WorksheetsAstronomy: Fly me to the Moon
Total questions: 41
Worksheet time: 27mins
Which description correctly identifies the Geocentric Model of the Solar system?
The moon revolves around the Earth and they revolve around the Sun.
The moon revolves around the sun and they revolve around the Earth
The moon and the sun revolve around the Earth in separate orbits.
The moon and the Earth revolve around the Sun in separate orbits.
How have the ideas of the solar system changed over time?
The first models made the Sun the center of the solar system but we know now it is really the Earth.
The first models showed the moon in the center of the solar system but current models show that the Earth is center orbited by the Sun and planets.
The early models showed the Earth at center of solar system and today's model proves its true.
The first models showed the Earth at center of the solar system but current models show the Sun is center orbited by the known planets.
Early Astronomers said the Earth was the center of the solar system and gave evidence that the sun orbited the Earth everyday rising in the East and setting in the west. This model was called
The Hubble Model
The Geocentric Model
The Copernican Model
The Heliocentric Model
What technology helped change the model idea of the solar system?
The development of the Metric System
The use of the telescope
Launching satellites in space
The bath tub
Which list correctly groups astronomical objects ?
moons orbit planets, planets form galaxies, stars orbit planets
moons orbit planets, planets orbit stars, stars form galaxies
planets orbit stars, stars orbit planets, moons, orbit planets
planets orbit stars, stars form black holes, black holes form planets
The distance between the Sun and the Earth is
93 million miles
150 million kilometers
1 astronomical unit (1 AU)
All answers are correct distances
Todd is looking through a telescope and sees the sun blow up. Todd knows this event really happened in the past; how long ago
25 seconds
about an hour ago
about 8 1/2 minutes ago
about 2 days ago
Which galaxy do we live in?
Andromeda
ESO 146-IG 005
Milky Way
Bode's Galaxy
According to our most accurate estimation, how old is the Milky Way?
13 million years old
13 billion years old
13 trillion years old
Its not the years, its the mileage...
What's the unit of measurement we use when referring to our galaxies?
light year
light day
miles
kilometers
What does the Big Bang theory suggest?
The universe has always existed
The Milky Way is the only Universe
The universe is continually expanding
The universe is collapsing toward a single point
Which of the following correctly lists bodies in space from the smallest to the largest?
Earth, Sun, Solar System, Milky Way Galaxy, Universe
Earth, Sun, Milky Way Galaxy, Solar System, Universe
Sun, Earth, Solar System, Milky Way Galaxy, Universe
Universe, Milky Way Galaxy, Sun, Solar System, Earth
What are galaxies composed of?
ice and rock
dust, gas, and stars
stars and ice
water and dust
The asteroid belt is located between which 2 planets?
Mercury and Venus
Jupiter and Saturn
Uranus and Neptune
Mars and Jupiter
A comet forms a tail when
It is deep in outer space and begins to melt
It gets close to the sun and begins to melt
Why does a comet's tail always point AWAY from the sun?
Because the sun gives off a strong solar wind blowing the tail away
The comets tail is being pulled by a gravitational force
A comets tail always points towards the sun
Which object in space looks like a "dirty snowball" because of its composition of ice, gas and dust?
Asteroid
Meteoroid
Comet
Meteor
