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Space! - Satellites, meteoroids, and comets

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a body that orbits a larger body called?

a)

moon

b)

comet

c)

asteroid

d)

satellite

2.

What are the varying shapes that the moon portrays, depending on the amount of sunlight reflected off of it, called?

a)

phases

b)

crescents

c)

new moons

d)

waxing

3.

Small, rocky bodies that are often pieces of matter detached from passing comets or collided asteroids

a)

meteor

b)

meteorite

c)

meteoroid

d)

comet

4.

Natural satellites that many planets have are known as

a)

Asteroids

b)

Comets

c)

Moons

d)

Meteors

5.

Which side of the moon always faces Earth?

a)

Far-side

b)

Near-side

c)

Full moon

d)

New moon

6.

The ring of icy bodies beyond Neptune's orbit that includes thousands of comets and the dwarf planets Pluto and Eris

a)

Kuiper Belt

b)

Asteroid Belt

c)

Oort Cloud

d)

Neptune's atmosphere

7.

Small bodies of ice, rock, and cosmic dust that orbit the sun and can be long-period or short-period

a)

Meteors

b)

Meteorites

c)

Comets

d)

Asteroids

8.

A dark area that appears on the moon

a)

Shadow

b)

Mare

c)

Crescent

d)

Waning

9.

When the moon is at the furthest point away from Earth along its elliptical orbit, it is at...

a)

apogee

b)

perigee

10.

When meteoroids enter Earth's atmosphere and burn up, emitting a trail of light behind it, they become

a)

Meteorites

b)

Meteors

c)

Asteroids

d)

Comets

11.

When a meteoroid survives Earth's atmosphere and reaches Earth's surface, it is then a...

a)

Meteor

b)

Cosmic rock

c)

Meteorite

d)

Comet

12.

What are the four largest moons of Jupiter called?

a)

Hubble's Moons

b)

Galilean Moons

c)

Terrestrial Moons

d)

Inner Moons

13.

The inner, cone-shaped shadow during an eclipse

a)

penumbra

b)

apogee

c)

mare

d)

umbra

14.

The spherical cloud of dust that exists beyond the Kuiper Belt and contains billions of comets

a)

Asteroid Belt

b)

Oort Cloud

c)

Black Hole

d)

Galaxy