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WorksheetsCelestial Objects
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
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Class
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1.
Objects made of ice, gas and dust and orbit our sun are called:
a)
Asteroids
b)
Comets
c)
moon
d)
Meteors
2.
These objects that orbit the sun are nicknamed, "dirty snowballs."
a)
Comets
b)
Asteroids
c)
Meteors
d)
Meteroids
3.
When a meteoroid STRIKES the surface of the earth scientists refer to them as:
a)
Asteroids
b)
Comets
c)
Meteors
d)
Meteorites
4.
Millions of pieces of rocky material of various sizes orbit the Sun between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. These objects are known as -
a)
Asteroids
b)
Meteors
c)
Comets
d)
Planets
5.
A shooting star is actually a...
a)
Comet
b)
Meteoroid
c)
Meteorite
d)
Meteor
6.
The luminous celestial body (a bright space object) around which Earth and other planets revolve and from which they receive heat and light.
a)
satellite
b)
planet
c)
sun
d)
galaxy
7.
Large and small rocks or metallic masses orbiting the Sun; made up of materials similar to those that formed the planets.
a)
asteroid
b)
comet
c)
meteor
d)
meteroid
8.
A small object that enters Earth's atmosphere from space and burns due to friction, emitting light.
a)
meteor
b)
comet
c)
asteroid
d)
star
9.
Phobos is a celestial object that orbits Mars and is made mostly of rock. This celestial body is a
a)
moon
b)
asteroid
c)
planet
d)
meteoroid
10.
A ball of gas in space that produces its own light and heat.
a)
planet
b)
meteorite
c)
star
d)
asteroid belt
11.
Pieces of asteroids that land on other planets including earth's surface.
a)
meteorite
b)
meteor
c)
moon
d)
Cannot happen. What happens in space stays in space.
12.
Hale-Bopp is made of ice and dust. It orbits far beyond the orbit of Pluto. This tail extends more than 1 million km. What am I?
a)
star
b)
comet
c)
meteor
d)
asteroid
13.
Broken pieces of asteroids and comets that range in size from small dust to10m are moving around in our solar system. These are called
a)
meteorites
b)
meteors
c)
meteoroids
d)
junk
14.
Which object is essentially stationary compared to all other objects in the solar system?
a)
comet
b)
asteroid
c)
star
d)
moon
15.
This round celestial body does not produce its own light, orbits the sun, and is larger than an asteroid.
a)
meteoroid
b)
moon
c)
planet
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