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Sun and the Stars

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 24mins

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Class
Date
1.

What is an asteroid?

a)

chunks of rock and metal floating in space

b)

a new star

c)

an exploding star

d)

a group of billions and billions of stars

2.

What is a comet?

a)

a large cloud of dust and gas where stars are formed

b)

a tool that makes faraway objects look larger, closer and brighter

c)

an icy ball of rocks, dust, and ice floating in space

d)

a new star

3.

What is a constellation?

a)

a group of billions and billions of stars

b)

all of the planets and objects that move around a star

c)

an exploding star

d)

am imaginary pattern of a group of stars

4.

What is a galaxy?

a)

a new star

b)

a group of billions and billions of stars

c)

the oval-shapes path of a planet around a star

d)

an imaginary pattern of a group of stars

5.

What is a meteor?

a)

pieces of asteroid that enter Earth's atmosphere

b)

an exploding star

c)

a huge ball of hot, glowing gases that gives off heat and light

d)

a group of a billions and billions of stars

6.

What is a nebula?

a)

an exploding star

b)

a new star

c)

a large cloud of dust and gas where stars are formed

d)

a tool that makes faraway objects look larger, closer and brighter.

7.

What is a nova?

a)

an icy, ball of rocks, dust and ice floating in space

b)

a group of billions and billions of stars

c)

chunks of rock and metal floating in space

d)

a new star

8.

What is an orbit?

a)

a new star

b)

an exploding star

c)

the oval-shaped path of a planet around a star

d)

a tool that makes faraway objects look larger, closer and brighter

9.

What is radiant energy?

a)

energy that travels through space (light and heat)

b)

an exploding star

c)

a huge ball of hot, glowing gases that gives off heat and light

d)

all of the planets and objects that move around a star

10.

What is a solar system??

a)

energy that travels through space (light and heat)

b)

an exploding star

c)

a tools that makes faraway objects look larger, closer, and brighter

d)

all of the planets and objects that move around a star

11.

What is a star?

a)

chunks of rock and metal floating in space

b)

a large cloud of dust and gas where stars are formed

c)

a huge ball of hot, glowing gases that gives of heat and light

d)

energy that travels through space (light and heat)

12.

What is a supernova

a)

a group of billions and billions of stars

b)

an icy ball of rocks, dust, and ice floating in space

c)

a tool that makes faraway objects look larger closer and brighter

d)

an exploding star

13.

What is a telescope?

a)

an exploding star

b)

energy that travels through space (light and heat)

c)

a tool that makes faraway objects look larger, closer, and brighter

d)

a group of billions and billions of stars

14.

Stars produce light and heat through a process called

a)

nuclear fusion

b)

radiant energy

15.

Most stars are much (a)   than earth. They are very far away, farther than the planets

16.

The color of the star depends on its (a)   .

17.

Stars give off different amounts of ________.

a)

light

b)

heat

18.

A stars age can be determined by its

a)

color and size

b)

shape and size

c)

color and shape

d)

path and color

19.

Big stars can eventually explode in a ___________.

a)

asteroid

b)

meteor

c)

supernova

d)

nova

20.

Smaller stars just slowly collapse into ________ _________ stars and burn out.

a)

red stars

b)

dwarf stars

c)

yellow stars

d)

larger stars

21.

Our ______ is a medium sized yellow star close to Earth

a)

Sun

b)

moon

c)

asteroid

d)

nova

22.

Our Sun looks large and bright because it is (a)   to Earth.

23.

Without the sun the Earth would be _________________________.

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24.

During the day, all of the stars are still in the sky. they are hidden by the brightness of the Sun.

a)

True

b)

False

25.

___________ is known as one of the 5 known dwarf planets?

a)

Earth

b)

Neptune

c)

Pluto

d)

Mars

26.

Where is the asteroid belt located?

a)

between Earth and Mars

b)

between Pluto and Saturn

c)

between the inner and the outer planets

d)

between the moon and the Sun

27.

The outer planets are what kind of planets?

a)

rock giants

b)

mediums sized planets

c)

meteors

d)

gas giants

28.

What are the names of the outer planets?

a)

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune

b)

Earth, Mercury, Venus, and Mars

c)

The moon. The Sun, Earth, and Jupiter

d)

The Sun, Saturn, Venus, Mars

29.

The inner planets are ________ and ________

a)

small, gaseous

b)

large, gaseous

c)

large, rocky

d)

small, rocky

30.

Name the inner planets.

a)

The moon, the Sun, Earth, Jupiter

b)

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune

c)

Earth, Mars, Mercury, and Venus

d)

Saturn, the Sun, Earth, Pluto

31.

Our solar system is part of the ___________ galaxy.

a)

asteroid belt

b)

Oort cloud

c)

Milky Way

d)

Ursa Minor

32.

How many planets do we have in our solar system?

a)

5

b)

7

c)

8

d)

15

33.

Which constellation is known as Orion?

a)
b)
c)
d)
34.

Which constellation is known as Leo?

a)
b)
c)
d)
35.

Which constellation is known as Canis Major, the Great Dog

a)
b)
c)
d)
36.

Identify Ursa Minor, the Little Bear.

a)
b)
c)
d)
37.

Which constellation is known as Ursa Major, the Great Bear?

a)
b)
c)
d)