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WorksheetsBI 5-Earth in Space and Time
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
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Class
Date
1.
What is the name of our galaxy?
a)
Milky Way
b)
Milky Pay
c)
Earth
d)
Milly Way
2.
Three things a galaxy is made up of:
a)
dust, stars, gas
b)
planets, sun, stars
c)
asteroids, comets, gas
d)
asteroids, planets, sun
3.
The sun appears large and bright because it is the __________________ star to Earth
a)
closests
b)
farthest
c)
biggest
d)
smallest
4.
The Sun is a star that emits, or gives off, _____________; some of it in the form of light
a)
energy
b)
heat
c)
rays
d)
fire
5.
Stars are made of:
a)
gas
b)
dust
c)
heat
d)
rock
6.
Stars are different ________________ and can have different __________________
a)
sizes, brightnesses
b)
shapes, sizes
c)
sizes, heat
d)
sizes, stars
7.
The way a star appears also depends on its ____________________ from the Earth
a)
distance
b)
hotness
c)
brightness
d)
size
8.
What is at the center of our Solar System?
a)
Earth
b)
The Sun
c)
Planets
d)
Asteroid Belt
9.
What revolves around the sun?
a)
Planets and their moons, asteroids, and comets
b)
gases and comets
c)
Other solar systems
d)
Only Earth
10.
What revolves around most planets?
a)
Moons
b)
the sun
c)
gases
d)
asteroids
11.
LIst the 4 inner planets
a)
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
b)
Saturn, Uranus, Jupiter, Neptune
c)
Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Neptune
d)
Saturn, Uranus, Earth, Mars
12.
LIst the 4 outer planets
a)
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
b)
Saturn, Uranus, Jupiter, Neptune
c)
Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Neptune
d)
Saturn, Uranus, Earth, Mars
13.
All planets _________________ around the sun.
a)
revolve
b)
rotate
c)
axis
d)
spin
14.
All planets _______________ on their axis
a)
rotate
b)
revolve
c)
spin
d)
move
15.
All planets have a(n) _________________
a)
atmosphere
b)
moon
c)
comet
d)
asteroid
16.
The inner planets are ___________________ the sun
a)
close to
b)
far from
17.
The inner planets are ___________________ one another
a)
close to
b)
far from
18.
Comparing size, the inner planets are __________________ than the outer planets.
a)
smaller
b)
bigger
c)
closer
d)
farther
19.
The inner planets have a(n) _______________ surface.
a)
rocky
b)
icy
c)
smooth
d)
thick
20.
The inner planets are surrounded by a(n) _________________ layer of gas or atmosphere.
a)
thick
b)
thin
21.
It takes the inner planets a relatively ________________ time to revolve around the sun.
a)
long
b)
short
c)
big
d)
small
22.
As an inner planet's distance from the sun increases, the average temperature _______________________.
a)
decreases
b)
increases
23.
What is located between the inner planets and the outer planets?
a)
comets
b)
asteroid belt
c)
asteroid
d)
gases
24.
The outer planets are many times _________________ than the inner planets
a)
larger
b)
smaller
c)
hotter
d)
colder
25.
Outer planets are _____________ the sun
a)
far from
b)
close to
26.
Outer planets are _____________ one another
a)
far from
b)
close to
27.
The outer planets are surrounded by a(n) _________________ layer of gas or atmosphere.
a)
thick
b)
thin
c)
hot
d)
cold
28.
Outer planets have _________________ moons orbiting around them.
a)
many
b)
no
c)
some
d)
cold
29.
Outer planets also have ________________ around them that are formed by rocky and icy material found in space that is trapped by the gravitational pull of the planet.
a)
rings
b)
moons
c)
asteroids
d)
comets
30.
It takes the outer planets a relatively ________________ time to revolve around the Sun.
a)
long
b)
short
c)
hot
d)
cold
31.
As a planet's distance from the Sun increases, the time the planet takes to revolve around the sun _________________.
a)
increases
b)
decreases
32.
The temperature on all of the outer planets is very __________________
a)
cold
b)
hot
33.
____________________ are objects made up of rock and metal that are too small to be classified as a planet.
a)
asteroid
b)
comet
c)
moon
d)
star
34.
________________ are mostly made up of frozen gas and are found in the outer Solar System
a)
asteroids
b)
comets
c)
stars
d)
moons
35.
Earth ____________ around the Sun, and the time it takes to do this is _________________.
a)
revolves, 1 year
b)
revolves, 1 day
c)
rotates, 1 year
d)
rotates, 1 day
36.
Earth _______________ on its axis, and the time it takes to do this is _________________
a)
rotates, 1 day
b)
rotates, 1 year
c)
revolves, 1 day
d)
revolves, 1 year
37.
The patterns of stars in the sky:
a)
Stay the same
b)
Change
38.
The patterns of stars in the sky appear to __________________ across the sky because of Earth's rotation.
a)
change
b)
stay the same
c)
get bigger
d)
get smaller
39.
Different stars can be seen in different ____________________ because of Earth's revolution around the Sun.
a)
seasons
b)
times
c)
places
d)
shapes
40.
The moon appears to change _______________ over the course of about a month because of our perspective from Earth.
a)
shape
b)
size
c)
placement
d)
color
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