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Lesson Outcome - Movement in Space.

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the term for Earth being in the center?

a)

geocentric

b)

heliocentric

c)

sun centered

d)

Galileo

2.

The ancient Greek who proposed a geocentric model of the universe is

a)

Ptolemy

b)

Galileo

c)

Copernicus

d)

Kepler

3.

Which scientist found that planetary orbits were elliptical?

a)

Galileo

b)

Ptolemy

c)

Copernicus

d)

Kepler

4.

A model of the solar system in which Earth and the other planets revolve around the SUN.

a)

Heliocentric

b)

Geocentric

c)

Lunacentric

d)

Planicentric

5.

A ball of ice and rock that usually approaches the sun

a)

Comet

b)

Meteor

c)

Planet

d)

Moon

6.

A shooting star is actually a...

a)

Comet

b)

Asteriod

c)

Star that shoots

d)

Meteor

7.

The luminous celestial body (a bright space object) around which Earth and other planets revolve and from which they receive heat and light.

a)

satellite

b)

planet

c)

sun

d)

galaxy

8.

A small object that enters Earth's atmosphere from space and burns due to friction, emitting light.

a)

meteor

b)

comet

c)

asteroid

d)

star

9.
A constellation is a group of visible ____ that form a pattern when viewed from Earth.  
a)
planets
b)
stars
c)
patterns
d)
creatures
10.
The constellation pattern may take the shape of an ___, ___, ____, ___, or object such as a crown or compass.
a)
planets, stars, animals, people
b)
stars, animals, people, man
c)
man, animals, stars, planets
d)
animal, mythological creature, man, woman, 
11.

As the earth rotates on its axis, the constellations and stars in them appear to _________.

a)

move across the sky

b)

stand still in the sky

c)

move around each other

d)

Move randomly

12.

How many constellations are there according to NASA?

a)

58

b)

68

c)

78

d)

88

13.

How was today's class?

a)
b)
c)