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Astronomy Quiz

Total questions: 8

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is space spinoff?

a)

A item that has uses for earth but was originally developed for space. (Modified for earth).

b)

The collection of information about earth and other objects in space without being in direct contact.

c)

A satellite that rotates at the same speed as the earth's rotation that looks at a certain part of the earth.

2.

What are three items that have been made originally for space but are now used on earth?

a)

Guitars, Freeze-Dried food, Clocks

b)

Clocks, Shock Absorbing shoes, Light bulbs

c)

Freeze-Dried Food, Joystick Controllers, Shock absorbing Shoes

d)

Joystick controllers, shock absorbing shoes, guitars

3.

What is an axis?

a)

The Earth’s rotation period with respect to the stars.

b)

An imaginary line that passes through the north and South Poles.

c)

Our clock is based on the Earth’s rotation with respect to the sun, from solar noon to solar noon, known as a solar day.

4.

A solar day is divided into how many hours?

a)

24

b)

48

c)

12

d)

160

5.

What is a constellation?

a)

a cold mixture of cold ice and dust that starts to dissipate as it approaches the sun

b)

giant balls of gas burning trillions of miles away.

c)

a pattern or connection between a group of stars

6.

What is a planet?

a)

A large object that orbits the sun

b)

A giant ball of burning gas

c)

a small object that burns up on orbit

7.

What is a comet?

a)

Tons of small, irregular, rocky objects that orbit the sun. These are rocky objects that are too small and too numerous to be considered planets or dwarf planets. We have discovered more than 100,00.

b)

Chunks of rock or dust. It would become a meteor once it enters earth’s atmosphere. They travel around the sun in different orbits.

c)

Loose collections of ice, dust, and small rocky particles whose orbits can be very long narrow eclipses.

8.

What is a meteorite?

a)

Chunks of rock or dust. It would become a meteor once it enters earth’s atmosphere. They travel around the sun in different orbits.

b)

Tons of small, irregular, rocky objects that orbit the sun. These are rocky objects that are too small and too numerous to be considered planets or dwarf planets. We have discovered more than 100,00

c)

Loose collections of ice, dust, and small rocky particles whose orbits can be very long narrow eclipses.