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WorksheetsInvestigating the Solar System
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 10mins
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Class
Date
1.
Outside on the playground, students are making a scale model of the solar system. Which of
the following tools will be needed to measure the distance of the planets from the Sun on
the model?
the following tools will be needed to measure the distance of the planets from the Sun on
the model?
a)
Balance
b)
Thermometer
c)
Computer
d)
Meter Stick
2.
Which of the following is an accurate model of how the Sun, Earth, and Moon move?
a)
Sun and moon orbit Earth
b)
Earth and moon orbit Sun
c)
Earth orbit's the Sun and the moon orbits Earth
d)
Earth and sun orbit moon
3.
Many of the tests for vehicle development and spacesuit development take place in Black Point Lava Flow in Arizona. This desert site was most likely chosen to test the vehicles and spacesuits because
a)
the desert site has weather most like the Moon or Mars
b)
the desert has plants and animals most like the Moon or Mars
c)
the desert site is most like the surface of the Moon or Mars
d)
the desert site has a temperature most like the Moon or Mars
4.
What planet is eighth in the Solar System?
a)
Uranus
b)
Jupiter
c)
Neptune
d)
Mars
5.
Which planet is the largest in the solar system?
a)
Earth
b)
Venus
c)
Saturn
d)
Jupiter
6.
How many days does it take the Earth to revolve around the Sun?
a)
30 days
b)
365 days
c)
100 days
d)
40 days
7.
All of the following are true about the Sun
EXCEPT
EXCEPT
a)
the Sun makes the light we see
b)
the heat from the Sun is reflected from Moon to the Earth
c)
sunlight is Earth’s primary source of energy
8.
What is the fourth planet from the Sun?
a)
Earth
b)
Mars
c)
Jupiter
d)
Mercury
9.
A student made a model of how the Earth, Moon, and Sun orbit. She used ping-pong balls
to represent each one. She painted each one a different color. Then, she placed the Moon
and Earth close together and the Sun much further away.What is one limitation of the student's model?
to represent each one. She painted each one a different color. Then, she placed the Moon
and Earth close together and the Sun much further away.What is one limitation of the student's model?
a)
She used the same size balls.
b)
She made earth orbit the sun.
c)
She moved the Sun away from the Earth and Moon.
10.
Complete the analogy. Planet is to Earth, as satellite is to:
a)
star
b)
sun
c)
moon
d)
asteroid
11.
Complete the analogy. Oceanographer is to ocean, as astronomer is to:
a)
animals
b)
rocks and minerals
c)
maps
d)
space
12.
What is the nickname of Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars?
a)
rocky planets
b)
rock stars
c)
first four
d)
final four
13.
Which planet in our solar system is closest to the Sun?
a)
Earth
b)
Jupiter
c)
Mercury
d)
Saturn
14.
Do you think dwarf planets are important?
a)
Yes, They are leftovers from the formation of the solar system.
b)
No. They don't mean anything.
c)
None of the above.
d)
All of the above
15.
In a complete sentence name three physical features of the Earth?
a)
The Earth is made of 75% water
b)
The Earth has life form
c)
The Earth is the third planet from the Sun.
d)
All of these are correct.
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