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Science Quarter 2

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A star and all the objects that travel around it:

a)

solar system

b)

axis

c)

satellite

d)

comet

2.

The imaginary line around which a planet rotates:

a)

gravity

b)

axis

c)

day

d)

crater

3.

A bowl-shaped hole formed when a meteor crashes:

a)

axis

b)

gravity

c)

day

d)

crater

4.

Time it takes for a planet to rotate once:

a)

atmosphere

b)

orbit

c)

day

d)

revolve

5.

The force that keeps each planet in its path around the sun:

a)

gravity

b)

resistance

c)

atmosphere

d)

star

6.

All of the gases around a planet:

a)

orbit

b)

water

c)

atmosphere

d)

crater

7.

Object that travels around another object in space:

a)

moon

b)

satellite

c)

crater

d)

comet

8.

The path a planet takes as it revolves around the sun:

a)

axis

b)

crater

c)

day

d)

orbit

9.

A huge ball of glowing gas that gives off light and heat:

a)

meteor

b)

star

c)

comet

d)

satellite

10.

The time it takes for a planet to complete one revolution around the sun:

a)

day

b)

orbit

c)

year

d)

satellite

11.

Frozen chunks of ice, dust, and gas that revolve around the sun:

a)

comet

b)

planet

c)

star

d)

satellite

12.

A solar system is

a)

a planet and all the objects that travel around it

b)

eight planets and their moons

c)

a star and all the objects that travel around it

d)

planets, moons, comets, and asteroids

13.

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are known as the _____.

a)

Rocky Planets

b)

Gas giants

c)

Inner planets

d)

Red giants

14.

The inner planets are mostly _______.

a)

Made of gases, with rings and many moons.

b)

Hard and rocky, with rings and no atmosphere

c)

Hard and rocky, with craters and few moons

d)

Made of gases, with no atmosphere

15.

Earth and day and night because _______.

a)

it revolves around the Sun.

b)

its orbit is an ellipse.

c)

its axis is tilted.

d)

it rotates on its axis.

16.

We see the Moon's phases because _______.

a)

we see different amounts of the Moon's lighted surface.

b)

the moon changes in shape and size

c)

the amount of the Moon that gets lighted by the Sun changes.

d)

The Moon orbits the Sun and is sometimes behind it.

17.

A year on another planet may be longer than a year on Earth because _______.

a)

the planet is bigger than Earth.

b)

the planet is closer to the Sun than Earth.

c)

the planet rotates more slowly than Earth.

d)

the planet has a bigger orbit than Earth.

18.

Earth has seasons because _______.

a)

it has a perihelion and aphelion.

b)

it has a tilted axis and it revolves around the Sun.

c)

it rotates in a clockwise direction.

d)

it has water.

19.

What is the scientific name for a "shooting star"?

a)

asteroid

b)

comet

c)

meteor

d)

constellation

20.

Which answer lists the planets in order outward from the sun:

a)

Mercury, Venus, Mars, Earth, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto

b)

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto

c)

Venus, Mercury, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto

d)

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus, Pluto