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The Universe

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A planet is a spherical body that orbits the ____?

a)

Earth

b)

Universe

c)

Sun

d)

King Kong

2.
What is a light year?
a)
The distance that light travels in 10 seconds
b)
The time it takes light to travel to the moon
c)
The distance that light travels in 1 year
d)
The distance around the Earth
3.

What galaxy do we live in?

a)

The Earth

b)

The Andromeda

c)

The Milky Way

4.

Small galaxies are called_________.

a)

Baby galaxies

b)

Small Galaxies

c)

Dwarf galaxies

d)

Clouds

5.
Name this planet.
a)
Saturn
b)
Earth
c)
Mars
d)
Neptune
6.
Name this planet.
a)
Jupiter
b)
Mercury
c)
Saturn
d)
Uranus
7.
Name this planet.
a)
Saturn
b)
Neptune
c)
Earth
d)
Mars
8.

A ball of burning gases in space that gives off light.

a)

galaxy

b)

planet

c)

sun

d)

star

9.

In our Solar System...

a)

the Earth is in the centre.

b)

the Sun is in the centre.

c)

the Moon goes around the Sun.

d)

the Sun orbits the Moon.

10.

What are the Earth's movements called?

a)

Jumping and rotation.

b)

Singing and revolution.

c)

High speed and low speed.

d)

Rotation and revolution.

11.

What is the Sun?

a)

A planet made of fire.

b)

A satellite that reflects light from a bigger star, the Super Sun.

c)

A galaxy.

d)

A star that gives us light and heat.

12.

Living organisms...

a)

need ice-cream to live.

b)

need the Sun because it gives light and heat.

c)

don't need the Sun because it melts their ice cream.

d)

don't need anything to live.

13.

Pluto is know as...

a)

a dwarf planet

b)

a galaxy

c)

a gigantic planet

d)

a pluto

14.

The explosion that made the Universe is called _____.

a)

The Big Bang

b)

The Milky Way

c)

The Solar System

d)

The Sun

e)

A random bomb

15.

Since the Big Bang, and even today, the universe is still _________.

a)

Expanding

b)

Shrinking

c)

Cooking

d)

Spinning

16.

Which of the following is the largest?

a)

star

b)

universe

c)

godzilla

d)

galaxy

17.

The objects which are made of ice, gas and dust and orbit our sun are called:

a)

Asteroids

b)

Comets

c)

Meteoroids

d)

Jupiter

18.

What type of galaxy is the Milky Way galaxy?

a)

Irregular

b)

Elliptical

c)

Spiral

d)

None of these

19.

The natural satellite that orbits a planet is a:

a)

Meteor

b)

Moon

c)

Comet

d)

None of these

20.

matter that does not give off electromagnetic radiation

a)

solar nebula

b)

big bang event

c)

dark matter

d)

planetary enbula