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WorksheetsAstronomy
Total questions: 32
Worksheet time: 16mins
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Class
Date
1.
Which planet is no longer one of our "regular" planets?
a)
Pluto
b)
Venus
2.
What is Pluto now classified as?
a)
a blue planet
b)
dwarf planet
3.
The Earth orbits around what?
a)
Sun
b)
Moon
4.
The imaginary line that goes through the center of a planet is called it's what?
a)
axis
b)
rotation
5.
The moon orbits around what?
a)
Mercury
b)
Earth
6.
One full orbit of the Earth around the sun takes?
a)
2 months
b)
365 1/2 days (1 year)
7.
What is the force that keeps planets moving around the sun and not just shooting off into space?
a)
solar energy
b)
gravity
8.
It is the same force that keeps the ______ orbiting around the Earth.
a)
Air
b)
Moon
9.
How long does it take the moon to make it's orbit around the Earth through all it's phases?
a)
3 hours
b)
28-29 days
10.
What kind of moon is this?
a)
Half Moon
b)
New Moon
c)
Croissant Moon
d)
Two Moon
11.
What kind of moon is this?
a)
Full Moon
b)
Half Moon
c)
Crescent Moon
d)
Eclipse
12.
What kind of moon is this?
a)
Cookie Moon
b)
Croissant Moon
c)
Cupcake Moon
d)
Half Moon
13.
What kind of moon is this?
a)
Half Moon
b)
Cookie Moon
c)
Full Moon
14.
When we see more and more of the moon, we say the moon is?
a)
Full
b)
Waxing
c)
Waning
15.
When we start to see less and less of the moon we call it?
a)
Waxing
b)
Waning
c)
Full
16.
The moon does not make it's own light. The ______ light reflects making it look bright.
a)
Earth
b)
Sun's
17.
The shape of the Earth and Moon is a:
a)
Triangle
b)
Sphere
18.
A piece of rock or metal that burns really brightly when entering Earth's atmosphere?
a)
Astroid
b)
Meteor
19.
A space object orbiting the sun that makes a tail of gas and dust when it gets close to the sun.
a)
Meteor
b)
Comet
20.
Does the moon have water and air?
a)
Yes
b)
No
c)
Maybe?
d)
Who knows!
21.
Who had a different idea about our solar system in 1400's? (He discovered the planets revolved around the sun.)
a)
Nicolaus Copernicus
b)
Jack Sparrow
22.
Who was the first man on the moon?
a)
Buzz Lightyear
b)
Neil Armstrong
23.
In 1992 the first African-American Woman went into space! What was her name?
a)
Nicole Kidman
b)
Mae Jemison
24.
What were the famous words Neil Armstrong said?
a)
"I have a dream . . . "
b)
That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.
25.
Stars are grouped in?
a)
Quantum Physics
b)
Galaxies
26.
What is the name of our Galaxy?
a)
Earth
b)
Milky Way
27.
The greek word "astron" means?
a)
star
b)
explosion
28.
We study space with?
a)
Telescopes
b)
Thermometers
29.
What is the most popular theory of how our universe started?
a)
Big Bang
b)
Shang Mang
30.
A small icy space object orbiting the sun that makes a tail of gas and dust is?
a)
Meteor
b)
Comet
31.
Is it true that you would weigh less on the moon than you do on earth?
a)
Yes
b)
No
32.
Who did Buzz Lightyear gets his name from?
a)
Astronaut
b)
Nicolaus Copernicus
c)
Mathmetician
d)
Scientist
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