WorksheetsChapter 6
Total questions: 41
Worksheet time: 28mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
One light year is a...
a)
A length of time
b)
A distance
c)
A galaxy
d)
A measure of gravity
2.
Which of the following is the smallest?
a)
The Milky Way Galaxy
b)
A red giant star
c)
The moon
d)
Jupiter
3.
Which of the following is the largest?
a)
The Milky Way Galaxy
b)
A red giant star
c)
The moon
d)
Jupiter
4.
How many stars are in an average sized galaxy?
a)
Hundreds
b)
Thousands
c)
Millions
d)
Billions
5.
How many galaxies are in the known universe?
a)
Hundreds
b)
Thousands
c)
Millions
d)
Billions
6.
The sun orbits the center of the galaxy once every...
a)
225 years
b)
225 thousand years
c)
225 million years
d)
225 billion years
7.
What is the name of our galaxy?
a)
Snickers
b)
Andromeda
c)
Local Group
d)
Milky Way
8.
Almost Earth’s twin in size and mass, this planet has very thick atmosphere.
a)
Venus
b)
Mars
c)
Mercury
d)
Neptune
9.
The surface of this planet appears red due to rusting iron in the rocks.
a)
Mercury
b)
Mars
c)
Pluto
d)
Venus
10.
Some scientists believe that this dwarf planet is actually a very large comet caught in a permanent orbit.
a)
Eris
b)
Pluto
c)
Mars
d)
Neptune
11.
This is the largest planet in the solar system.
a)
Saturn
b)
Jupiter
c)
Uranus
d)
Venus
12.
This is the smallest planet in the solar system
a)
Mercury
b)
Venus
c)
Earth
d)
Mars
13.
The largest known volcano in the solar system, Olympus Mons, is located on this planet.
a)
Venus
b)
Mars
c)
Mercury
d)
Earth
14.
What are the inner planets composed of?
a)
gases and ice
b)
rock and ice
c)
gases and rock
d)
rock
15.
What is the closest planet to the Sun?
a)
Mercury
b)
Mars
c)
Venus
d)
Earth
16.
What are the Inner Planets?
a)
Mercury, Mars, Earth, and Venus
b)
Earth, the Moon, Mars
c)
Neptune, Pluto, Earth
d)
:)
17.
Which list places the inner planets in order from largest in size to smallest in size?
a)
Venus, Earth, Mercury, Mars
b)
Mercury, Mars, Venus, Earth
c)
Earth, Venus, Mars, Mercury
d)
Venus, Mars, Earth, Mercury
18.
What is Jupiter's largest moon?
a)
Ganymede
b)
Io
c)
Europa
d)
Callisto
19.
What is a ring?
a)
A thin disk of small particles of ice and rock
b)
What you wear on your finger
c)
The noise your cell phone makes when you get a call
20.
What is the second largest planet?
a)
Neptune
b)
Jupiter
c)
Uranus
d)
Saturn
21.
What two planets are both blue because of methane in their atmosphere?
a)
Uranus and Saturn
b)
Neptune and Pluto
c)
Earth and Mars
d)
Neptune and Uranus
22.
What planet is the largest?
a)
Mercury
b)
Neptune
c)
Jupiter
d)
Uranus
23.
The energy from the sun is created by a process called:
a)
nuclear fission
b)
nuclear fusion
c)
nuclear reaction
d)
nuclear core
24.
Energy is created in the core when two _____________ atoms join together to form a ______________ atom.
a)
helium, hydrogen
b)
carbon, hydrogen
c)
nitrogen, helium
d)
hydrogen, helium
25.
In which area of the sun does gas rise as it heats up, then fall back down as it cools?
a)
the core
b)
the radiation zone
c)
the convection zone
d)
the corona
26.
When we look at the sun, what layer are we viewing?
a)
photosphere
b)
chromosphere
c)
corona
d)
convection zone
27.
What layer of the sun's atmosphere gives the sun its "white halo" during a solar eclipse?
a)
chromosphere
b)
photosphere
c)
corona
d)
atmosphere
28.
The particles of the corona extends into space for millions of kilometers and spreads into streams of electrically charged particles called:
a)
coronal discharge
b)
solar flares
c)
coronal ejection
d)
solar winds
29.
Areas of gas on the sun's surface that are cooler than gases around them are called:
a)
corona
b)
prominences
c)
sunspots
d)
solarspots
30.
Which sun feature is shown here?
a)
solar flare
b)
aurora
c)
solar prominence
d)
sun spot
31.
Which sun features are shown here?
a)
solar flares
b)
solar prominences
c)
sun spots
d)
aurora
32.
Identify part 6.
a)
photosphere
b)
chromosphere
c)
corona
d)
radiation zone
33.
Identify part 7.
a)
sunspot
b)
solar flare
c)
corona
d)
radiation zone
34.
Identify part 9.
a)
sunspot
b)
solar flare
c)
granules
d)
prominence
35.
How many Earths could fit inside the Sun?
a)
About 1 million
b)
About 2 million
c)
About 1.5 million
d)
About 2.5 million
36.
Almost Earth’s twin in size and mass, this planet has very thick atmosphere.
a)
Venus
b)
Mars
c)
Mercury
d)
Neptune
37.
Most likely due to a massive collision, this planet rotates from top to bottom.
a)
Saturn
b)
Venus
c)
Neptune
d)
Uranus
38.
Day and night is caused by the _____________ of earth on its axis.
a)
revolution
b)
orbit
c)
rotation
39.
The spinning of an object on its axis is called______
a)
orbit
b)
rotation
c)
revolution
d)
tide
40.
How long does it take for Earth to complete on full rotation?
a)
365 days
b)
23 hours
c)
24 hours
d)
1 month
41.
How long does it take the Earth to make one REVOLUTION around the Sun?
a)
12 hours
b)
24 hours
c)
365 days
d)
29.5 days
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