WorksheetsYour Place in the Universe by Jason Chin
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
How old were the kids at the beginning of the book?
8
7
9
10
The kids are half as tall as __________________.
an ostrich
a book
a telescope
a car
What are the tallest animals on land?
giraffes
hippos
elephants
Ostriches
What are the tallest living things?
trees
skyscrapers
bushes
flowers
What is the tallest mountain peak on Earth?
Mount Everest
Mount Kinley
Mount Rushmore
Mount Baldy
The circular or oval paths that satellites travel around Earth in are called ________________.
orbits
pathways
rings
hoops
How long does it take the Moon to make one trip around the Earth?
27.3 days
1 day
24 days
365 days
The four planets closest to the sun are known as terrestrial planets because they are made out of ________ and _________, and have solid surfaces.
rock and metal.
gas and light
paper and straw
cheese and jello
A beam of light could circle the Earth _________ times in one second.
seven and a half
four hundred
twice
Pluto is a ________ planet.
dwarf
red
blue
huge
Pluto is part of the __________ Belt.
Kuiper
Karate
Kooky
Kaleidoscope
_________________- are groups of starts that are held together by gravity.
Galaxies
Belts
Dark Matter
Novas
What galaxy is the Earth in?
The Milky Way
Andromeda
Black Eye
Coma Pinwheel
Andromeda's light takes 2.5 million years to reach Earth. This means that when we look at Andromeda we're seeing light that left it ___________ years ago?
2.5 million
2.5 thousand
250
25
Everything: every star and every galaxy, every planet, and all of space is the _____________________.
Universe
Solar System
Planet
Galaxy
The farthest we can see is around __________ light-years away.
13 billion
13 million
13 trillion
13,000
