WorksheetsSolar System Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the name of the loops of gas found on the Sun?
a)
solar flares
b)
Sunspots
c)
solar wind
d)
prominences
2.
Where is the asteroid belt found?
a)
between earth and mars
b)
Between Uranus and Neptune
c)
Between Mercury and Venus
d)
Between Mars and Jupiter
3.
Which planet is closest to the sun?
a)
Uranus
b)
Mercury
c)
Neptune
d)
Earth
4.
A small object that appears as a streak of light as it enters earth's atmosphere.
a)
Asteroid
b)
Comet
c)
Moon
d)
Meteor
5.
What keeps a planet moving on its path around the sun
a)
gravity & inertia
b)
heat & pressure
c)
inertia & pressure
d)
gravity & heat
6.
All of the outer planets--
a)
have many moons
b)
are small
c)
have a short orbit around the Sun
d)
are rocky
7.
What is the sun mainly made from?
a)
Liquid lava
b)
Rock
c)
Molton iron
d)
Hydrogen + helium gas
8.
How many moon does Mars have?
a)
2
b)
1
c)
13
d)
50
9.
Put these planets in order from smallest to largest: Neptune, Earth, Mars, Jupiter
a)
Earth-> Mars->Neptune->Jupiter
b)
Jupiter->Neptune->Earth -> Mars
c)
Mars->Earth->Neptune->Jupiter
d)
Mars->Neptune->Earth->Jupiter
10.
One complete revolution of the Earth takes about one...
a)
day
b)
month
c)
season
d)
year
11.
Which phase of the moon is labeled 8?
a)
waning crescent
b)
waxing gibbous
c)
waning gibbous
d)
waxing crescent
12.
What causes the Earth to have seasons?
a)
the tilt of the Earth's axis and the revolution of the Earth around the Sun
b)
the distance of the Earth from the Sun
c)
The revolution of the Earth around the Sun
d)
The tilt of the Earth's axis
13.
What does the gravitational pull of the sun and moon cause on the Earth?
a)
Melting of glaciers
b)
Changes in ocean tides
c)
Changes in the magnetic field
d)
Evaporation of water
14.
What nation was the first to orbit a human around the Earth?
a)
Germany
b)
Russia
c)
Japan
d)
United States
15.
The ancient Greek who proposed a geocentric model of the universe is
a)
Ptolomy
b)
Galileo
c)
Copernicus
d)
Kepler
16.
Which scientist found that planetary orbits were elliptical?
a)
Galileo
b)
Ptolemy
c)
Copernicus
d)
Kepler
17.
The International Space Station began in
a)
1988
b)
1998
c)
2000
d)
1968
18.
Which were the first to walk on the moon?
a)
Buzz Lightyear and Woody
b)
Alan Shepard and Sally Ride
c)
Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong
d)
John Glenn and Yuri Gargarin
19.
What year was Sputnik 1 launched?
a)
1955
b)
1957
c)
1960
d)
1961
20.
The father of modern science who made improvements to the telescope and discovered the four largest moons of Jupiter
a)
Albert Einstein
b)
Isaac Newton
c)
Galileo Galilei
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