosphere called?
a)
asteroid
b)
comet
c)
meteoroid
d)
meteor
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