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Solar system Vocab

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What galaxy do we live?

a)

The solar system

b)

The milky way

c)

The United states

d)

The snickers way

2.

What is the definition of fusion ?

a)

supersonic plasma

b)

splitting of heavy atoms

c)

burning of fuel

d)

When two light atoms bond to make a new heavier atom

3.

What is the barycenter?

a)

The of mass between a planet and the galaxy

b)

The center of mass between the planet and the sun

c)

The center of bray

d)

The ratio of distance between foci

4.

What are tides ?

a)

The periodic rise & fall of sea level

b)

The daily change in weather

c)

Rise of the clouds

5.

What is convection ?

a)

The transfer of energy by objects

b)

the transfer of energy by sun

c)

The transfer of energy by flow of heated substances

d)

The transfer of energy by water

6.

What is Nutation ?

a)

The rocking, swaying , and wobbling of earth

b)

the path earth takes around the sun

c)

The galaxy we live in

7.

Rotation is ________ ?

a)

an imaginary line that goes through the North and South Pole

b)

the movement of one object around another

c)

the spinning of an object on its axis

d)

the orbit of an object around the sun

8.

What is conduction ?

a)

The transfer of energy by flow of heated substances

b)

The transfer of oxygen

c)

The transfer of energy through sunlight

9.
What type of tides would this arrangement of earth-moon-sun create?
a)
neap tide
b)
spring tide
c)
new moon tide
d)
full moon tide
10.

The splitting of atoms into smaller atoms is _____ ?

a)

fusion

b)

fission

11.

What is an Oblate spheriod

a)

An unknown planet

b)

Another name fir the sun

c)

A squashed sphere that resembles earth

12.

What is combustion ?

a)

The burning of wood

b)

The burning of slate

c)

The burning of fuel in the presence of oxygen

13.

What is Earth's motion around the sun called?

a)

Rotation

b)

Revolution

14.

What is an isolation ?

a)

When your in a tight space

b)

The amount of solar radiation that reaches earth surface

c)

The amount of convection that reaches earths surface

d)

When earth rotates around the sun

15.

The earth is tilted on it's ____

a)

south

b)

north

c)

Axis

d)

all of the above

e)

Equator

16.
What causes the seasons to change?
a)
The warming and cooling of Earth's core.
b)
The distance from the sun.
c)
Earth's tilt in relation to the sun.
d)
Earth's rotation on its axis.
17.
What type of tide would this arrangement of earth-moon-sun create?
a)
full moon tide
b)
new moon tide
c)
neap tide
d)
spring tide
18.
What is photosynthesis?
a)
The process in which humans eat their food
b)
When a photographer takes a photo.
c)
To get your pictures from the photo lab.
d)
The process in which plants make their food.
19.
Which is an example of radiation?
a)
boiling a pot of noodles for dinner
b)
getting hot from lying in the sun
c)
feeling warm while taking a hot shower
d)
burning yourself after touching a hot plate
20.

What does earth magnetic field protect us from ?

a)

protects us from the sun's solar radiation

b)

protects us from comets

c)

Protects us from asteroids

d)

protects us from solar wind.

21.

What does the earth orbit around ?

a)

The equator

b)

the sun

c)

the barycenter that’s inside the sun.

22.

What is precession ?

a)

the wobbles of earth rotational axis

b)

The wobble of the galaxy

c)

WOBBLE WOBBLE GOBBLE

d)

The wobble of the sun