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Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 24mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
During which portion of the Earth's revolution around the Sun is the Northern Hemisphere tilted toward the Sun?
a)
Vernal equinox
b)
Summer solstice
c)
Winter solstice
d)
Autumnal equinox
2.
What is the approximate percentage of the Earth that is illuminated by the Sun at any given time?
a)
90%
b)
10%
c)
25%
d)
50%
3.
The sky darkens at midday and the Sun seems to disappear. Minutes later, the Sun reappears and the daylight returns. The best explanation for this is...
a)
a partial solar eclipse is occurring
b)
the Moon has created a lunar eclipse
c)
the Sun has created a lunar eclipse
d)
the Moon has created a solar eclipse
4.
During a total lunar eclipse, what phenomenon is occurring?
a)
the Earth passes through the Moon's umbra
b)
the Moon passes through Earth's umbra
c)
the Earth passes through the Moon's penumbra
d)
the Moon passes through Earth's penumbra
5.
During which phase of the Moon will the tides be highest?
a)
Full Moon
b)
Quarter Moon
c)
Gibbous Moon
d)
Crescent Moon
6.
When the Earth is closest to the Sun and the northern hemisphere is tilted away from the Sun, we will be experiencing what season?
a)
Summer
b)
Fall (Autumn)
c)
Winter
d)
Spring
7.
The first manned-mission to land on the Moon was commanded by Neil Armstrong and was called...
a)
Viking 2
b)
Mariner 7
c)
Gemini 3
d)
Apollo 11
8.
How many high tides does earth experience each day?
a)
4
b)
2
c)
1
d)
3
9.
The only reusable manned space vehicle has been the...
a)
Space Shuttle
b)
Apollo
c)
Gemini
d)
Voyager
10.
The first country to land humans on the Moon and return them safely to Earth was
a)
Germany
b)
Russia
c)
U.S.A.
d)
China
11.
The space program that involved humans walking on the Moon
a)
Mercury
b)
Gemini
c)
Voyager
d)
Apollo
12.
The telescope in space that takes pictures of stars, galaxies, and other objects in space
a)
James Webb telescope
b)
Hubble Space telescope
c)
John's Reflecting telescope
d)
Simmons Refracting telescope
13.
An object that is sent into space on a mission to explore planets and the solar system and relays information back to Earth
a)
Satellite
b)
Space ship
c)
Space probe
d)
Space shuttle
14.
The image shown represents which Moon phase?
a)
Waxing gibbous
b)
Waning gibbous
c)
Waning crescent
d)
Waxing crescent
15.
A pattern of stars is called what?
a)
constellation
b)
solar system
c)
galaxy
d)
bunch
16.
The name of our solar system is called...?
a)
Snickers
b)
Butterfingers
c)
Milky Way
d)
Hersheys
17.
What are terrestrial or the inner planets composed of?
a)
water
b)
gas
c)
rock
d)
none of the above
18.
What are the jovial (outer) planets composed of ?
a)
rock
b)
gas
c)
dust
19.
Planets that are farther from the sun
a)
take more time to orbit
b)
take less time to orbit
20.
The greater mass a planet has,
a)
the greater the gravitational force it has
b)
the less gravitational force it has
c)
gravitational force does not depend on mass
21.
The order of the planets is:
a)
Mars,Venus,Earth,
Mercury,Saturn
Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune
Mercury,Saturn
Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune
b)
Earth,Venus,Mars
Jupiter, Neptune,
Mercury,Saturn,
Uranus
Jupiter, Neptune,
Mercury,Saturn,
Uranus
c)
Mercury,Venus,Earth
Mars,Jupiter,
Saturn,Uranus
Neptune
Mars,Jupiter,
Saturn,Uranus
Neptune
22.
True or False
The planets are all equally distanced from each other.
The planets are all equally distanced from each other.
a)
True
b)
False
23.
What is in between the inner planets and the outer planets?
a)
Asteroid belt
b)
Kuiper belt
c)
Sun
d)
Moon
24.
Which planet has the biggest rings?
a)
Jupiter
b)
Saturn
c)
Uranus
d)
Neptune
25.
What force keeps the planets orbiting the sun?
a)
Gravity
b)
Magnetism
c)
Electricity
d)
Friction
26.
Venus is the ____________ planet in our Solar System.
a)
coldest
b)
hottest
c)
rainiest.
27.
Earth is the only planet in our Solar System that ______ _________.
a)
travels around the moon.
b)
travels around the sun.
c)
supports life.
28.
The fourth planet from the sun is __________________________.
a)
Earth
b)
Mars
c)
Saturn.
29.
Mars is covered with ______________ _________________.
a)
red sand.
b)
orange rocks
c)
Purple dust.
30.
Saturn has _________________ rings around it.
a)
7
b)
6
c)
4
d)
12
31.
Uranus is the only planet the ____________ ________________ _____________ _________________________,
a)
spins on its side.
b)
sings in the morning
c)
Spins around 3 times,
d)
that Mrs. Hammerman is visiting.
32.
_________________________ is the planet that takes the most time to orbit the sun.
a)
Saturn
b)
Earth
c)
Neptune
33.
What color has the longest wavelength?
a)
Red
b)
Orange
c)
Green
d)
Blue
34.
What color has the shortest wavelength?
a)
Blue
b)
Red
c)
Green
d)
Yellow
35.
The moon appears to change shape because of _____.
a)
the Moon's revolution around Earth
b)
the seasons of the year
c)
the movement of stars in they sky
d)
Earth's rotation on its axis
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