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Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
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1.
Which of the following groups are all terrestrial planets?
a)
Venus, Mars, Mercury
b)
Mars, Venus, Saturn
c)
Jupiter, Mars, Neptune
d)
Mercury, Saturn, Jupiter
2.
What protects life on Earth from harmful ultra violet rays?
a)
Earth's distance from the Sun
b)
Earth's tilt
c)
Moon's gravity
d)
Ozone layer
3.
Life on Earth would not be possible without which of the following?
a)
A moon & liquid water
b)
A moon and Earth's location
c)
Ozone and a moon
d)
Water & Earth's location from the Sun
4.
Within our own solar system, the most likely candidate for having life on it is:
a)
Our moon
b)
Europa ( a moon of Jupiter)
c)
Mercury
d)
Saturn
5.
Which two objects would have more gravitational forces acting between them?
a)
Earth & the Moon
b)
You and the Sun
c)
Sun and the Earth
d)
You and the Moon
6.
Why would you weigh more on Jupiter than you do on Earth?
a)
Jupiter has more mass and more gravitational pull
b)
Jupiter has less mass and less gravitational pull
c)
You would not weigh more on Jupiter
d)
Jupiter has more mass and less gravitational pull
7.
Even though orbits are ellipses, what shape is a typical planet's orbit most like?
a)
A short rectangle
b)
An egg-shape with a pointy end
c)
A long, narrow oval
d)
A circle
8.
How does the gravitational force between the Sun and the planet change as they get farther apart?
a)
Increases
b)
Stays the same
c)
Decreases
d)
No gravitational force
9.
Which of the following groups of planets are all gas giants?
a)
Neptune, Saturn, Jupiter
b)
Venus, Mars, Saturn
c)
Mars, Venus, Mercury
d)
Mars, Jupiter, Neptune
10.
Many of the Moon's craters formed when:
a)
Volcanoes erupted
b)
Seas evaporated
c)
The Sun partly melted the surface
d)
Space objects hit the Moon's surface
11.
How is Venus different from Jupiter?
a)
Jupiter is a planet, Venus is a large asteroid
b)
Jupiter is a gas giant, Venus is a terrestrial planet
c)
Jupiter is a terrestrial planet, Venus is a gas giant
d)
Jupiter has no moons, Venus has two moons
12.
The asteroid belt in our solar system is located between:
a)
Neptune & Saturn
b)
Earth & Mercury
c)
The Milky Way & Polaris
d)
Mars & Jupiter
13.
What do comets have in common with Earth?
a)
They orbit the Sun
b)
They have north and south magnetic poles
c)
They are primarily made of ice and dust
d)
They both have a spherical shape
14.
Which of these appears in Earth's atmosphere?
a)
a moon
b)
a meteor
c)
an asteroid
d)
a comet
15.
Which of these terms best describes the makeup of most asteroids?
a)
gaseous
b)
liquid
c)
rocky
d)
all of the above
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