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WorksheetsAstronomy quiz
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 18mins
Which of the planets travels fastest in its orbit around the Sun (highest orbital speed)?
Venus
Earth
Mercury
Jupiter
Which is the largest body in our Solar System?
Jupiter
Asteroid belt
Sun
Saturn
Do the planets ever align with one another?
Yes
No
During what phase of the Moon can we observe a total solar eclipse?
Last Quarter
Full Moon
First Quarter
New Moon
What separates the inner planets from the outer planets?
Kuiper belt
Oort belt
Asteroid belt
Terrestrial belt
True or False: Big Bang marks the beginning of space and time.
True
False
Which is the largest planet in the Solar System?
Jupiter
Saturn
Mars
Earth
What is the effect of the Earth's tilt on its axis?
Seasons
Day & Night
Days
Nights
True or False: At the time of the big bang, the Universe was tiny, with all of its matter and energy squashed together. Now the Universe has expanded so that matter and energy are more spread out.
True
False
Which planet has the least amount of moons?
Earth
Saturn
Uranus
Mercury
How many natural satellite does the earth have?
15
2
64
1
Although the Moon often shines brightly in the night sky, it
isn't actually emitting its own light, it simply reflects light from the Sun. The shape of the Moon that you see depends on both where you are on Earth and at which point the Moon is in its 28-day (one month) cycle around Earth.
Every month the Moon completes a cycle, starting as a
complete circle, gradually shrinking night-by-night, then
until swelling it has to a become full invisible circle again. These stages are called the 'phases of the Moon'. When the Moon is on the far side of the Earth from the Sun,
the three bodies do not lie in a straight line; instead, the Moon is located slightly above the Earth and so it can still be illuminated by the Sun, so we see a (a)
What is the scientific name for a shooting star?
Meteor
Meteoroid
Comet
Satellite
Which is the hottest planet in the solar system?
Venus
Mercury
Mars
Jupiter
True or False: Most evidence supports the steady theory, which states that the universe has remained unchanged at any time or place.
True
False
Which planet is extremely hot during the day and very cold at night?
Earth
Jupiter
Mercury
Uranus
What are Saturn's rings made of?
Rocks and dust
Gas, rocks and dust
Dust and water droplets
Ice, rocks and dust
Does a “year” last the same amount of time on all the planets?
Yes
No
How many planets in the Solar System have rings?
Three
Four
Six
All
What is the smallest planet in our solar system?
Venus
Mars
Mercury
Earth
True or False: The big bang theory states the universe began the size of an atom and violently exploded outwards, eventually cooling and creating larger atomic elements.
True
False
Which planet's axis is tilted more than 90 degrees to its orbital plane?
Earth
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Who was the first man in space?
Alan Shephard
Yuri Gagarin
Neil Armstrong
Mark Shuttelworth
How long does it take approximately the Earth to revolve around the sun?
5 years
2 years
1 year
6 months
You celebrate your birthday once every Earth year. How do we determine the length of a year?
How many planets are in our solar system?
7
6
10
8
What is the Sun?
Star
Planet
Satellite
Comet
True or False: The abundance of lighter elements in the Universe, which suggests that these first elements (hydrogen and helium) were formed at the Big Bang and are the precursors for all other elements.
True
False
What kind of energy does the sun give off?
Light and Heat
Sound and Light
Heat and Sound
Only Light
The tail of a comet always points...
Toward the Sun
Toward Earth
Away from the Sun
Away from the Earth
