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Worksheets6.8 Solar System Vocabulary
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
When the moon moves between the Sun and the Earth.
a)
lunar eclipse
b)
solar eclipse
c)
planetary eclipse
2.
When the lighted part of the moon is getting SMALLER.
a)
waning
b)
waxing
3.
Made of ice, called a "dirty snowball", and its tail is pointing away from the sun.
a)
asteroid
b)
meteor
c)
comet
4.
Rotate means:
a)
to move around another object
b)
to spin
c)
move up and down
5.
Which is an example of rotating?
a)
running around a track
b)
fan
c)
running around baseball field
6.
Which is an example of revolving?
a)
Moon moving around Earth
b)
fan
c)
toy top
7.
What does waxing mean?
a)
Lighted side of the moon is getting bigger
b)
Lighted side of the moon is getting smaller
c)
Lighted side of the moon is staying the same.
8.
Which of the following is a "shooting star"?
a)
comet
b)
meteor
c)
asteroid
9.
Which object in the sky is called "space rocks"?
a)
asteroids
b)
meteors
c)
comets
10.
Which one does NOT describe the asteroid belt?
a)
separates Inner and Outer Planets
b)
Separates the Rocky Planets from Gas Giants
c)
Separates Sun and Mecury
11.
Pluto is described as a ____.
a)
dwarf planet
b)
9th planet in our solar system
c)
giant planet
12.
Tendency of an object to move in a straight line is called __.
a)
gravity
b)
potential energy
c)
inertia
13.
The pull between two objects and one of the forces that keeps the planets in orbit is __.
a)
gravity
b)
inertia
c)
tugging
14.
The path an object takes while revolving is called __.
a)
rotation
b)
orbit
c)
trail
15.
What affects the force of gravity of two objects in space? (HINT: Outer Planets in comparison to Inner Planets)
a)
weight and height
b)
mass and distance
c)
because they're made of gases
16.
Occurs in fall and spring when day and night are "equal":
a)
solstice
b)
equinox
c)
eclipse
17.
The oval shape of an object's orbital motion around the sun:
a)
ellipse
b)
circular
c)
square
18.
1st satellite to orbit Earth is __. (HINT: "October Sky")
a)
Apple satellite
b)
International Space Station
c)
Sputnik
19.
Planets revolve around the Sun:
a)
heliocentric
b)
geocentric
20.
Two scientists who believed that the planets revolved around the sun:
a)
Copernicus and Gallileo
b)
Ptolemy and Aristotle
c)
Kepler and Ptolemy
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