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WorksheetsMHS Intro to Astronomy
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is defined as "a body of knowledge, and also a method of how we learned that knowledge"
a)
religion
b)
history
c)
astronomy
d)
science
2.
What is the name or our spiral galaxy?
a)
Andromeda
b)
Milky Way
c)
Virgo
d)
Triangulum
3.
The visible Universe is _____
a)
expanding, faster every day
b)
expanding at a constant rate
c)
stationary
d)
shrinking
4.
Humans have been looking up at the sky _____
a)
for as long as we’ve been humans
b)
for all of recorded history
c)
since the Earth was born
d)
since the invention of the telescope
5.
the sun sets in the
a)
east
b)
west
c)
north
d)
south
6.
The sun rises in the
a)
east
b)
west
c)
south
d)
north
7.
The sun moves from east to west in the sky because...
a)
The earth is rotating
b)
the sun is moving (compared to the earth)
c)
the solar system is rotating
d)
the different planets move differently
8.
How many days in an earth year?
a)
180
b)
365
c)
24
d)
356
9.
An orbit of the earth around the sun takes
a)
180 days
b)
30 days (1 month)
c)
365 days
d)
24 hours
10.
How long does it take the earth to spin one time around its axis?
a)
24 hours
b)
30 days
c)
365 days
d)
12 hours
11.
Why are there seasons?
a)
The earth spins on its axis
b)
the earth orbits the sun
c)
the earth is closer to the sun in the summer
d)
the axis of the earth is tipped.
12.
Planets emit light. True or False.
a)
True
b)
False
13.
The third planet from the Sun
a)
Mercury
b)
Neptune
c)
Venus
d)
Earth
14.
Bodies, natural satellites that orbit the Sun
a)
Sun
b)
Planets
c)
Moon
d)
Stars
15.
The central star in our solar system
a)
Earth
b)
Sun
c)
Northern Star
d)
Moon
16.
What planet is closest to the Sun?
a)
Mercury
b)
Earth
c)
Neptune
d)
Mars
17.
In 365 days, the Earth __________ around the Sun
a)
Rotates
b)
Revolves
18.
The moon reflects light from the Sun.
a)
True
b)
False
19.
Movement of Earth around the sun.
a)
Rotation
b)
Revolution
20.
The __________ has planets, moons, comets, and asteroids.
a)
solar system
b)
earth
c)
rotation
d)
United States
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