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WorksheetsSolar System & Universe
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
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Class
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1.
Which of the following would make up the major bodies in our solar system?
a)
stars
b)
moons
c)
asteroids
d)
planets
2.
In the given figure, which planet is labeled as 2?
a)
Earth
b)
Mercury
c)
Venus
d)
Mars
3.
What are the inner planets made of?
a)
gases
b)
rocks
c)
lava
d)
fire
4.
Why is the sun considered the center of the solar system?
a)
It is closer to Earth than other stars
b)
It produces light and heat energy
c)
It is the largest object that can be seen
d)
It is orbited around by all the planets
5.
Sarah often looks through her telescope at different bodies in our solar system. What skill is Sarah using?
a)
Observing
b)
Concluding
c)
Experimenting
d)
Hypothesizing
6.
What does the rotation of Earth on its axis produce?
a)
Seasons
b)
Day and night
c)
Change of weather
d)
Gases to burn
7.
Jude drew a poster showing the solar system. Jude’s poster is shown above.
What does each faint circle around the sun represent?
What does each faint circle around the sun represent?
a)
Orbit
b)
Axis
c)
Ring
d)
Asteroid belt
8.
Which of these planets is considered as a “Dwarf Planet”?
a)
Mercury
b)
Mars
c)
Neptune
d)
Pluto
9.
When Galileo observed Jupiter, he saw four objects in line with the planet. These four objects moved from night to night and sometimes disappeared behind the planet.
What kind of space objects was Galileo observing?
What kind of space objects was Galileo observing?
a)
Dwarf planets
b)
stars
c)
moons
d)
meteoroids
10.
Our solar system is a tiny part of a much larger system in space, the Milky Way galaxy.
What type of galaxies is the Milky Way?
What type of galaxies is the Milky Way?
a)
Spiral galaxy
b)
Barred spiral galaxy
c)
Irregular galaxy
d)
Elliptical galaxy
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