WorksheetsSolar Fair
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which planet is the closest planet to the sun?
a)
Mercury
b)
Mars
c)
Saturn
d)
Earth
2.
An astronomical unit is equal to ____.
a)
the distance from the sun to earth
b)
about 150,000,000 km
c)
about 93,000,000 mi
d)
all of the above
3.
Which planet is after Mars?
a)
Earth
b)
Jupiter
c)
Saturn
d)
Venus
4.
Which group of planets are the closest together?
a)
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
b)
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
5.
What is at the center of our Solar System?
a)
Dust
b)
A black hole
c)
Ice
d)
The sun
6.
What is the name of the galaxy the solar system is located in?
a)
Milky Way
b)
Snickers
c)
Twix
d)
Butterfinger
7.
Which planet has the longest orbital period (takes the longest to orbit the sun)?
a)
Jupiter
b)
Neptune
c)
Saturn
d)
Uranus
8.
Which of the following is the correct order of the planets from the sun?
a)
Mars, Venus, Earth, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus
b)
Jupiter, Mars, Earth, Saturn, Mercury, Neptune, Venus, Uranus
c)
Earth, Venus, Mercury, Mars, Uranus, Neptune, Jupiter, Saturn
d)
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
9.
How long was totality in Kearney?
a)
about 3 minutes
b)
about 1 minute
c)
about 4 minutes
d)
about 2 minutes
10.
This is the first total solar eclipse visible in continental U.S. in ____ years.
a)
25
b)
42
c)
38
d)
34
11.
During today's total solar eclipse we were in the shadow of the moon called the ______.
a)
Umbra
b)
Cerebellum
c)
Umbrella
d)
Penumbra
12.
The moon is in the ______ phase when a solar eclipse occurs.
a)
Full
b)
Quarter
c)
Crescent
d)
New
13.
You are less likely to see a total solar eclipse than a total lunar eclipse because
______
______
a)
the moon's shadow covers all of Earth during a solar eclipse.
b)
the moon's umbra only covers a small area on Earth's surface.
c)
new moon phases occur less often than full moon phases.
d)
only people on the daytime side of Earth can see a solar eclipse.
14.
The moon is able to cover the sun because ______.
a)
the moon is bigger than the sun.
b)
the moon and sun appear to be the same size.
15.
_________ is the process in the Water Cycle where rain water soaks into the ground, through the soil and underlying rock layers.
a)
Infiltration
b)
Condensation
c)
Precipitation
d)
Runoff
16.
The process in the Water Cycle in which liquid water becomes water vapor is known as _____.
a)
Transpiration
b)
Condensation
c)
Precipitation
d)
Evaporation
17.
In the Water Cycle when water is first absorbed by the plant's roots, then later exits by evaporating through pores in the plants leaves is a process known as ____
a)
Runoff
b)
Radiant Energy
c)
Transpiration
d)
Infiltration
18.
The process in which liquid water becomes water vapor is called _____.
a)
Evaporation
b)
Transpiration
c)
Condensation
d)
Precipitation
19.
The process in the Water Cycle in which water vapor in the air turns into liquid water is called _____.
a)
Evaporation
b)
Transpiration
c)
Condensation
d)
Precipitation
20.
In the Water Cycle the process in which water pools in large bodies (like oceans, lakes and aquifers) is called _____.
a)
Evaporation
b)
Radiant energy
c)
Condensation
d)
Accumulation
21.
_______ is the process in the Water Cycle in which water in the form of rain, snow, sleet or hail falls from clouds in the sky.
a)
Precipitation
b)
Evaporation
c)
Transpiration
d)
Condensation
22.
The flow of water over the surface of the land when there is excess precipitation or melting of snow or ice in the Water Cycle is known as _______
a)
Accumulation
b)
Solar Radiation
c)
Runoff
d)
Transpiration
23.
Which of the following stages of the Water Cycle directly require solar radiation?
a)
Precipitation and Condensation
b)
Runoff and Accumulation
c)
Evaporation and Transpiration
d)
Infiltration and Condensation
24.
Which of the following is not a form of radiant energy on the Electromagnetic Spectrum?
a)
x-rays
b)
blue ray
c)
gamma rays
d)
ultraviolet
25.
Which one of these forms of energy on the electromagnetic spectrum can you see?
a)
Ultraviolet
b)
Microwaves
c)
Radio waves
d)
Visible Light
26.
Which of the forms of energy from the electromagnetic spectrum listed below has the shortest wavelength?
a)
Gamma rays
b)
Visible Light
c)
Ultraviolet
d)
Infrared
27.
Which of the forms of energy from the electromagnetic spectrum listed below has the longest wavelength?
a)
Visible Light
b)
Infrared
c)
X-rays
d)
Radio waves
28.
What does UV stand for ____?
a)
Ultimate Volcanoes
b)
Unique Vacuums
c)
Underwater Vacations
d)
Ultraviolet
29.
Most UV is blocked by our _____ layer in the Earth’s atmosphere, but some still gets through and can be detected.
a)
carbon dioxide
b)
ozone
c)
nitrogen
30.
Ultraviolet Radiation is responsible for causing which of the following?
a)
Sunburns
b)
Fainting
c)
Dehydration
d)
Heat exhaustion
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