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Astronomy 6th period

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What must be true for an object to orbit another object?

a)

The object being orbited has to be bigger than the object that's orbiting it

b)

The force of gravity of the orbiting object has to be greater than the forward movement of the orbited object

c)

The orbit has to be in a perfect circle

d)

The orbiting object has to be a planet

2.

Which of the following is an example of inertia?

a)

You feel unhappy that you didn't get as many chicken nuggets as the person before you

b)

A pizza's cheese is melting due to the intense heat of the oven

c)

A seat belt stops you from hitting your head on the front window in a car crash

d)

Your Google search is taking more than 30 minutes to load

3.

How does digestion change in space?

a)

The body takes longer to digest food because of the gravity in space

b)

It doesn't change

c)

Your food doesn't fully digest until you land on Earth

d)

It takes a much shorter amount of time to digest food

4.

What are your odds of becoming an astronaut?

a)

1:410,000

b)

1:3,100

c)

1:41,000

d)

1:3,100,000

5.

What is a comet called when you can see it without a telescope?

a)

King Comet

b)

Queen Comet

c)

Great Comet

d)

Amazing Comet

6.

What do rovers use for power?

a)

Radioisotopes and solar

b)

Only solar

c)

Only radioisotopes

d)

Lithium batteries

7.

What are "aliens" most likely to look like?

a)

Humans

b)

Green, odd-looking figures

c)

Tiny microbes

d)

Autobots

8.

True or False: Earth is bigger than Mars

a)

True

b)

False

9.

What are the three types of galaxies?

a)

Irregular

b)

Spiral

c)

Elliptical

d)

Compressed

10.

How do scientists know that there is dark matter?

a)

They can see it

b)

It has gravitational effects on galaxies

c)

It is bright and colorful

d)

They don't know that it is there

11.

How much of the universe's mass consists of dark matter?

a)

10%

b)

90%

c)

80%

d)

20%

12.

How many planets are in our solar system?

a)

7

b)

8

c)

9

d)

10

13.

How many zodiac signs are there?

a)

14

b)

13

c)

12

d)

11

14.

Do drinks (excluding water) in space have to be in powder form when you take off?

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

Depends on the drink

d)

You can't bring drinks into space

15.

Why do we still use astronomical sketches when we have cameras?

a)

We don't use them anymore

b)

It captures things cameras can't

c)

Cameras cannot be used to capture space

d)

For art projects

16.

Which arm are we in the Milky Way?

a)

Orion arm

b)

Norma and Cygnus arm

c)

Scutum-Crux arm

d)

Sagittarius arm

17.

How many moon phases are there?

a)

18

b)

6

c)

8

d)

7

18.

What is an axis?

a)

An imaginary line about which a body rotates

b)

All existing matter and space considered as a whole

c)

The curved path of a celestial object around a star, planet, or moon

d)

The force that attracts a body toward the center of the Earth