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Solar System

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 2hrs 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the speed of light?  
a)
300,000 mi/hr
b)
300,000 km/sec
c)

186,000 mi/sec

d)
1,000,000,000
e)

4000 ft/year

2.
What object is at the center of our solar system?
a)
Jupiter
b)
Oort cloud
c)
Kuiper belt
d)
The Sun
3.

What is the approximate average temperature of the sun's surface?

a)

212 degrees Fahrenheit

b)

100 degrees Celsius

c)

2000 degrees Fahrenheit

d)

6,000 degrees Celsius

4.

Which planet is not a terrestrial planet?

a)

Jupiter

b)

Mars

c)

Venus

d)

Earth

5.

Which planet is not part of the outer planets?

a)

Gas giants

b)

Jupiter

c)

Uranus

d)

Mars

6.

Correctly order these space objects according to size (small to BIG)

a)

The Sun, The Moon, Earth, Jupiter

b)

Jupiter, Earth, The Moon, The Sun

c)

The Moon, Earth, Jupiter, The Sun

d)

The Moon, Earth, The Sun, Pluto

7.

How would The Sun look like if we lived on Neptune instead of Earth?

a)

smaller

b)

bigger

c)

the same size

d)

could not see

8.

Which object is the furthest out in our solar system?  

a)
The Sun
b)
Pluto
c)
Oort Cloud
d)
Kuiper Belt
9.

What distance BEST describes the distance between the Earth and the Sun?

a)

Less than one light year

b)

One Astronomical Unit

c)

Millions of miles

d)

Lots of kilometers

10.
What type of telescope uses mirrors?
a)
Refracting Telescope
b)
Reflecting Telescope
c)
Radio Telescope
11.
Name this space telescope that was first launched in 1990 aboard a space shuttle.
a)
James Webb Space Telescope
b)
The International Space Station
c)
The Hubble Space Telescope
d)
The Apollo
12.

This occurs twice a year

Day = Night

The sun is perpendicular to the equator

shining on the northern and southern hemisphere equally.

a)

Summer

b)

Equinox

c)

Solstice

d)

August 20

13.

Choose an equinox date.

a)
September 21
b)
May 10
c)
December 21
d)
November 11
14.

Which planet in the solar system has exactly two natural satellites?

a)

Mercury

b)

Earth

c)

Mars

d)

Venus

15.
Dark spots on moon are called
a)
graphite
b)
mare
c)
ponies
d)
craters
16.
What eclipse is shown here?
a)
Solar
b)
Lunar
17.
What eclipse is shown here?
a)
Solar Eclipse
b)
Lunar Eclipse
18.
The darkest part of the shadow in an eclipse is called
a)
darkest part
b)
not light
c)
penumbra
d)
umbra
19.

The Moon's (a)   causes (b)   on Earth.

Choose from the below words
gravity
tides
umbra
chaos
magnetic field
wavelength
reflection
concave
20.
What moon phase is shown here?
a)
New
b)
first quarter
c)
last quarter
d)
Full
21.
Moon Phase?
a)
New
b)
First Quarter
c)
Last Quarter
d)
Full
22.
When a moon appears to grow (you can see more of it)
a)
waxing
b)
waning
c)
crescent
d)

full 

23.
The moon appears to shrink (less of the moon is visible)
a)
waxing
b)
waning
c)

new

d)
gibbous
24.
More than half of the moon is visible, but less than a full moon = 
a)
waxing
b)
waning
c)
crescent
d)
gibbous
25.
The moon is visible, but less than half appears to be visible.
a)
waxing
b)
waning
c)
crescent
d)
gibbous
26.

Name the biggest object in the Asteroid Belt.

a)

Pluto

b)

Ceres

c)

Big Guy

d)

Lamp Shade

27.
What object is not in our solar system?
a)
The Sun
b)
Andromeda Galaxy
c)
Asteroid Belt
d)
Pluto
28.
What is a common measurement used in space that is not commonly used on Earth?  
a)
Astronomical Unit
b)
Fathom 
c)
meter
d)
Kilometer
29.

What do all outer planets have in common?

a)

They were named for famous teachers at AV-W

b)

They are named for presidents

c)

They have multiple natural satellites

d)

They have solid rocky surfaces

30.

Pictured here is a(n)

a)

asteroid

b)

meteor

c)

meteorite

d)

moon

31.
What is it called when the Earth receives a maximum or minimum of sunlight in a hemisphere? 
a)
Season
b)
Equinox
c)
Solstice
d)
Spring
32.

Match the following

Categorize the following

Mercury

Venus

Solid Surface

Outer Planets

Jupiter

Saturn

Uranus

Neptune

LOTS of "moons"

smaller

bigger

Made of rock and metal

Mars

Earth

Terrestrial Planet
Gas Giants