WorksheetsThe Solar System
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 52mins
A student made a model of how the Earth, Moon, and Sun orbit. She used ping-pong balls to represent each one.
She painted each one a different color. Then, she placed the Moon and Earth close together and the Sun much further away.
What is one limitation of the student's model?
She used the same size balls.
She made earth orbit the sun.
She moved the Sun away from the Earth and Moon.
Which of the following is an accurate model of how the Sun, Earth, and Moon move?
Sun and moon orbit Earth
Earth and moon orbit Sun
Earth orbit's the Sun and the moon orbits Earth
Earth and sun orbit moon
The __________ has planets, moons, comets, and asteroids.
solar system
universe
galaxy
Earth
Which of the following is found in our solar system
black hole
nebula
asteroids
galaxy
The diameter of the Sun is 1,390,000 km. I want to use a tennis ball (6.8 cm in diameter) for a scale model.
How would I calculate my scale factor?
6.8 * 1,390,000
6.8 / 1,390,000
1,390,000 / 6.8
Using the scale 10,000 km = 1 cm
What would a planet with the diameter 38,000 km look like in my scale model?
38 meters diameter
3.8 meters diameter
38 cm diameter
3.8 cm diameter
Earth is 12,756 km in diameter
Using scale factor 1 cm = 2,080
what is the diameter of my model Earth?
10 cm
6.13 cm
.16 cm
8.43 cm
How do you find a scale factor when creating a model?
actual size / model size
(size of planet / size of ball)
model size / actual size
(size of ball / size of planet)
actual size * model size
(size of planet * size of ball)
actual size + model size
(size of planet + size of ball)
Planets closer to the sun tend to
be colder
have a larger temperature range
be hotter
have water
Planets with a thick atmosphere are likely
to have a larger temperature range
to have a smaller temperature range
to have water
to be really cold
Planets without an atmosphere are likely
to have water
to have the biggest temperature ranges
to always be the same temperature
to be closer to the sun
Planets are located in the
solar system
galaxy
universe
The Milky Way is located in the
solar system
galaxy
universe
Alpha Centauri (the nearest star to us other than the Sun) is located in the
solar system
galaxy
universe
Water is only a liquid between
32*c and 212*c
0*c and 32*c
0*c and 100*c
32*c and 100*c
