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Space Topic 1 - The Solar System

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Planets

a)

If it orbits a planet/Clare path and

b)

If it has water and gravity

c)

is it only orbits a star and has at least 2 moons

2.

dwarf planets

a)

Round and orbits a star/ only reason, not a planet because they have no clear path

b)

DO not have a clear way so can not be a planet but has to have water and life form to be a planet and dwarf planets don't

c)

Big chunks of rock/meals/orbit our sun /orbit between mar& Jupiter

d)

Big chunks of ice that orbit a moon or star

3.

natural satellites (moons)

a)

Orbit planets/Anything that orbits a planet is a moon or natural sad alight

b)

a coherent, typically large body of matter with no definite shape// how big an object is or

c)

the curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star, planet, or moon, especially a periodic elliptical revolution.

d)

the collection of eight planets and their moons in orbit around the sun

4.

Asteroid

a)

Big chunks of rock/meals/orbit our sun /orbit between mar& Jupiter

b)

planets because of they are in the suns outer belt and because they are solid and have no rings around them

c)

a system of millions or billions of stars, together with gas and dust, held together by gravitational attraction

5.

Comets

a)

Big chunks of ice that orbit a moon or star

b)

A small body of space rock

c)

A small body of meteor entered amiys spire and catches on fire

6.

Meteoroids

a)

Changing in open sea level caused the sun and moons gravity pull

b)

Pice of rock that survived the small from falling through space and

c)

A small body of meteor entered amiys spire and catches on fire

d)

A small body of space rock

7.

Meteors

a)

A small body of meteor entered amiys spire and catches on fire

b)

A ring of ice belts beyond Neptune and many dwarf planets are in the kater belt

c)

A ring of ice belts beyond Neptune and many dwarf planets are in the kater belt

8.

Meteorites

a)

Pice of rock that survived the small from falling through space and

b)

made out of gas with a small solid on the sun

c)

A bunch of assorted that orbit the sun between /Jupiter & Mars

9.

inner planets (terrestrial planets)

a)

Mercury, Venus, earth, are in the suns outer belt and because they are solid and have no rings around the

b)

giants work outside of the suns belt and made out of gas with a small solid on the inside//Have rings and lots of moons

c)

a bunch of ice chunks and lots of gas that goes through the galaxy

10.

outer planets

(gas giants)Gas

a)

a coherent, typically large body of matter with no definite shape// how big an object is or

b)

giants work outside of the suns belt and made out of gas with a small solid on the inside//Have rings and lots of moons

c)

Changing in open sea level caused the sun and moons gravity pull

d)

Springtide when sun moon and earth our all in alinement.

//when the sun and moons earth

11.

asteroid belt

a)

A bunch of assorted that orbit the sun between /Jupiter & Mars

b)

A ring of ice belts beyond Neptune and many dwarf planets are in the kater belt

c)

a bunch of ice chunks and lots of gas that goes through the sun

12.

Kuiper Belt

a)

A ring of ice belts beyond Neptune and many dwarf planets are in the kater belt

b)

of ice chunks and lots of gas that goes through the galaxy //Chunks of ice that surrounds the solar system

c)

the action of rotating around an axis or center//Earths axes sping day and night.//spinng

13.

celestial body

a)

Everything that we can see sun,moon ,other planets

b)

the force that attracts a body towards

c)

a system of millions or billions of stars, together with gas and dust, held together by gravitational attraction.

14.

Put the structures/bodies of the solar system in order from the sun outward.

a)

The Sun. Mercury. Venus. Earth. Mars. Ceres. Jupiter. Saturn.

b)

The Sun. Earth. Mars. Ceres. Mercury. Venus. Jupiter. Saturn.

c)

Jupiter. Saturn. Mercury. Venus. The Sun. Earth. Mars.

15.

Explain the physical differences between the different categories of celestial bodies within the solar system.

a)

Some are the colors other arew the shape/What there made out of

b)

The inner planets are smaller and sold the outer planets are bigger and gas planets

c)

The planet would be a lot colder not as much gravity

16.

Compare and contrast the inner and outer planets.

a)

The inner planets are smaller and sold the outer planets are bigger and gas planets

b)

They have a gravityainnaly and inertai

c)

Cause to big to fit in classroom

17.

What is a spring tide?

What is a neap tide?

a)

Changing in open sea level caused the sun and moons gravity pull//the curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star, planet, or moon, especially a periodic elliptical revolution.

b)

Springtide when sun moon and earth our all in alinement.

//when the sun and moons earth

c)

the collection of eight planets and their moons in orbit around the sun///Round and orbits a star/ only reason, not a planet because they have no clear path