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Solar System Superb

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What planet comes directly before Neptune in its closeness to the sun?

a)

Saturn

b)

Mars

c)

Venus

d)

Uranus

2.

How many planets are there in our superb solar system?

a)

10

b)

8

c)

9

d)

What are planets?

3.

How much is the Earth tilted on it's axis?

a)

The Earth is NOT tilted.

b)

45.6 degrees

c)

23.4 degrees

d)

5.27 degrees

4.

What is the closest star to the Earth?

a)

Sirius

b)

Vega

c)

The Sun

d)

Arcturus

5.

The Moon has how many phases?

a)

8

b)

1,000,000,000

c)

15

d)

2

6.

The Moon _______ the Earth (find the blank)

a)

Eats

b)

Rotates

c)

Orbits

d)

Is

7.

_____ ____ is the height difference between high and low tides.

a)

Spring tides

b)

Habitable requirements

c)

Solar eclipse

d)

Tidal range

8.

A _____ _____ occurs when a part of the Earth is covered by a shadow cast by the Moon which fully or partially blocks the sunlight.

a)

Moon phases

b)

Spring tide

c)

Solar Eclipse

d)

Lunar Eclipse

9.

An asteroid is...

a)

a small rocky body orbiting the sun

b)

a car

c)

a mini planet

d)

a large rock formed from space dust that is on an outer planet

10.

A solid piece of debris from an object, such as a comet, asteroid, or meteoroid that traveled from outer space and has now landed on a planet or moon.

a)

Comet

b)

Star

c)

Meteorite

d)

None of the above

11.

Rotation is when....

a)

something tilts on its axis

b)

something rotates in a circular motion on its axis

c)

something in motion stops

d)

all of the above

12.

The definition/definitions of satellite is...(select all that apply)

a)

a community or town dependent on a larger nearby town

b)

a body placed in orbit round the Earth, Moon, or other planet to collect information.

c)

a celestial body orbiting a planet or

moon

d)

a portion of the DNA of a genome with repeating base sequences and of different density from the main sequence

13.

When one celestial body casts a shadow on another celestial body this is called:

a)

penumbra

b)

crater

c)

tide

d)

eclipse

14.

The time or date (twice each year) at which the sun crosses the celestial equator, when day and night are of equal length.

a)

eclipse

b)

equinox

c)

high tide

d)

universal gravitation

15.

Neptune does not have good..

a)

oxygen levels

b)

weather

c)

habitable requirements

d)

all of the above

16.

The tide after a new or full moon when there is greatest difference between tidal range is

a)

neap tide

b)

riptide

c)

spring tide

d)

none of the above

17.

A neap tide (select all that apply)

a)

occurs once a month

b)

is when the difference between high and low tide is the least noticeable

c)

occurs twice a month

d)

happens during the full moon

18.

Winter solstice happens in

a)

December

b)

January

c)

February

d)

all of the above

19.

What law says that every particle attracts every other particle in the universe with a force that is directly proportional to the square of distance between the centers?

a)

Kepler's law of physics

b)

Newton's law of universal gravitation

c)

Newton's law of gravity

d)

Newton's law of motion

20.

A penumbra is:

a)

the partially shaded outer region of the shadow cast by an opaque object

b)

a shadow cast by the Earth or moon over an area experiencing a partial eclipse

c)

the less dark outer part of a sunspot surrounding the dark core

d)

all of the above

21.

Movement of planets around the Sun is called

a)

umbra

b)

revolution

c)

rotation

d)

doesn't happen

22.

The fully shaded region of a shadow cast by an opaque object

a)

crater

b)

umbra

c)

umbrella

d)

comet

23.

A large bowl-shaped cavity in the ground or in the surface of other celestial bodies. (select all that apply)

a)

hole

b)

The super bowl

c)

Crater

d)

Solstice

24.

Space is... (select all)

a)

full of MAGIC!!!!!!

b)

always changing

c)

Did you know all cows are female!?

d)

never ending