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WorksheetsPlanets, Moon, & Stars
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 25mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
How many phases of the moon are there?
a)
10
b)
8
c)
9
d)
1
2.
What is the center of our solar system?
a)
Moon
b)
Star
c)
Earth
d)
Sun
3.
What is a tool that can be used to view planets in faraway places?
a)
a telescope
b)
a space probe
c)
a star
d)
a crater
4.
What is the correct order of the planets starting with the one closest to the sun?
a)
Mercury,Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
b)
Mars,Venus, Earth, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
c)
Mars,Earth, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Venus
d)
Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune,Venus, Earth
5.
What are the times of year with different weather patterns called?
a)
phases
b)
seasons
c)
climates
d)
temperatures
6.
How long does it take for Earth to make one complete axis?
a)
12 hours
b)
24 hours
c)
365 days
d)
1 year
7.
What is the shape of the moon that people see called?
a)
a crescent
b)
a lunar night
c)
a phase
d)
a month
8.
What type of moon is represented in the picture?
a)
new moon
b)
full moon
c)
crescent moon
d)
last quarter moon
9.
What type of moon is represented in the picture?
a)
full moon
b)
new moon
c)
crescent moon
d)
last quarter moon
10.
Why does the Moon appear to shine at night?
a)
it makes its own light
b)
sunlight bounces off it
c)
it reflects lights from Earth
d)
it has a glowing ring around it
11.
Anything that revolves around another larger object in space.
a)
axis
b)
rotation
c)
revolve
d)
satellite
12.
a real or imaginary line through the center of a spinning object.
a)
revolve
b)
orbit
c)
axis
d)
constellation
13.
A group of stars that seems to form a picture.
a)
constellation
b)
blue star
c)
red star
d)
crater
14.
A regular path Earth follows around the Sun.
a)
planet
b)
rotation
c)
orbit
d)
revolve
15.
A ball of hot, glowing gasses.
a)
star
b)
crater
c)
planet
d)
solar system
16.
The coolest kind of star.
a)
Sun
b)
blue star
c)
red star
d)
Moon
17.
The hottest kind of star.
a)
Sun
b)
Moon
c)
blue star
d)
red star
18.
To move around another object.
a)
revolve
b)
rotation
c)
axis
d)
orbit
19.
The movement of Earth when it spins.
a)
orbit
b)
axis
c)
rotation
d)
revolve
20.
A machine that leaves Earth and travels through space.
a)
telescope
b)
orbit
c)
space probe
d)
constellation
21.
A machine that leaves Earth and travels around a star.
a)
telescope
b)
orbit
c)
space probe
d)
constellation
22.
A hollow area in the ground.
a)
crater
b)
planet
c)
red star
d)
blue star
23.
A star and the objects that move around it.
a)
star
b)
Sun
c)
planet
d)
solar system
24.
A large body of rock or gas that revolves around a star.
a)
planet
b)
solar system
c)
constellation
d)
Sun
25.
The only star in our solar system.
a)
constellation
b)
Moon
c)
Sun
d)
orbit
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