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Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 35mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Where is the asteroid belt found?
a)
between earth and mars
b)
Between Uranus and Neptune
c)
Between Mercury and Venus
d)
Between Mars and Jupiter
2.
President John F Kennedy set a space exploration goal for our county to go where?
a)
pluto
b)
sun
c)
moon
d)
mars
3.
The sun is a...
a)
planet
b)
star
c)
asteroid
4.
What is the massive object the planets of our solar system orbit?
a)
Venus
b)
Earth
c)
Jupiter
d)
The Sun
5.
What object creates a streak of light as it enters Earth’s atmosphere?
a)
meteoroid
b)
asteroid
c)
comet
d)
planet
6.
Who was the first country to launch something into space.
a)
America
b)
Canada
c)
Russia
d)
Togo
7.
A __________ is a chunk of ice & dust that has a bright head & a long narrow tail.
a)
asteroid
b)
planet
c)
meteoroid
d)
comet
8.
Which planet is between Venus and Mars?
a)
Earth
b)
Neptune
c)
Mercury
d)
Jupiter
9.
Where is a meteor located?
a)
In the atmosphere
b)
In outer space
c)
On the ground
10.
Which planet is closest to the sun?
a)
Uranus
b)
Mercury
c)
Neptune
d)
Earth
11.
The inner planets are also called a
a)
gas giant
b)
terrestrial planet
12.
The number of planets in our solar system:
a)
6
b)
7
c)
8
d)
9
13.
Dirty Snowball is another name given to
a)
a comet
b)
a meteor
c)
a meteoroid
d)
a shooting star
14.
HOW DID THE U.S. WIN THE SPACE RACE?
a)
LAUNCHED THEIR OWN SATELLITE
b)
LAUNCHED THEIR FIRST FEMALE ASTRONAUT INTO SPACE
c)
THE 1ST ASTRONAUTS ON THE MOON
d)
JOHN GLENN ORBITING THE EARTH
15.
A student is looking at a model of the solar system noted there is a belt of objects in orbit in between Mars and Jupiter. What are these orbiting objects?
a)
Comets
b)
Moons
c)
Asteroids
d)
Pluto
16.
What type of celestial body is Pluto?
a)
Planet
b)
Dwarf Planet
c)
Planetessimal
d)
Rogue Planet
17.
The shape of most planet's orbits forms a ______
a)
Ellipse
b)
Eclipse
c)
Circle
d)
Sphere
18.
What planet is colder?
a)
Mercury
b)
Earth
c)
Jupiter
d)
Neptune
19.
The four inner planets are...
a)
Rocky and small
b)
Very large and made of ice
c)
Small and made of ice
d)
Very large and made of gases
20.
The outer planets are...
a)
Rocky and small
b)
Very large and made of ice
c)
Small and made of ice
d)
Very large and made of gases
21.
Why is space travel difficult for people?
a)
We cannot take the air or food we need into space
b)
the distance are very great; it is dangerous and expensive.
c)
It is impossible to escape the sun's or Earth's gravity.
d)
We do not have a destination to visit that we know will support life.
22.
What holds the planets in their orbits around the sun?
a)
gravity
b)
speed
c)
string
d)
air currents
23.
Which object has the most gravity?
a)
Earth
b)
moon
c)
Jupiter
d)
sun
24.
Earth and the other planets closest to the Sun are made mostly of _______
a)
gas
b)
metal
c)
water
d)
rock
25.
A spacecraft that does not carry people is a (an) ______________.
a)
planet
b)
space probe
c)
satellite
d)
meteor
26.
An ice ball that has a very long elliptical orbit is called a _________.
a)
phase
b)
asteroid
c)
axis
d)
comet
27.
The most common place to find an ________ is between Mars and Jupiter.
a)
Asteroid
b)
Satellite
c)
Moon
d)
Comet
28.
What is another name for the inner planets?
a)
extraterrestrial planets
b)
terrestrial planets
c)
gas giants
d)
gas dwarfs
29.
The inner planets are called terrestrial planets because
a)
they are very hot
b)
the can support life
c)
they have massive gas atmosphere
d)
they are very dense and rocky
30.
What shapes are orbits?
a)
Ovals (ellipses)
b)
Squares
c)
Trapezoids
d)
Depends on the season
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