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Unit 3 The Solar system!

Total questions: 31

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which planets are relatively small, and primarily made out of silicate minerals?
a)
gas giants
b)
ice giants
c)
terrestrial planets
d)
dwarf planets
2.
The most massive gas giant planet.
a)
Jupiter
b)
Earth
c)
Ganymede
d)
Saturn
3.
The spherical group of objects that surrounds everything in the solar system is called the ______.
a)
Kuiper Belt
b)
Oort Cloud
c)
Scattered Disk
d)
Plutinos
4.
Long period comets come from which region of the solar system?
a)
Kuiper Belt
b)
Oort Cloud
c)
Scattered Disk
d)
Asteroid Belt
5.
Short period comets come from which region of the solar system?
a)
Kuiper Belt
b)
Oort Cloud
c)
Scattered Disk
d)
Asteroid Belt
6.

There are _________ planets in our solar system.

a)

6

b)

7

c)

8

d)

9

7.

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are know as ________ planets.

a)

rocky

b)

gaseous

8.

Our solar system is part of a bigger grouping of stars called the ___________ galaxy.

a)

Milky Way

b)

Andromeda

c)

Messier 63

d)

Whirlpool

e)

Sombrero

9.

___________ was once considered a full planet but was redefined as a dwarf planet in 2006.

a)

Pluto

b)

Mars

c)

Ceres

d)

MakeMake

10.

About 99.85% of the mass of the solar system is the __________.

a)

Asteroid belt

b)

Sun

c)

Moon

d)

planets

11.

Which astronaut remained in orbit while his colleagues walked on the lunar surface?

a)

Buzz Aldrin

b)

Michael Collins

c)

Neil Armstrong

12.

The Apollo 11 mission occurred in July of ...

a)

1869

b)

1896

c)

1969

d)

1996

13.

Solar eclipses refer to ...

a)

moon between earth & sun

b)

earth between moon & sun

c)

sun between earth & moon

d)

moon near the sun

14.

During the moon phases shown in the image Earth will experience a -

a)

Spring Tide

b)

Neap Tide

15.

During the moon phases shown in the image Earth will experience a -

a)

Spring Tide

b)

Neap Tide

16.

Which diagram shows the arrangement of the Earth, Sun and Moon during a Neap Tide?

a)
b)
c)
d)
17.
Galaxies that are redshifted are:
a)
actually blue.
b)
really far away.
c)
invisible.
d)
moving away from us.
18.
Our theory of the universe was confirmed by the discovery of:
a)
fusion.
b)
cosmic microwave background radiation.
c)
the Andromeda galaxy.
d)
the Doppler effect.
19.
The universe is ____________ years old.
a)
8.13 billion
b)
13.8 billion
c)
1.83 billion
d)
381 million
20.
What are the three types of galaxies?
a)
Spiral, Elliptical, Ambiguous
b)
Whirlpool, Ellipse, Irregular
c)
Spiral, Elliptical, Irregular
d)
Swirly, Fuzzy, Uh...
21.
What is the name of the largest stars?
a)
Protostars
b)
Supergiants
c)
Red Giants
d)
Dwarf Stars
22.
Analyze this HR Diagram. Which group of stars is considered to have lower than average luminosity as well as a higher than average temperature?
a)
Giants
b)
Main Sequence
c)
White Dwarfs
d)
Super Giants
23.
Which star has the lowest temperature?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
24.
The theory that explains the formation of the solar system is called ____.
a)
Nebulis Theory
b)
Nebular Theory
c)
Big Bang Theory
d)
Big Nebulan Theory
25.

What is the shape of a planet's orbit?

a)

circular

b)

elliptical

c)

spherical

d)

round

26.
Nebulae are primarily composed of what element?
a)
Hydrogen
b)
Helium
c)
Other hard elements
d)
Zinc
27.
How long ago was our sun formed?
a)
10 million years ago
b)
5 million years ago
c)
4.5 billion years ago
d)
2 billion years ago
28.
All stars begin their life in a
a)
Main Sequence
b)
Nebula
c)
Protostar
d)
Black Dwarf
29.
The life cycles of stars are determined by their:
a)
mass (size)
b)
color
c)
distance from Earth
d)
luminosity
30.

The Apollo mission brought back what type of rock?

a)

sedimentary rocks like limestone

b)

metamorphic rocks like slate

c)

igneous rocks like basalt

d)

mostly minerals like galena

31.

What type of galaxy shape is in this picture?

a)

elliptical galaxy

b)

spiral galaxy

c)

irregular galaxy

d)

parallax galaxy

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