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WorksheetsOur Place in Space (Unit 3)
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 2hrs 31mins
What is the name of the band of space objects located between the inner and outer planets?
The Oort cloud
The Equator
The Asteroid belt
The Planetary Posse
You look up at the night sky and see the object pictured here. What are you MOST likely seeing?
An asteroid
A planet
A star shooting across the sky
Starman driving a red Tesla
What is the name of a small celestial body that forms into a planet?
A moon
A dwarf planet
A star
A planetesimal
What force causes a solar nebula to form into a protostellar disk and then a star?
Gravity
Radiation
Magnetism
Magic
Which of these is in the right order for solar system formation?
supernova > planet > planetesimal
nuclear fusion > planet > solar nebula
solar nebula > protostellar disk > nuclear fusion
planetesimal > nuclear fusion > planet
Name the layer of the sun labeled "W"
Convection zone
Corona
Core
Chromosphere
What are the dark objects on the surface of the Sun?
Magnetospheres
Solar freckles
Solar flares
Sunspots
Two qualities of sunspots are:
Strong magnetism and cooler temperature
Big arches and solar winds
Light color and brightness
Square edges and deep sides
Name the feature at the top right part of the Sun
Sunspot
Solar flare
Prominence
Planetesimal
The solar system theory that depicts the Sun at the center is called the
Cellular model theory
Heliocentric model theory
Geocentric model theory
Runway model theory
The theory that puts the Earth at the center of the solar system is called the
Cellular model theory
Geocentric model theory
Runway model theory
Heliocentric model theory
Planets are more likely to have visible craters if they
Have a thin atmosphere
Have a thick atmosphere
Have many moons
Are composed of gasses
Which is the correct order of the inner planets from closest to farthest from the Sun?
Mercury, Mars, Earth, Venus
Mars, Earth, Mercury, Venus
Venus, Mars, Earth Mercury
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
What is the correct order of the gas giants from closest to farthest from the Sun?
Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter, Neptune
Saturn, Neptune, Jupiter, Uranus
Which of the following would most likely be found in the Kuiper Belt?
Asteroids
Comets
Meteorites
Planets
Which of the following have differential rotation?
Comets and Asteroids
Earth and Mars
The Sun and Earth
The Sun and Neptune
Which force causes planets and dwarf planets to be round?
Gravity
Nuclear fusion
Friction
Magnetism
He is the Sun, and together they are
The Mad Meteors
The Astrobrights
The Planetary Posse
The NASA Nerds
Another name for the outer, gas giants is
The meteors
The dwarf planets
The terrestrial planets
The Jovian planets
All of the planets could fit inside the sun nearly ________ times.
6
600
16
60
