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Solar System (19)

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Asteroid

a)

millions of small, rocky objects that orbit the Sun in the asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.

b)

made of gas, dust, and ice and moves around the sun in an oval-shaped orbit.

c)

the average distance from Earth to the Sun.

d)

The time it takes an object to travel once around the sun.

2.

Comet

a)

millions of small, rocky objects that orbit the Sun in the asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.

b)

made of gas, dust, and ice and moves around the sun in an oval-shaped orbit.

c)

the average distance from Earth to the Sun.

d)

The time it takes an object to travel once around the sun.

3.

The time it takes an object to travel once around the sun.

a)

Astronomical Unit

b)

Period of Rotation

c)

Period of Revolution

d)

Green house effect

4.

The planets closest to the sun, made of metal and rock, and have a solid outer later.

a)

Asteroid

b)

Gas Giant

c)

Astronomical Unit

d)

Terrestrial Planet

5.

Occurs when a planet's atmosphere traps solar energy and causes the surface temperature to increase.

a)

Gas Giants

b)

Terrestrial Planet

c)

Greenhouse Effect

d)

Period of Rotation

6.

The four largest moons of Jupiter-Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto- made of rock and ice.

a)

Galilean moons

b)

Astronomical unit

c)

Solar System

d)

Inner Planets

7.

A meteoroid that strikes a planet or a moon.

a)

Meteroite

b)

Meteor

c)

Comet

d)

Asteroid

8.

A round depression formed on the surface of a planet, moon, or other space object by the impact of a meteor.

a)

meteor

b)

impact crater

c)

Saturn

d)

Gas giant

9.

Small, rocky particle that moves through space.

a)

impact crater

b)

astronomical unit

c)

terrestrial planet

d)

meteoroid

10.

A streak of light in Earth's atmosphere made by a glowing meteoroid.

a)

Galilean moons

b)

asteroid

c)

meteor

d)

period of rotation

11.

The time it takes an object to complete on rotation

a)

Period of Revolution

b)

Orbit

c)

Revolve

d)

Period of Rotation

12.

the average distance from Earth to the Sun

a)

Space Shuttle

b)

Astronomical Unit

c)

Miles

d)

Average Distance