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Ch. 2 Earth Science Quiz

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a star system that contains large groups of stars?

a)

solar system

b)

asteroid belt

c)

Galaxy

d)

outer planets

2.

What is a large nearly round space object that orbits a star?

a)

Asteroid

b)

Moon

c)

Comet

d)

Planet

3.

What is a large rocky object that orbits a planet?

a)

Moon

b)

Comet

c)

Asteroid

d)

Star

4.

What is everything that exists throughout space?

a)

Solar System

b)

Universe

c)

Galaxy

d)

Constellations

5.

What is a ball of hot gases that gives off light and other types of energy?

a)

Moon

b)

Asteroid

c)

Planet

d)

Star

6.

What is an object that orbits the sun, is larger than an asteroid and smaller than a planet, and has a nearly round shape?

a)

Dwarf Planet

b)

Moon

c)

Milky Way

d)

Sun

7.

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

a)

Moons

b)

Outer Planets

c)

Inner Planets

d)

Constellations

8.

Which planets are small, rocky and dense?

a)

Inner Planets

b)

Outer Planets

c)

Asteroid Belt

d)

Kuiper Belt

9.

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

a)

Inner Planets

b)

Outer Planets

c)

Constellations

d)

Galaxies

10.

Which planets are the large, gas giants?

a)

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

b)

Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, Mars

c)

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

d)

Mercury, Venus, Mars, Pluto

11.

Which one lists the planets in correct order?

a)

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

b)

Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Earth, Uranus, Neptune

c)

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

d)

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Jupiter, Mars, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

12.

What does it mean to spin on an axis?

a)

orbit

b)

solstice

c)

rotate

d)

revolve

13.

Earth takes how long to rotate on its axis one time?

a)

one day, 24 hours

b)

365.25 days, 1 year

c)

28 days, one month

d)

7 days, one week

14.

What does it mean to move around another object?

a)

universe

b)

constellation

c)

rotate

d)

revolve

15.

Earth takes how long to revolve around the sun?

a)

one day, 24 hours

b)

one month, 28 days

c)

one year, 365.25 days

d)

one week, 7 days

16.

Earth is located on an arm of this spiral galaxy.

a)

Chocolate Milk Galaxy

b)

Elliptical Galaxy

c)

Milky Way Galaxy

d)

Irregular Galaxy

17.

What is a group of stars that form a pattern or shape in the sky?

a)

Constellation

b)

Galaxy

c)

Solar System

d)

Universe

18.

What is a gravitationally bound system consisting of a sun and the objects that orbit it?

a)

Constellation

b)

Universe

c)

Galaxy

d)

Solar System

19.

What are small, rocky objects that orbit the sun?

a)

Asteroids

b)

Constellations

c)

Moons

d)

Planets

20.

This a small chunk of dust and ice that orbits, or travels around, the sun. It is sometimes described as a “dirty snowball.”

a)

Asteroid

b)

Comet

c)

Stars

d)

Planets

21.

What is the center of our solar system that is a star, a huge ball of very hot gases?

a)

Planet

b)

Asteroid Belt

c)

Sun

d)

Constellation

22.

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 ___________.

a)

asteriods

b)

meteors, meteorites, meteoroids

c)

comets

d)

dwarf planets