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Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
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Class
Date
1.
What is the force that keeps all of the planets in orbit?
a)
Gravitational pull from the Earth
b)
The asteroid belt
c)
Gravitational Pull from the Sun
d)
Convection currents in the mantle
2.
What is the purpose of the Hubble Space Telescope?
a)
Take pictures of the planets only
b)
Take pictures of the universe
c)
To send NASA messages from space
d)
There is no purpose of the Hubble Telescope
3.
What are the 2 factors that affect how much gravity an object has?
a)
Distance from the sun and mass
b)
Orbit time and mass
c)
Length of day and distance from the sun
d)
Mass and orbit time
4.
Which planet is letter L?
a)
Mercury
b)
Saturn
c)
Mars
d)
Uranus
5.
As you get _________________ to the sun the gravitational pull gets stronger.
a)
Further away
b)
Closer
6.
A ____________________ is made up of ice and dust and orbits around the sun.
a)
Comet
b)
Asteroid
c)
Meteor
d)
Meteorite
7.
Does everything in space revolve around the Sun?
a)
Yes
b)
No
8.
What is the only thing in space that man has landed on?
a)
Mars
b)
Mercury
c)
The Moon
d)
A Star
9.
What are the 8 planets in order?
a)
Mars, Venus, Earth, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
b)
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
c)
Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Earth, Venus, Mercury
d)
Venus, Mars, Earth, Mercury, Jupiter, Uranus, Saturn, Neptune
10.
What is the force that governs the movement in space?
a)
Inertia
b)
Convection Currents
c)
Plate Tectonics
d)
Gravity
11.
What planet is represented at letter L?
a)
Saturn
b)
Uranus
c)
Neptune
d)
Mars
12.
As the mass of a planet ____________, the gravitational pull gets weaker.
a)
Increases
b)
Decreases
c)
Stays the same
d)
Mass doesn't affect the gravitational pull
13.
Based on distance only, what planet has the strongest gravitational pull and why?
a)
Neptune because it is the furthest from the Sun
b)
Mercury because it is the closest to the sun
c)
Jupiter because it is in the middle of all of the planets
d)
Mars because it is the 4th planet from the sun
14.
What planet is shown at letter G in the picture?
a)
Jupiter
b)
Earth
c)
Venus
d)
Mercury
15.
What celestial body does the picture above represent?
a)
Asteroid
b)
Comet
c)
Meteor
d)
Meteorite
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