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Total questions: 59
Worksheet time: 35mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which planet is third from the sun?
a)
Mars
b)
Pluto
c)
Venus
d)
Earth
2.
Which planet is farthest from the sun?
a)
Neptune
b)
Pluto
c)
Earth
d)
Uranus
3.
A ball of ice and dust with a tail of gas and dust pointing away from the sun.
a)
Asteroid
b)
Comet
c)
Moon
d)
Meteor
4.
A small rocky object orbiting the sun.
a)
Asteroid
b)
Comet
c)
Moon
d)
Meteor
5.
A natural satellite of a planet.
a)
Asteroid
b)
Comet
c)
Moon
d)
Meteor
6.
Which planet is the hottest planet?
a)
Mercury
b)
Mars
c)
Venus
d)
Saturn
7.
What object in the solar system is considered a dwarf planet?
a)
Mercury
b)
Mars
c)
Pluto
d)
Neptune
8.
Which planet is between Venus and Mars?
a)
Earth
b)
Neptune
c)
Mercury
d)
Jupiter
9.
The __________ has planets, moons, comets, and asteroids.
a)
solar system
b)
earth
c)
rotation
d)
United States
10.
All of the inner planets--
a)
have rings
b)
are rocky
c)
have deep atmospheres
d)
are large
11.
What is the correct order of the planets from the sun?
a)
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
b)
Mercury, Earth, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
c)
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune.
d)
Mars, Venus, Earth, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.
12.
All of the outer planets--
a)
have many moons
b)
are small
c)
have a short orbit around the Sun
d)
are rocky
13.
What is a ring?
a)
A thin disk of small particles of ice and rock
b)
What you wear on your finger
c)
The noise your cell phone makes when you get a call
14.
What is a constellation?
a)
A group of stars that forms a pattern in the sky
b)
A way to find the North Star
c)
When a planet "spins" around its axis
d)
The process that creates energy inside of a star
15.
What star are we revolving around now?
a)
Planets
b)
Science
c)
The sun
16.
What are clusters of stars?
a)
Comets
b)
Constellations
c)
Meteors
d)
Meteorites
17.
The surface of this planet appears red due to rusting iron in the rocks.
a)
Mercury
b)
Mars
c)
Pluto
d)
Venus
18.
This is the largest planet in the solar system.
a)
Saturn
b)
Jupiter
c)
Uranus
d)
Venus
19.
Only planet known to have life
a)
Earth
b)
Mars
c)
Venus
d)
Mercury
20.
This is the only planet in the solar system with oceans of liquid water.
a)
Mercury
b)
Mars
c)
Venus
d)
Earth
21.
This gas giant has a large storm in its atmosphere known as The Red Spot
a)
Jupiter
b)
Saturn
c)
Uranus
d)
Neptune
22.
Most likely due to a massive collision, this planet rotates from top to bottom.
a)
Saturn
b)
Venus
c)
Neptune
d)
Uranus
23.
Earth is the ___________ planet from the Sun.
a)
First
b)
Second
c)
Third
d)
Fourth
24.
Which two inner planets have no moons?
a)
Earth and Mars
b)
Mars and Venus
c)
Mercury and Venus
d)
Venus and Mars
25.
How many days does it take Earth to orbit the Sun?
a)
88 days
b)
365 days
c)
216 days
d)
1 day
26.
How many stars are in the universe?
a)
80 billion
b)
70 billion million
c)
80 billion trillion
d)
70 billion trillion
27.
How many different colored stars are there in the universe?
a)
3
b)
2
c)
4
d)
5
28.
What type of star is the Sun?
a)
Blue dwarf
b)
Red dwarf
c)
White dwarf
d)
Yellow dwarf
29.
True of false. The sun is not a star, it is a planet.
a)
True
b)
False
30.
Are you ready to play the game?
a)
Yes
b)
No
31.
What is causes a shadow?
a)
turning the lights off in a room
b)
standing still with your back to the sun
c)
the sun being blocked out by an object
d)
standing in a dark room
32.
How many seasons are there in the United States
a)
4
b)
5
c)
6
d)
7
33.
The sun revolves around the Earth
a)
true
b)
false
34.
Earth is tilted on its
a)
axis
b)
side
c)
oval
d)
pole
35.
The process of Earth spinning on its axis is referred to as
a)
revolution
b)
ionization
c)
rotation
d)
ellipse
36.
Which term describes the motion of the planets around the sun?
a)
rotation
b)
revolution
c)
completion
d)
galaxy
37.
The amount of time it takes Earth to revolve around the sun is a
a)
day
b)
24 hrs
c)
month
d)
year
38.
The season with the Earth tilted toward the Sun is:
a)
Spring
b)
Fall
c)
Summer
d)
Winter
39.
Which of the following events occurs once every 24 hours?
a)
The moon rotates on its axis.
b)
Earth rotates on its axis.
c)
The moon revolves around the Earth.
d)
Earth revolves around the sun.
40.
Why does the area around the equator stay the same temperature all year?
a)
The equator rotates slower than the poles.
b)
The equator remains the same distance from the sun.
c)
The equator always receives direct sunlight.
d)
The equator has 18 hour days.
41.
The right side of this illustration represents...
a)
...night.
b)
...winter.
c)
...summer.
d)
...fall.
42.
One rotation of Earth is equal to
a)
a day.
b)
a year.
c)
a month.
43.
A student observed the stars in the night sky every hour. Which of these MOST likely describes what the student saw?
a)
The star patterns seemed to move across the sky.
b)
The stars changed colors as the night became darker.
c)
The stars seemed to stay exactly the same all night long
d)
The stars moved away from Earth and became dimmer.
44.
Why are different stars seen during different seasons?
a)
some stars shine brighter during different seasons.
b)
the sun shines on different stars during different seasons
c)
Earth changes positions in its orbit during different seasons
d)
the moon changes positions in its orbit during different seasons.
45.
What remains in the same location in the sky of the Northern Hemisphere each night?
a)
The sun
b)
Little Dipper
c)
North Star
d)
Moon
46.
Which would be the best use of a telescope?
a)
to listen to faint sounds of wildlife at a safe distance
b)
to view another planet in our solar system
c)
to view birds nesting in a nearby tree
d)
to listen to sounds in deep space
47.
During which time is a shadow the shortest?
a)
8:05 in the morning
b)
12:05 in the afternoon
c)
4:05 in the afternoon
d)
7:05 in the evening
48.
What makes daylight turn to darkness?
a)
rotation of earth
b)
tilt of earth on its axis
c)
earth revolving around the sun
d)
sun traveling away from Earth
49.
What event occurs because of the rotation of Earth?
a)
tides
b)
four seasons
c)
night and day
d)
changes in the weather
50.
What causes the setting of the sun?
a)
distance between earth and he sun is increasing
b)
the tilt of earth on its axis is constantly changing
c)
earth is revolving around the sun
d)
earth is rotating on its axis
51.
Where does the moon's light come from?
a)
The moon reflects light from Earth
b)
The moon reflects light from the Sun
c)
The moon makes light beneath its surface
d)
The moon has rocks on its surface that glow
52.
The sun sets on the
a)
North
b)
South
c)
East
d)
West
53.
The sun rises on the
a)
North
b)
South
c)
East
d)
West
54.
How long does one rotation take?
a)
60 minutes
b)
24 hours
c)
1 month
d)
365 days
55.
When the northern hemisphere is tilted AWAY from earth, what season is it?
a)
Spring
b)
Summer
c)
Winter
d)
Fall
56.
A long shadow indicates what times of day?
a)
morning and night
b)
noon and evening
c)
noon and night
d)
morning and evening
57.
What causes the change in the length of shadows throughout the day?
a)
the rotation of earth
b)
the rotation of the sun
c)
the revolution of earth
d)
the revolution of the sun
58.
Which causes earth's seasons?
a)
the gravitational pull of the moon as it revolves around earth.
b)
the rotation of earth on its axis as it revolves around the sun.
c)
the gravitational pull of the sun on earth as it revolves around the sun
d)
the tilt of earths axis as it revolves around the sun.
59.
which is the correct order of the seasons?
a)
summer, spring, fall, winter
b)
winter, fall, summer, spring
c)
spring, summer, fall, winter
d)
fall, summer, winter, spring
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