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Total questions: 46
Worksheet time: 26mins
What is a celestial body?
Any artificial body outside of the Earth’s atmosphere.
Any natural body outside of the Earth’s atmosphere.
Anything outside of the Earth’s atmosphere.
Which of the following IS NOT a celestial body?
Comets
Asteroids
Planets
Satelites
What is a galaxy?
A star with planets orbiting it
A solar system
A collection of millions of celestial bodies held together by gravity
The Universe
We are part of the ____________ galaxy
Milky Way
Andromeda
LMC
Tadpole
Our galaxy is _________ shaped
Irregular
Elliptical
Spiral
What is the universe?
The sun and the eight planets
The Milky Way
All of space and everything in it
Which of the following is true?
The big bang created space and matter that moved closer together. As the universe contracted gravity caused atoms to form galaxies and solar systems
The big bang created space and matter that moved apart. As the universe expanded gravity caused atoms to form galaxies and solar systems.
Before the big bang....
The universe expanded into a tiny, hot , dense, mass
The universe was compressed into a tiny, cold, dense, mass
The universe was compressed into a tiny, hot , dense, mass
The big bang happened...
4 billion years ago
13.8 billion years ago
2 thousand years ago
500 million years ago
Which of the following is FALSE in relation to The Big Bang Theory?
The big bang generated space with matter spread throughout it.
After the big bang a huge expansion of inflation caused the universe matter and energy to from.
Gravity began to bring matter together to form stars, galaxies and other space objects.
The Big Bang created the Milky Way galaxy immediatley
How fast is the speed of light?
300,000,000 m/s
180,000,000 m/s
30,000,000 m/s
18,000,000 m/s
What are stars?
A star is a non-luminous object made up of gas that can produce its own light and heat by nuclear reactions
A star is a luminous object made up of gas that can produce its own light and heat by nuclear reactions
A star is a luminous object made up of pasta that can produce its own light and heat by nuclear reactions
A star is a non-luminous object made up of cheese that can produce its own light and heat by nuclear reactions
A star is fuelled by nuclear reactions....
Between two hydrogen atoms that fuse to form helium, giving off heat and light
By the splitting of hydrogen atoms, giving off heat and light
By the splitting of helium atoms, giving off heat and light
Between two helium atoms that fuse to form hydrogen, giving off heat and light
What is the third phase in the life cycle of a star?
the white dwarf
the red giant
formation
the stable period
The formation of stars begins with large clouds of gas called...
Nebulae
Neutrons
Nucleui
Galaxies
A white dwarf forms when...
When the red giant turns all the hydrogen to helium – it will expand and collapse
When the red giant turns all the helium to hydrogen – it will condense and collapse
When the red giant turns all the hydrogen to helium – it will condense and collapse
Which of the folllowing is the correct order of the planets...
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Venus, Mercury, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn Uranus, Neptune
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Neptune, Saturn, Uranus
The three types of planet within our solar system are...
Terrestrial
Jovian
Dwarf
Meteorite
You may remember "Gas Garry"... What planets in our solar system are gas giants?
Neptune
Saturn
Venus
Uranus
Jupiter
Which of the following is a dwarf planet?
Mercury
Mars
Pluto
Venus
A moon is...
A natural satalite that orbits a planet
A natural satalite that a planet orbits
A natural planet that an orbit satalites
An natural orbit that planets a satelite
....... has the greatest number of moons
Neptune
Saturn
Uranus
Jupiter
Which planet has one moon?
Mercury
Venus
Mars
Earth
... has double the amount of moons that Earth has
Venus
Mars
Mercury
Saturn
What planets have zero moons?
Venus
Mars
Neptune
Mercury
Which planet is closest to the sun?
Venus
Mars
Earth
Mercury
Which planet is the coldest?
Mars
Neptune
Jupiter
Uranus
Which planet is furthest away from the sun?
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Jupiter
Which planet has the most similar number of moons to Saturn?
Uranus
Neptune
Mars
Jupiter
Which two planets are closest in temperature?
Mars
Venus
Neptune
Uranus
Jupiter
What planet has the longest year?
Neptune
Uranus
Jupiter
Saturn
Which planets have a shorter year than Earth?
Mercury
Mars
Jupiter
Venus
What planet has a year length of 365.25 days?
Mars
Earth
Venus
Mercury
On which planet does a day last 25 hours?
Mars
Mercury
Venus
Neptune
Which planets have a shorter year than Earth?
Venus
Mars
Mercury
Jupiter
Which planets day is 58 times longer that Earths?
Venus
Mars
Mercury
Neptune
Which planet is closest to the Earth?
Venus
Mercury
Mars
Jupiter
Gravity....
Is a non-contact force of attraction between objects that is measured in N/Kg
Is a non-contact force of attraction between objects that is measured in Kg/N
Is a non-contact force of attraction between objects that is measured in Kg
Is a non-contact force of attraction between objects that is measured in N
Mass...
Is a measure of the amount of matter un an object and is measured in Kg/N
Is a measure of the amount of matter un an object and is measured in N
Is a measure of the amount of matter un an object and is measured in Kg
Is a measure of the amount of matter un an object and is measured in N/Kg
Weight...
Is the force of gravity on an objects mass and is measured in N/Kg
Is the force of gravity on an objects mass and is measured in N
Is the force of gravity on an objects mass and is measured in Kg/N
Is the force of gravity on an objects mass and is measured in Newton Kg
The unit of weight is symbolised by the letter N. N stands for....
Neutron
Nano
Nanotrons
Newton
If I want to find the weight of an object I....
Divide mass by gravity
Divide weight by mass
Multiply mass by gravity
Mulitply mass by weight
A comet is...
A rock in orbit generally between Mars and Jupiter
A chunk of ice and rock originating from the outer solar system, often accompanied by a coma and a tail.
A space rock that's bigger than a dust grain but smaller than an asteroid.
The streak of light seen when a space rock enters the atmosphere and starts burning up
Which of the following is a piece of space rock that lands on the Earth?
Meteroid
Meteor
Meteorite
An asteroid is...
Smaller than a planet but larger than a meteorid
Larger than a planet but smaller than a meteroid
Most asteroids are located in an area between which two planets
Earth and Mars
Earth and Venus
Mars and Jupiter
Mercury and Venus
