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Science (physics) yr7

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a Galaxy?

a)

Collection of comets

b)

Collection of meteorites

c)

Collection of stars

d)

Collection of satellites

2.

Earth's only natural satellite is

a)

The sun

b)

The Moon

c)

The solar system

d)

International space station

3.

What is a comet?

a)

Huge stones

b)

Huge ball of dust

c)

Huge snowballs

d)

Huge ball of gases

4.

Any meteor that makes it to the ground is called a

a)

Meteor

b)

Meteorite

c)

Meteoride

d)

Asteroid

5.

Between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter there is a an

a)

Meteorite belt

b)

Dust and stone belt

c)

Asteroid belt

d)

Gas ball belt

6.

What is the Universe?

a)

Billions of stars

b)

Billions of planets

c)

Billions of solar systems

d)

Billions of galaxies

7.

The inner planets are called

a)

Gas giants

b)

Terrestrial planets

c)

Dusty planets

d)

Natural planets

8.

The outer planets are called gas giants; they are made mainly of gases such as :

a)

Nitrogen and oxygen

b)

Hydrogen and oxygen

c)

Hydrogen and helium

d)

Helium and nitrogen

9.

All of the planets orbit the Sun. Each orbit is slightly squashed circle called

a)

Asteroid

b)

Meteorite

c)

Solar system ring

d)

An ellipse

10.

Terrestrial planets ( inner planets) are made up of

a)

Gases

b)

Dust

c)

Rock

d)

Meteors

11.

Light from Andromeda takes ........ to get to Earth

a)

10 thousand years

b)

90 thousand years

c)

2 million years

d)

1.5 million years

12.

Light takes about ..............to get to us from the Sun.

a)

1 hour

b)

30 minutes

c)

15 minutes

d)

8 minutes