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WorksheetsUnit 2 Review
Total questions: 37
Worksheet time: 19mins
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Class
Date
1.
The Solar System is defined as:
a)
The family of the planets and moons
b)
The family of the sun, stars, moons, and planets
c)
The family of the sun, planets, and their moons
d)
The family of stars in our galaxy
2.
A sudden and tremendous eruption in the solar chromosphere.
a)
solar wind
b)
solar flare
c)
solar darkening
d)
solar energy
3.
The outer planets are called terrestrial planets while the inner planets are called jovian planets.
a)
True
b)
False
4.
Large pieces of space rock with irregular shapes are called
a)
comets
b)
meteors
c)
moons
d)
asteroids
5.
A chunk of ice or dust whose orbit is usually a long, narrow ellipse is a
a)
meteor
b)
comet
c)
asteroid
d)
meteorite
6.
All Jovian planets have rings.
a)
True
b)
False
7.
When the solar system formed which planets lost most of their gases to the sun?
a)
terrestrial planets
b)
jovian planets
8.
Which statement describes how the sun and the planets of our solar system are related?
a)
Planets revolve around the sun.
b)
The sun revolves around the planets.
9.
The Moon moves in a line directly between Earth and the Sun, casting a shadow on Earth.
a)
Lunar Eclipse
b)
Solar Eclipse
10.
What is the shape of a planet's orbit?
a)
irregular
b)
elliptical
c)
spiral
d)
circular
11.
Based on radiometric dating, the Solar System formed about how many years ago?
a)
Between 8,000 and 10,000 years
b)
Between 4 and 5 billion years
c)
Between 100 and 200 million years
d)
Between 20 and 40 trillion years
12.
The Sun contains about ______ of the mass in our solar system.
a)
1%
b)
99%
c)
70%
d)
68%
13.
A small piece of rock and metal that travels in space around the Sun?
a)
Meteoroid
b)
Meteorite
14.
What is the moon?
a)
a satellite of any planet
b)
the natural satellite of the earth
15.
Saturn's rings are mainly ______.
a)
water ice
b)
helium gas
c)
liquid hydrogen
d)
frozen carbon dioxide
16.
Which best describes why the Earth has day and night?
a)
The Earth rotates on an axis.
b)
The Earth revolves around the sun.
17.
Europa is a
a)
dwarf planet
b)
moon
c)
volcano
d)
galaxy
18.
Moon passes through Earth’s shadow
a)
Solar eclipse
b)
Lunar Eclipse
19.
The most abundant element in the entire universe is
a)
Hydrogen
b)
Helium
c)
Oxygen
d)
Carbon Dioxide
20.
Olympus Mons is a volcano on Mars and the biggest volcano in the solar system.
a)
True
b)
False
21.
What is the name of the region where icy bodies that lie beyond Neptune's orbit?
a)
Kuiper Belt
b)
Asteroid Belt
22.
Planets that are close to the sun orbit faster than the outer planets.
a)
True
b)
False
23.
The process that makes solar energy is:
a)
nuclear fusion
b)
nuclear fission
24.
Mercury
a)
Terrestrial
b)
Jovian
25.
Venus
a)
Terrestrial
b)
Jovian
26.
Jupiter
a)
Terrestrial
b)
Jovian
27.
Saturn
a)
Terrestrial planet
b)
Jovian planet
28.
Earth
a)
Terrestrial
b)
Jovian
29.
Uranus
a)
Terrestrial
b)
Jovian
30.
Mars
a)
Terrestrial
b)
Jovian
31.
Neptune
a)
Terrestrial
b)
Jovian
32.
Red planet
a)
Jupiter
b)
Venus
c)
Neptune
d)
Mars
33.
Brightest planet
a)
Mercury
b)
Venus
c)
Mars
d)
Saturn
34.
Hottest planet
a)
Mercury
b)
Venus
c)
Earth
d)
Mars
35.
Uranus is colder than Neptune.
a)
True
b)
False
36.
In Aristotle's geocentric model of our solar system, the ______ was considered to be the center of the universe.
a)
Sun
b)
Earth
c)
Moon
d)
Jupiter
37.
A ________ is a solid piece of debris or rocks from an object that survives its passage through the Earth's atmosphere and impact with the Earth's surface.
a)
Meteorite
b)
Meteoroid
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