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WorksheetsSolar System Test Review
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 13mins
What is a Meteoroid?
Asteroid fragments that enter Earth’s atmosphere.
a small icy body that have highly eccentric orbits around the Sun.
As a meteoroid passes through Earth’s atmosphere, it is heated by friction and burns that produces a streak of light
Meteor that hits the ground
Which of the following is a elliptical orbit?
Dwarf planets, asteroids, and comets formed from the debris of the solar system formation
True
False
What is a Meteorite?
Asteroid fragments that enter Earth’s atmosphere.
a small icy body that have highly eccentric orbits around the Sun.
As a meteoroid passes through Earth’s atmosphere, it is heated by friction and burns that produces a streak of light
Meteor that hits the ground
Is the following image a Zone?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars are classified as terrestrial planets because they
have had or currently have living organisms.
True
False
What is a comet?
Asteroid fragments that enter Earth’s atmosphere.
a small icy body that have highly eccentric orbits around the Sun.
As a meteoroid passes through Earth’s atmosphere, it is heated by friction and burns that produces a streak of light
Meteor that hits the ground
How did people first think the solar system developed?
Around the Mars – That the Mars was the center of the Solar System
Around the Pluto – That the Pluto was the center of the Solar System
Around the Earth – That the Earth was the center of the Solar System
Around the Sun – That the Sun was the center of the Solar System
Some of the moons of Jupiter and Saturn have water and experience volcanic and
activity.
True
False
What is a Meteor?
Asteroid fragments that enter Earth’s atmosphere.
a small icy body that have highly eccentric orbits around the Sun.
As a meteoroid passes through Earth’s atmosphere, it is heated by friction and burns that produces a streak of light
Meteor that hits the ground
What are the differences between a dwarf planet and a “regular” planet?
Dwarf planets have cleared the area of their orbits debris, but regular planets planets have not.
Planets orbit the sun, but dwarf planets do not.
Dwarf planets orbit the sun, but regular planets do not.
Planets have cleared the area of their orbits debris, but dwarf planets have not.
What is a Scrap?
A planet wide system of cliffs
Earth’s average distance from the sun
The ratio of the distance between the foci to the length of the major axis
A group of small solar system bodies that are mostly made of rock and ice that can be found outside the orbit of Neptune
What role does gravity play in our solar system?
Keeps everything in its place. Prevents everything from spinning out of orbit.
Makes everything spinning out of orbit.
Keeps the planets touching
Keeps Earth at the center of the solar system
Present day astronauts divide the solar system into 12 zones.
True
False
The gas giant planets are composed only of hydrogen and helium.
True
False
What is a Kuiper belt?
A planet wide system of cliffs
Earth’s average distance from the sun
The ratio of the distance between the foci to the length of the major axis
A group of small solar system bodies that are mostly made of rock and ice that can be found outside the orbit of Neptune
Is the following image a Belt?
What is a Eccentricity?
A planet wide system of cliffs
Earth’s average distance from the sun
The ratio of the distance between the foci to the length of the major axis
A group of small solar system bodies that are mostly made of rock and ice that can be found outside the orbit of Neptune
Which planet's retrograde motion is being shown
Earth
Mars
Pluto
Jupiter
What is a Astronomical Unit?
A planet wide system of cliffs
Earth’s average distance from the sun
The ratio of the distance between the foci to the length of the major axis
A group of small solar system bodies that are mostly made of rock and ice that can be found outside the orbit of Neptune
How was the solar system formed?
Collapsed of interstellar clouds- movement of matter under gravity – flattening of matter- Formation of Sun – different temperatures causing different planets to form
different temperatures causing different planets to form- Formation of Sun- flattening of matter- movement of matter under gravity- Collapsed of interstellar clouds
Collapsed of interstellar clouds- Formation of Sun- movement of matter under gravity- flattening of matter- different temperatures causing different planets to form
Collapsed of interstellar clouds- - movement of matter under gravity- different temperatures causing different planets to form- Formation of Sun- flattening of matter
What is a liquid metallic hydrogen?
A planet wide system of cliffs
Earth’s average distance from the sun
The ratio of the distance between the foci to the length of the major axis
A form of hydrogen that has properties of both metal and liquid, existing under very high pressure
