NEW
Font size
S
M
L
XL
WorksheetsAstronomy Test Review
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What vocabulary word is "the movement of one object around another?"
a)
Rotation
b)
Spinning
c)
Revolution
d)
Planet
2.
What is the name of the 5th planet?
a)
Earth
b)
Mars
c)
Jupiter
d)
Saturn
3.
What solar system object is "a rock (meteoroid) from outer space that enters the Earth's atmosphere?"
a)
Meteor
b)
Meteorite
c)
Asteroid
d)
Comet
4.
Which has the most moons?
a)
all planets are the same
b)
Jovian
c)
Terrestrial
d)
Earth
5.
What is the name of the 8th planet?
a)
Uranus
b)
Neptune
c)
Jupiter
d)
Saturn
6.
About how many days does it take for the moon to orbit Earth?
a)
25
b)
30
c)
8
d)
21
7.
What vocabulary word is "spinning on an axis"?
a)
rotation
b)
revolution
c)
moon
d)
orbit
8.
a)
New
b)
First Quarter
c)
Full
d)
Waxing gibbous
9.
What word describes a phase shape as "more than half lit"?
a)
gibbous
b)
crescent
c)
waxing
d)
waning
10.
Which type of planet have ring systems?
a)
Small
b)
Terrestrial
c)
Jovian
d)
Earth
11.
a)
Full
b)
New
c)
Third Quarter
d)
Waxing Crescent
12.
What vocabulary word is "a natural satellite that orbits an object other than the Sun?"
a)
Comet
b)
Planet
c)
Star
d)
Moon
13.
What object does the moon (Luna) orbit around primarily?
a)
Mars
b)
Neptune
c)
Earth
d)
Sun
14.
a)
Waxing crescent
b)
Waning gibbous
c)
Waxing gibbous
d)
Waning crescent
15.
What solar system object is "a broken piece of meteor that has fallen to Earth's surface"?
a)
Asteroid
b)
Meteor
c)
Comet
d)
Meteorite
16.
Jovian planets are made of ________.
a)
Gas and ice
b)
Gas and rock
c)
Rock and metal
d)
Rock
17.
What is the name of the smallest planet?
a)
Neptune
b)
Saturn
c)
Mercury
d)
Mars
18.
a)
Waxing crescent
b)
First Quarter
c)
Third Quarter
d)
Full
19.
What solar system object is "a small, rocky object that orbits the Sun"?
a)
Asteroid
b)
Comet
c)
Meteor
d)
Meteoroid
20.
What is the name of the 3rd planet?
a)
Mercury
b)
Earth
c)
Mars
d)
Venus
21.
Terrestrial planets are made of __________.
a)
Rock and gas
b)
Rock and metal
c)
Gas and metal
d)
Gas and Ice
22.
a)
Third Quarter
b)
First Quarter
c)
Full Moon
d)
Waning Gibbous
23.
What is the name of the 4th planet?
a)
Earth
b)
Mars
c)
Jupiter
d)
Saturn
24.
What is the name of the largest planet?
a)
Jupiter
b)
Saturn
c)
Uranus
d)
Neptune
25.
a)
Waning Crescent
b)
Waxing Crescent
c)
Waxing Gibbous
d)
Waning Gibbous
26.
What is the 7th planet?
a)
Saturn
b)
Uranus
c)
Neptune
d)
Jupiter
27.
What solar system object is "a rock chunk that came from an asteroid?"
a)
Meteor
b)
Moon
c)
Meteoroid
d)
Comet
28.
What word means to "lose light" when looking at the moon?
a)
Gibbous
b)
Waxing
c)
Crescent
d)
Waning
29.
What vocabulary word is "a force that attracts objects toward each other"?
a)
Inertia
b)
Gravity
c)
Rotation
d)
Orbit
30.
a)
Waning Crescent
b)
Waxing Crescent
c)
Waning Gibbous
d)
Waxing Gibbous
31.
What are the two measurements of distance we use in astronomy?
a)
Light year & AU
b)
AU & kilometers
c)
Light meter & kilometers
d)
Light year & light meters
32.
What vocabulary word is "An object resists a change in motion?"
a)
orbit
b)
gravity
c)
inertia
d)
moon
33.
What is the name of the second planet?
a)
Mercury
b)
Venus
c)
Earth
d)
Mars
34.
What word describes the phase shape as "less than half lit"?
a)
crescent
b)
gibbous
c)
waxing
d)
waning
35.
What vocabulary word is "the path of an object revolving completely around another object?"
a)
planet
b)
moon
c)
rotation
d)
orbit
36.
What is the source of the moon's light?
a)
Comets
b)
Earth
c)
the moon lights itself
d)
Sun
37.
What is the name of the 6th planet?
a)
Mars
b)
Jupiter
c)
Saturn
d)
Uranus
38.
What solar system object is "a nucleus of ice and dust and, when near the Sun, has a "tail" of gas and dust particles pointing away from the Sun"?
a)
asteroid
b)
comet
c)
meteoroid
d)
star
39.
What word means to "add light" when looking at the moon?
a)
Waning
b)
Waxing
c)
Gibbous
d)
Crescent
40.
What is the name of the 1st planet?
a)
Mars
b)
Jupiter
c)
Earth
d)
Mercury
Reset
