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Earth's Place in the Universe

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is gravity?
a)
a force between objects that pushes them apart
b)
a force between any two objects that pulls them together
c)
a force that causes objects to remain at rest
d)
potato salad
2.
Gravity is responsible for the . . . 
a)
sun rotating around the planets
b)
sun revolving around the planets
c)
planets revolving around the sun
d)
planets rotating of a planet around the sun
3.
What are gas giants?
a)
A large planet composed mainly of gas. 
b)
A small planet composed mainly of rocky material.
c)
All the stars in the universe.
d)
A group of planets that are closest to the sun. 
4.
Which planets are gas giants?
a)
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
b)
Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus
c)
Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto
d)
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
5.
What are terrestrial planets?
a)
A large planet composed mainly of gas.
b)
A small planet composed mainly of rocky material.
c)
All the stars in the universe.
d)
A group of planets that are farthest from the sun. 
6.
List the terrestrial planets in our solar system.
a)
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
b)
Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus
c)
Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto
d)
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
7.
What is rotation?
a)
the tilt of earth on its axis
b)
to go around another object. 
c)
to spin on an axis and causes day and night
d)
potato chips
8.

What is revolution?

a)

to go around another object

b)

to spin on an axis

c)

a fundamental change in political power

d)

baked potato

9.
The ___________ the planet is from the sun, the ____________ it takes to go around the sun. 
a)
closer, shorter
b)
farther, shorter
c)
farther, longer
d)
closer, longer
10.
List the order of the planets, starting form the sun. 
a)
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
b)
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Neptune, Uranus
c)
Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Earth, Venus, Mercury
d)
Mars, Earth, Venus, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
11.
How does the mass of an object effect the gravitational attraction of an object?
a)
The smaller the mass of the object the greater the gravitational force.
b)
The mass of the object has no effect on the gravitational force
c)
The greater the mass of the object the less the gravitational force.
d)
The greater the mass of the object the greater the gravitational force. 
12.
How does proximity (closeness) of a planet effect the gravitational attraction of an object?
a)
The farther away the objects are to each other the greater the gravitational effect. 
b)
It doesn't matter how close the objects are to each other. 
c)
Mashed Potatoes
d)
The closer the objects are to each other the greater the gravitational effect. 
13.

You travel to the another planet, why might you weight less than you do on Earth?

a)

You didn't eat anything on your trip to the planet.

b)

The other planet has less gravitational force than Earth.

c)

The other planet has more gravitational force.

d)

Earth has four times the gravitational of Mars.

14.
Why do the planets continue to orbit the sun and not travel in a straight line?
a)
The gravitational force of the planets is greater than the sun's. 
b)
A magnetic field that surrounds the sun.
c)
The sun's gravitational attraction on the planet.
d)
cheesy potato casserole
15.
Which planet has the longest orbit around the sun? How do you know?
a)
Neptune - because it is the farthest from the sun. 
b)
Saturn - because it takes longer to travel with rings
c)
Jupiter - because it has the most mass of all the planets
d)
Mars - it just moves really slow
16.
a)
The above picture is an example of rotation.
b)
The above picture is an example of revolution.
17.
a)
The above picture is an example of revolution on your solar system
b)
The above picture is an example of rotation in our solar system
c)
The above picture is an example of the moon going around the earth. 
d)
french fried potatoes
18.

If you used a golf ball, baseball and a basketball to represent the Earth, Mercury and the Sun. Which ball would represent each planet?

a)

Mercury = basketball, Earth = golfball, Sun = baseball

b)

Mercury = golfball, Earth = basketball, Sun = baseball

c)

Mercury = baseball, Earth = basketball, Sun = golfball

d)

Mercury = golfball, Earth = baseball, Sun = basketball

19.

Saturn size is __________ than Earth and its distance is ________ from the sun than Earth.

a)

smaller, farther

b)

bigger, farther

c)

bigger, closer

d)

smaller, closer

20.

What is the largest body in our solar system?

a)

Jupiter

b)

Earth

c)

Saturn

d)

Sun

21.

Gravity is responsible for the planets . . . . .

a)

revolution around the Sun

b)

rotation around the Sun

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