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WorksheetsSolar System Superb
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 13mins
What planet comes directly before Neptune in its closeness to the sun?
Saturn
Mars
Venus
Uranus
How many planets are there in our superb solar system?
10
8
9
What are planets?
How much is the Earth tilted on it's axis?
The Earth is NOT tilted.
45.6 degrees
23.4 degrees
5.27 degrees
What is the closest star to the Earth?
Sirius
Vega
The Sun
Arcturus
The Moon has how many phases?
8
1,000,000,000
15
2
The Moon _______ the Earth (find the blank)
Eats
Rotates
Orbits
Is
_____ ____ is the height difference between high and low tides.
Spring tides
Habitable requirements
Solar eclipse
Tidal range
A _____ _____ occurs when a part of the Earth is covered by a shadow cast by the Moon which fully or partially blocks the sunlight.
Moon phases
Spring tide
Solar Eclipse
Lunar Eclipse
An asteroid is...
a small rocky body orbiting the sun
a car
a mini planet
a large rock formed from space dust that is on an outer planet
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.
Comet
Star
Meteorite
None of the above
Rotation is when....
something tilts on its axis
something rotates in a circular motion on its axis
something in motion stops
all of the above
The definition/definitions of satellite is...(select all that apply)
a community or town dependent on a larger nearby town
a body placed in orbit round the Earth, Moon, or other planet to collect information.
a celestial body orbiting a planet or
moon
a portion of the DNA of a genome with repeating base sequences and of different density from the main sequence
When one celestial body casts a shadow on another celestial body this is called:
penumbra
crater
tide
eclipse
The time or date (twice each year) at which the sun crosses the celestial equator, when day and night are of equal length.
eclipse
equinox
high tide
universal gravitation
Neptune does not have good..
oxygen levels
weather
habitable requirements
all of the above
The tide after a new or full moon when there is greatest difference between tidal range is
neap tide
riptide
spring tide
none of the above
A neap tide (select all that apply)
occurs once a month
is when the difference between high and low tide is the least noticeable
occurs twice a month
happens during the full moon
Winter solstice happens in
December
January
February
all of the above
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?
Kepler's law of physics
Newton's law of universal gravitation
Newton's law of gravity
Newton's law of motion
A penumbra is:
the partially shaded outer region of the shadow cast by an opaque object
a shadow cast by the Earth or moon over an area experiencing a partial eclipse
the less dark outer part of a sunspot surrounding the dark core
all of the above
Movement of planets around the Sun is called
umbra
revolution
rotation
doesn't happen
The fully shaded region of a shadow cast by an opaque object
crater
umbra
umbrella
comet
A large bowl-shaped cavity in the ground or in the surface of other celestial bodies. (select all that apply)
hole
The super bowl
Crater
Solstice
Space is... (select all)
full of MAGIC!!!!!!
always changing
Did you know all cows are female!?
never ending
