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WorksheetsOuter Space
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 30mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
It takes the Earth ___________ to revolve around the sun.
a)
1 month
b)
24 hours
c)
365.25 days
d)
365 days
2.
The Earth rotates on its axis completely in 24 hours, which creates day and night.
a)
true
b)
false
3.
the Earth is the 3rd planet from the sun.
a)
true
b)
false
4.
The elliptical path a planet travels around the sun is called:
a)
orbit
b)
route
c)
circle
5.
this famous telescope helped us to learn a lot about outer space and the solar system
a)
Viking
b)
Voyager
c)
Hubble
6.
What object in the solar system is considered a dwarf planet?
a)
Mercury
b)
Mars
c)
Pluto
d)
Neptune
7.
Which planets separate the asteroid belt?
a)
Earth and Mars
b)
Mars and Jupiter
c)
Jupiter and Saturn
d)
Neptune and Uranus
8.
When a piece of rock from outer space hits the earth's surface?
a)
meteor
b)
meteoroid
c)
all of them
d)
meteorite
9.
the tail of a comet always points
a)
toward the sun
b)
it varies
c)
away from the sun
d)
doesn't have a tail
10.
The number of planets in our solar system:
a)
6
b)
7
c)
8
d)
9
11.
Earth completes one full ___________ on its axis every 24 hours.
a)
rotation
b)
revolution
c)
resolution
d)
reservation
12.
Which planet is the first planet from the sun?
a)
Mercury
b)
Venus
c)
Mars
d)
Pluto
13.
Earth and the other planets closest to the Sun are made mostly of _______
a)
gas
b)
metal
c)
water
d)
rock
14.
What is similar about all of the inner planets?
a)
rocky
b)
gasses
c)
many moons
d)
takes a long time to revolve around the sun
15.
Large bodies that revolve around the sun are ________
a)
Planets
b)
Comets
c)
Solar Systems
d)
Asteroids
16.
What is similar about all of the Outer Planets?
a)
small
b)
large
c)
few moons
d)
takes a short amount of time to go around the sun
17.
The sun and all of the bodies that revolve around it is the __________
a)
Planet
b)
Comet
c)
Solar System
d)
Asteroid
18.
A natural satellite that orbits an object other than a star
a)
Planet
b)
Meteroid
c)
Asteroid
d)
Moon
19.
How many planets are terrestrial?
a)
8
b)
4
c)
5
d)
9
20.
The moon revolves around the -
a)
sun
b)
Mars
c)
Earth
d)
another moon
21.
What causes the seasons?
a)
the Earth's rotation
b)
the Earth's revolution around the sun
c)
the moon's rotation
d)
the moon's revolution
22.
What is the center of our solar system?
a)
Earth
b)
Sun
c)
Jupitar
23.
What are space objects that burn up as they enter Earth's atmosphere?
a)
nebula
b)
meteor
c)
comet
24.
What is the movement of one object in a curved path around another called?
a)
light year
b)
asteroid belt
c)
orbit
25.
What is the lump of ice, rock, frozen gas, and dust that orbits the sun and has a tail?
a)
meteor
b)
comet
c)
satellite
26.
The four seasons on earth are caused by
a)
Earth's rotation
b)
Earth's atmosphere
c)
The tilt of the Earth
27.
Earth rotates on its axis approximately every
a)
27 days
b)
24 hours
c)
365 days
28.
Why do the planets revolve around the sun?
a)
The seasons cause it
b)
Rotation happens
c)
Gravity holds them in an orbit
29.
How does the earth continually move to cause night and day?
a)
It rotates on its axis
b)
It revolves around the sun
c)
It tilts back and forth towards the sun
30.
When the earth completes a revolution around the sun we have....
a)
a day
b)
a month
c)
a year
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