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Earth in the Solar System

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the planets is closest to the Sun?

a)

Earth

b)

Mars

c)

Mercury

d)

Venus

2.

What do you call the path a planet goes through as it moves around the Sun?

a)

Axis

b)

Orbit

c)

Revolution

d)

Rotation

3.

Which lies between the orbit of Mars and Jupiter?

a)

Asteroid Belt

b)

Kuiper Belt

c)

Oort Cloud

d)

Pluto

4.

What type of galaxy is the Milky Way?

a)

Elliptical Galaxy

b)

Irregular Galaxy

c)

Barred Spiral Galaxy

d)

Spiral Galaxy

5.

Which celestial body is made of frozen ice, dust, and ammonia?

a)

Asteroid

b)

Comet

c)

Meteoroid

d)

Planet

6.

Which is true about a 'Meteorite'?

a)

It is a space rock which enters the atmosphere

b)

It is a space rock which is more than 3 feet in size

c)

It is a space rock which falls to the surface of the Earth

d)

It is a space rock which floats in the outer space between Mars and Jupiter

7.

How will the Sun 'die'?

a)

It will become a black hole

b)

It will explode into a supernova

c)

It will become a neutron star

d)

It will become a white dwarf star

8.

A ____________ is a pattern of stars in the sky.

a)

Asteroid

b)

Comet

c)

Constellation

d)

Galaxy

9.

Which planet is a Gas Giant?

a)

Mars

b)

Neptune

c)

Mercury

d)

None of the options

10.

Who proposed the Bigbang Theory?

a)

Albert Einstein

b)

Edwin Hubble

c)

George Lemaitre

d)

Neil Armstrong