WorksheetsSolar system astronomy
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What would you call a glowing cloud of gas and dust in outer space?
Comet
Jovian Planet
Terrestrial Planet
Nebula
What is created when a star undergoes a supernova explosion?
Terrestrial Planet
anew Universe
Jovian Planet
a Nebula
What force causes a Nebula to stop expanding, and then to start collapsing inward?
Gravity
Nuclear Fusion
Inertia
Magnetism
As a nebula collapses inward because of gravity, what percentage of the matter ends up forming a new star?
27%
69%
82%
99%
The material of the nebula that is not incorporated into the new star forms
galaxies
a universe
planets, moons, asteroids, and comets
unicorns and dragons
As the nebula collapses, the center ______ because of conversion of kinetic energy to thermal energy
Heats up
Cools down
Divides
Moves to Grayon
As the Nebula collapses, it starts_______faster and faster
Talking
Spinning
Turning Green
Nuclear Fission
Rapid rotation of the collapsing nebula causes the remaining material to form a ______ shape, instead of the 3 dimensional sphere it was originally.
Square
Oval
Disk
Diamond
The remaining 1 % of material in the Nebula's spinning disk starts combining together because of gravity, forming
Babies
Planetismals
ProtoStars
Protoplanets
As Planetismals orbit the new star, as they come near each other combine getting larger and larger, forming _________.
Multiple stars
Protoplanets
Jovian Planets
Terrestrial Planets
Protoplanets orbiting the new star combine with other ______ growing larger and larger.
Protoplanets
Proto-stars
Comets
Terrestrial planets
Over time, the _________ attract the majority of matter from the solar system, leaving mostly empty space.
protoplanets
protostars
planetismals
dog catchers
When the protoplanets have cleaned out the space between them, and have stable orbits, they become true _____.
moons
astroids
stars
planets
Planets close to the sun have lots of metals and silicates. The first form as balls of lave, and then become hard and rocky. They are called
Jovian Planets
Terrestrial Planets
Minor Planets
Comets
Planets farther out into space are formed mostly of gases like hydrogen and helium. They have no hard rocky surface. They are called _____.
Terrestrial planets
Minor Planets
Jovian Planets
Astroids
large hard rocky objects orbiting between Mars and Jupiter are called ______.
Meteors
Meteorites
Asteroids
Comets
Planets that are neither Hard and Rocky, or Gas Planets are called ________.
Wierd
Minor Planets
Terrestrial Planets
Jovian Planets
Objects made of ice and rocks that orbit the sun with very elliptical orbits, disappearing beyond the planets for many years at a time, and then reappear passing by the sun are called ________
Asteroids
Comets
Minor Planets
Meteors
Earth is a _____ planet.
Jovian
Terrestrial
Jovian
Minor Planet
Jupiter is a ________ planet.
Terrestrial
Minor Planet
Jovian Planet
Asteroid
