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WorksheetsCh. 2 Earth Science Quiz
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 11mins
What is a star system that contains large groups of stars?
solar system
asteroid belt
Galaxy
outer planets
What is a large nearly round space object that orbits a star?
Asteroid
Moon
Comet
Planet
What is a large rocky object that orbits a planet?
Moon
Comet
Asteroid
Star
What is everything that exists throughout space?
Solar System
Universe
Galaxy
Constellations
What is a ball of hot gases that gives off light and other types of energy?
Moon
Asteroid
Planet
Star
What is an object that orbits the sun, is larger than an asteroid and smaller than a planet, and has a nearly round shape?
Dwarf Planet
Moon
Milky Way
Sun
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
Moons
Outer Planets
Inner Planets
Constellations
Which planets are small, rocky and dense?
Inner Planets
Outer Planets
Asteroid Belt
Kuiper Belt
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Inner Planets
Outer Planets
Constellations
Galaxies
Which planets are the large, gas giants?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, Mars
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Mercury, Venus, Mars, Pluto
Which one lists the planets in correct order?
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Earth, Uranus, Neptune
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Jupiter, Mars, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
What does it mean to spin on an axis?
orbit
solstice
rotate
revolve
Earth takes how long to rotate on its axis one time?
one day, 24 hours
365.25 days, 1 year
28 days, one month
7 days, one week
What does it mean to move around another object?
universe
constellation
rotate
revolve
Earth takes how long to revolve around the sun?
one day, 24 hours
one month, 28 days
one year, 365.25 days
one week, 7 days
Earth is located on an arm of this spiral galaxy.
Chocolate Milk Galaxy
Elliptical Galaxy
Milky Way Galaxy
Irregular Galaxy
What is a group of stars that form a pattern or shape in the sky?
Constellation
Galaxy
Solar System
Universe
What is a gravitationally bound system consisting of a sun and the objects that orbit it?
Constellation
Universe
Galaxy
Solar System
What are small, rocky objects that orbit the sun?
Asteroids
Constellations
Moons
Planets
This a small chunk of dust and ice that orbits, or travels around, the sun. It is sometimes described as a “dirty snowball.”
Asteroid
Comet
Stars
Planets
What is the center of our solar system that is a star, a huge ball of very hot gases?
Planet
Asteroid Belt
Sun
Constellation
Small chunks of rock that travel through space are known as _________. If they enter a planet's atmosphere and burn up, they are then seen as _________. Sometimes larger pieces of rock survive long enough to crash into a planet's surface. Space rocks on the Earth's surface are known as ___________.
asteriods
meteors, meteorites, meteoroids
comets
dwarf planets
