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solar system 2

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which is the largest object in our solar system?
a)
Sun
b)
Jupiter
c)
Earth
d)
Pluto
2.
Which planet is closest to the sun?
a)
Uranus
b)
Mercury
c)
Neptune
d)
Earth
3.
A ball of ice and dust with a tail of gas and dust pointing away from the sun.
a)
Asteroid
b)
Comet
c)
Moon
d)
Meteor
4.
A small rocky object orbiting the sun.
a)
Asteroid
b)
Comet
c)
Moon
d)
Meteor
5.

Earth's ________ on its axis causes day and night.

a)

rotation

b)

revolution

c)

phase

d)

comet

6.

The moon is a natural ______ of Earth.

a)

comet

b)

axis

c)

satellite

d)

space probe

7.
Day and night is caused by the _____________ of earth on its axis.
a)
revolution
b)
orbit
c)
rotation
8.

Name the moon phase

a)

First Quarter

b)

Last Quarter

c)

New Moon

d)

Full Moon

9.
This image is an example of
a)
Lunar Eclipse
b)
Full Moon
c)
New Moon
d)
Solar Eclipse
10.

True or False: You must wear your eclipse goggles at all times except during totality due to safety reasons.

a)

True

b)

False

11.
What is the central, darker part of a shadow called?
a)
the umbra
b)
the penumbra
12.
The belt between Mars and Jupiter
a)
Comets
b)
Asteroids
c)
Meteors
d)
Stars
13.
We are composed mainly of rock and metal.
a)
comets and stars
b)
stars and meteors
c)
asteroid and meteors
d)
comets and asteroid
14.
What do we call the visible streak of light created by space debris entering Earth's atmosphere?
a)
meteor
b)
meteorite
15.

_________ is the center of the sun.

a)

photosphere

b)

corona

c)

core

16.
The different shapes of the moon you see from Earth are called ________.
a)
lunar eclipse
b)
phases
c)
solar eclipse
d)
spring
17.
It takes the Earth ___ hours to complete a rotation.
a)
12
b)
24
c)
50
d)
365
18.
It takes the Earth _______ days to travel all the way around the Sun.
a)
28
b)
100
c)
24
d)
365
19.

the entire collection of planets and other bodies that orbit the sun

a)

sun

b)

solar system

c)

revolve

d)

atom

20.

The path that planets take around the sun

a)

orbit

b)

sun

c)

nucleus

d)

atmoshpere

21.

A layer of gas surrounding a plant

a)

atmosphere

b)

revolve

c)

orbit

d)

nucleus

22.

The star at the center of the solar system

a)

orbit

b)

sun

c)

atom

d)

nucleus

23.

Our sun is a

a)

Star

b)

Gas

c)

Plasma

d)

Planet

24.

How many miles away is the sun?

a)

93 million

b)

12 million

c)

50 million

d)

12 billion

25.
What is the closest star to the Earth?
a)
Milky Way 
b)
The Sun
c)
Andromeda
d)
Sirus
26.

Which galaxy do we live in?

a)

Andromeda

b)

ESO 146-IG 005

c)

Milky Way

d)

Seque 2

27.
What is this?
a)
axis
b)
moon
28.
What is this?
a)
eclipse
b)
netpune
c)
satellite
d)
candy

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