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WorksheetsAstronomy 6th period
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
What must be true for an object to orbit another object?
The object being orbited has to be bigger than the object that's orbiting it
The force of gravity of the orbiting object has to be greater than the forward movement of the orbited object
The orbit has to be in a perfect circle
The orbiting object has to be a planet
Which of the following is an example of inertia?
You feel unhappy that you didn't get as many chicken nuggets as the person before you
A pizza's cheese is melting due to the intense heat of the oven
A seat belt stops you from hitting your head on the front window in a car crash
Your Google search is taking more than 30 minutes to load
How does digestion change in space?
The body takes longer to digest food because of the gravity in space
It doesn't change
Your food doesn't fully digest until you land on Earth
It takes a much shorter amount of time to digest food
What are your odds of becoming an astronaut?
1:410,000
1:3,100
1:41,000
1:3,100,000
What is a comet called when you can see it without a telescope?
King Comet
Queen Comet
Great Comet
Amazing Comet
What do rovers use for power?
Radioisotopes and solar
Only solar
Only radioisotopes
Lithium batteries
What are "aliens" most likely to look like?
Humans
Green, odd-looking figures
Tiny microbes
Autobots
True or False: Earth is bigger than Mars
True
False
What are the three types of galaxies?
Irregular
Spiral
Elliptical
Compressed
How do scientists know that there is dark matter?
They can see it
It has gravitational effects on galaxies
It is bright and colorful
They don't know that it is there
How much of the universe's mass consists of dark matter?
10%
90%
80%
20%
How many planets are in our solar system?
7
8
9
10
How many zodiac signs are there?
14
13
12
11
Do drinks (excluding water) in space have to be in powder form when you take off?
Yes
No
Depends on the drink
You can't bring drinks into space
Why do we still use astronomical sketches when we have cameras?
We don't use them anymore
It captures things cameras can't
Cameras cannot be used to capture space
For art projects
Which arm are we in the Milky Way?
Orion arm
Norma and Cygnus arm
Scutum-Crux arm
Sagittarius arm
How many moon phases are there?
18
6
8
7
What is an axis?
An imaginary line about which a body rotates
All existing matter and space considered as a whole
The curved path of a celestial object around a star, planet, or moon
The force that attracts a body toward the center of the Earth
