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Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The hottest stars are which color?
a)
Red
b)
Orange
c)
Blue
d)
Yellow
2.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars are called.....?
a)
Jovian Planets
b)
Awesome Sauce Planets
c)
Gas Giants
d)
Terrestrial Planets
3.
What do we call the distance from the Earth to the Sun?
a)
A light year
b)
An Astronomical Unit
c)
Miss Best
d)
A satellite
4.
What is another way to describe a moon?
a)
A natural satellite
b)
A planet
c)
Jovian
d)
Hunter
5.
What is a constellation?
a)
A planet
b)
A myth
c)
A group of stars that form a recognizable pattern
d)
Another word for a comet
6.
Which planet is the hottest?
a)
Earth
b)
Neptune
c)
Mercury
d)
Venus
7.
Which of these is a small rocky body that orbits the sun?
a)
Meteor
b)
Astroid
c)
Comet
d)
Meteoroid
8.
A rocky body that strikes Earth's surface?
a)
Comet
b)
Meteor
c)
Meteoroid
d)
Meteorite
9.
What do we call Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune?
a)
Jovian Planets
b)
Terrestrial Planets
c)
Inner Planets
d)
Oort Cloud
10.
What is rotation?
a)
1 year
b)
The Earth spinning on it's axis
c)
The Earth spinning around the Sun
d)
Amarah
11.
The Moon is much closer to us than the Sun, this causes the Moon to appear....
a)
Smaller than the Sun
b)
Larger than the Sun
12.
What do we call a "dirty snowball" made of ice, rock, and dust?
a)
Astroid
b)
Meteor
c)
Comet
d)
Meteorite
13.
Which two planets do not have moons?
a)
Mars and Earth
b)
Mercury and Venus
c)
Venus and Mars
d)
Neptune and Jupiter
14.
What is the big bang theory?
a)
A movie
b)
A planet
c)
A theory of how Jupiter will crash into Saturn
d)
A theory of how the Universe began
15.
What is the only planet known to contain life?
a)
Mars
b)
Earth
c)
Neptune
d)
Uranus
16.
What is Hamm Sandwhich's favorite planet?
a)
Neptune
b)
Uranus
c)
Jupiter
d)
Saturn
17.
What characteristic is Jupiter known for?
a)
Rings of ice and dust
b)
Great Red Spot
c)
Olympus Mons
d)
Fire
18.
Study of the Universe is called
a)
Cosmology
b)
Astrophony
c)
Astrology
d)
SCIENCE
19.
What unit of measure do we use to measure distances outside of our galaxy?
a)
Astronomical Unit
b)
Light-year
c)
Light-minute
d)
Cosmology
20.
What is a major characteristic of Mars?
a)
Great Red Spot
b)
Hottest Planet
c)
Olympus Mons
d)
Big Bang Theory
21.
Which planet is known for having an extreme tilt on its axis causing extreme seasons?
a)
Neptune
b)
Mercury
c)
Venus
d)
Uranus
22.
Why is Venus the hottest planet?
a)
Extremely thin atmosphere
b)
It is the closest planet to the Sun
c)
Extremely thick atmosphere
d)
It is the smallest planet, allowing it to heat up faster.
23.
What characteristics do Earth and Venus share?
a)
They rotate in the same direction
b)
They are both similar size and density
c)
They have the same gases in their atmospheres
d)
They were born at the same time
24.
What factor determines the color of a star?
a)
Size
b)
Shape
c)
Magnitude
d)
Temperature
25.
What is one factor that makes life on Earth possible?
a)
Water
b)
High gravity
c)
Elliptical Orbit
d)
Hydrogen
26.
Which planet is now characterized as a dwarf planet?
a)
Neptune
b)
Pluto
c)
Miss Best
d)
Coca-cola
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