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PT2 Science 8

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the name of the galaxy we are in?

a)

Cassiopea

b)

Andromeda

c)

Milky Way

2.

How many official constellations are there?

a)

88

b)

100

c)

18

d)

254

3.

Astronomers use ________ to study the heavens.

a)

Spaceship

b)

Satellite

c)

Telescope

4.

What is the hottest planet in our solar system?

a)

Jupiter

b)

Mercury

c)

Venus

d)

Mars

5.

What came first, Uranus or Math?

a)

Uranus

b)

Math

6.

___________ is a celestial body that makes an orbit around a planet

a)

Sun

b)

Moon

c)

Uranus

7.

Radio waves can be studied using ___________.

a)

Hubble Space Telescope

b)

Radio Telescope

c)

Spectroscope

8.

The unit used to measure distances to stars.

a)

Kilometer

b)

Light Years

c)

Miles

d)

Meter

9.

How does the sun compare to the other stars in the universe?

a)

It is larger than most

b)

It is smaller than most

c)

It is an average-sized star

10.

What is another word for Sun?

a)

Apollo

b)

Sol

c)

Amanacer

11.

____________ is a natural phenomenon by which all things with mass or energy—including planets, stars, galaxies, and even light—are brought toward one another.

a)

Black hole

b)

Gravity

c)

Milky way

12.

What is the 7th planet in our solar system?

a)

Earth

b)

Mercury

c)

Pluto

d)

Uranus

13.

The sun is composed mainly of ____________.

a)

Carbon

b)

Oxygen

c)

Hydrogen

d)

Helium

14.

Which of the following is NOT a shape of the galaxy?

a)

Spiral

b)

Elliptical

c)

Quasar

d)

Irregular

15.

What do we call scientists who study outer space?

a)

Botanist

b)

Astronomers

c)

Biologist

16.

There are ________ planets in our Solar System.

a)

12

b)

8

c)

10

d)

9

17.

What are the dark spots of the sun called?

a)

Blackheads

b)

Sunspots

c)

Solar Flares

d)

Mole

18.

Why is it we cannot see the entire shape of the Milky way?

BECAUSE WE ARE AT THE CENTER OF THE MILKY WAY

a)

Because we are at the center of the Milky Way

b)

Because Milky Way is so far from Earth

c)

Because there are too many stars at the center of our galaxy

d)

Because we live in the Milky Way and all of the stars, gases, and dust with us in the galaxy makes it hard for us to see it

19.

What is the constellation that resembles a distorted M or W?

a)

Sagittarius

b)

Cassiopeia

c)

Pegasus

d)

Perseus

20.

What is the only planet discovered mathematically before it was seen?

a)

Uranus

b)

Neptune

c)

Jupiter

d)

Saturn