Worksheets8th Chapter 14 "The Solar System" Quiz Woodcrest
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the name of the 4th planet from the Sun?
a)
Jupiter
b)
Mercury
c)
Mars
d)
Earth
2.
What type of model of the Solar System is shown in the picture?
a)
Geocentric Model
b)
Copernican Model
c)
Heliocentric Model
d)
Ptolemy Model
3.
What is shown in the picture to the right?
a)
Milky Way
b)
Aurora Borealis
c)
solar flare
d)
Andromeda Galaxy
4.
The Sun's interior consists of which of the following?
a)
Core; Convection Zone; Radiation Zone
b)
Convection Zone; Chromosphere; Sunspots
c)
Core; Radiation Zone: Photosphere
d)
Radiation Zone, Convection Zone; Corona
5.
According to the graph, what is Earth's average speed?
a)
About 50 km/s
b)
About 20 km/s
c)
About 30 km/s
d)
About 5 km/s
6.
Which of the following pairs of planets do not have moons?
a)
Venus and Mercury
b)
Venus and Uranus
c)
Mercury and Neptune
d)
Venus and Mars
7.
AUs or Astronomical Units are used to measure distances within the Solar System. How is the unit measured?
a)
The distance from the Earth to the Moon.
b)
The distance from the Earth to Jupiter.
c)
The distance from Earth to Venus.
d)
The distance from Earth to the Sun.
8.
The Sun's atmosphere consists of which of the following?
a)
Photosphere; Chromosphere; Core
b)
Corona; Photosphere; Radiation Zone
c)
Photosphere; Chromosphere; Corona
d)
Corona; Chromosphere; Solar Flares
9.
Why are sunspots black?
a)
They are cooler than the surrounding gases.
b)
They contain large amounts of burnt matter.
c)
The process of nuclear fusion.
d)
The collision of hydrogen and nitrogen atoms.
10.
Please identify the shape in the picture to the right.
a)
Sunspots
b)
Prominence
c)
Solar Flare
d)
Aurora Borealis
11.
What is another name for the inner planets? (clue: think of scientific Latin)
a)
terrestrial
b)
earthlike
c)
rocky
d)
water
12.
Which of the following planets has the longest revolution around the Sun?
a)
Mercury
b)
Venus
c)
Earth
d)
Mars
13.
What factor does Venus have in common with Earth?
a)
internal structure
b)
number of moons
c)
atmosphere
d)
surface water
14.
Which of the inner planets has virtually no atmosphere?
a)
Mercury
b)
Venus
c)
Earth
d)
Mars
15.
Which of the following features does Mars have in common with the Earth?
a)
similar atmosphere
b)
seasons
c)
surface water
d)
all the above
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