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Year 7 Space

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The objects seen in the up in the night sky are know as:

a)

White Dots

b)

Celestial Objects

c)

Space Freckles

d)

UFO's

2.

The scientists who study celestial objects are known as...

a)

Astrologers

b)

Astronomers

c)

Astroturf

d)

Celestial Scientists

3.

Not including the sun... the brightest object in the night sky is...

a)

Mercury

b)

Venus

c)

The Moon

d)

Mars

4.

This pictures shows..

a)

The motion of the planets due to the rotation of the Earth

b)

The motion of the stars due to the revolution of Earth around the Sun

c)

The stars revolving around the pole star due to the rotation of the Earth

d)

Some spinning their camera while taking a photo at night time.

5.

This picture shows...

a)

The "retrograde" motion of a planet over many weeks

b)

The motion of a comet

c)

A shooting star

d)

A UFO

6.

The first four planets are known as the...

a)

Tertiary Planets

b)

Tiny Planets

c)

Terrestrial Planets

d)

Extraterrestrial Planets

7.

The last four planets in our solar system are known as...

a)

Gas Giants

b)

Gas Guzzlers

c)

Planetoidal Monoliths

d)

Mega-Planets

8.

A small rock in space is called a

a)

Meteoroid

b)

Meteor

c)

Meteorite

d)

Meter

9.

A shooting star is visible because of the...

a)

Enormous heat generated by meteors hitting the Earth's atmosphere at extremely high speeds

b)

Evaporation of water attached to frozen meteors

c)

Meteors are often made of a white glowing material

d)

Magic fairy dust that they emit

10.

Our solar system contains two asteroid belts, but the main one is located between

a)

Mercury and Venus

b)

Earth and Mars

c)

Mars and Jupiter

d)

Neptune and Pluto

11.

Comets follow ___________ paths and appear with a long shining tail in the sky due to ________________________________

a)

circular ... the combustion of flammable material as they fly near the sun

b)

circular ... the evaporation of ice as they fly near the sun

c)

elliptical... the combustion of flammable material as they fly near the sun

d)

elliptical ... the evaporation of ice as they fly near the sun

12.

This picture shows...

a)

Impact craters on the Sun

b)

Impact craters on the Moon

c)

Impact craters on the Earth

d)

Abstract art

13.

Which of the following statements is NOT one of the assumptions of the "geocentric model" of the solar system?

a)

The Earth was at the center of the solar system

b)

The Earth was stationary

c)

The planets moved around the Earth in epicycles

d)

The Earth revolved around the sun