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Stars - they social distance just like us

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 5hrs 0mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Most objects in space are

a)

distant from each other.

b)

connected by matter.

c)

hanging just above the clouds.

d)

expensive.

2.

The _____ ______ includes our sun, planets, and the planets' moons.

a)

space needle

b)

solar system

c)

star models

d)

school project

3.

The sun

a)

is A LOT bigger than all those tiny, tiny stars in the sky.

b)

is located between the highest mountain and the clouds.

c)

is not as hot as a campfire.

d)

is actually the closest STAR to Earth.

4.

The closest planet to the sun is

a)

Zeus

b)

Apollo

c)

Mercury

d)

Venus

5.

Venus

a)

is not a planet at all, but only the Goddess of Love.

b)

can sometimes be seen just after sunset or just before sunrise.

c)

is a gassy giant.

d)

shares our moon.

6.

The first 4 planets in order from the sun...

a)

Mercury, Mars, Earth, Venus

b)

Pluto, Ceres, Eris

c)

Uranus, Mars, Earth, Jupiter

d)

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

7.

If our sun was the size of a basketball, then Jupiter

a)

would be about the size of a ping-pong ball.

b)

would be a basketball too.

c)

would be smaller than a speck of dust.

d)

would be located somewhere in Iceland, or maybe in the Pacific.

8.

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune

a)

all have rings and lots of moons.

b)

are the same size as Earth.

c)

are not in our galaxy.

d)

are made up up mostly rock and liquid water.

9.

Uranus looks to be

a)

filled with colonies of space people who laugh at the name of their planet.

b)

sideways because of how it rotates.

c)

dying.

d)

moving out of our solar system.

10.

The furthest planet from the sun is

a)

Mercury

b)

Saturn

c)

Space X

d)

Neptune

11.

Pluto is: (choose all correct answers)

a)
b)
c)

not considered a planet anymore.

d)

a dwarf planet.

12.

A nearby star to our sun (choose all correct answers)

a)

is still over 4 light years away!

b)

is not close enough to fly to this weekend.

c)

would NOT fit on a poster board for a school project if you are doing a scale model representation of the galaxy with balls.

d)
13.

Earth's moon phases include: (choose all correct answers)

a)

new

b)

crescent

c)

quarter

d)

gibbous

e)

full

14.

The larger an object's mass,

a)

the more it costs.

b)

the more gravity force it creates.

c)

the more film you need to photograph it.

d)

the thinner it looks on TV.

15.

What two forces counteract to keep stars, planets, and moons in orbit?

a)

centrifugal and centripetal

b)

the light side and the dark side of the force

c)

big and little

d)

friction and time

16.

Tides are caused by

a)

sea monsters

b)

earthquakes

c)

gravity from the sun and moon

d)

boats

17.

The International Space Station ______ the Earth.

a)

misses

b)

leaves

c)

orbits

d)

is found on

18.

Matter in space is

a)

crowded with stuff always bumping into one another

b)

spread out, compared to what we have here on Earth

c)
d)
19.

The ____ goes around Earth and Earth goes around the ___.

a)

moon, sun

b)

sun, moon

c)

light, bend

d)

school, block

20.

This is

a)

the real Bill Nye the Science Guy!

b)

a teacher at our school!

c)

Harrison Ford

d)

Han Solo