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Astronomy 2

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which one is the biggest moon of Jupiter?

a)

Io

b)

Europa

c)

Ganymede

d)

Callisto

2.

Which object was investigated by the Cassini research mission?

a)

A comet

b)

Jupiter

c)

Saturn

d)

Pluto

3.

The International Space Station circles the Earth approximately every ...

a)

60 minutes

b)

90 minutes

c)

2 hours

d)

5 hours

4.

What is the diameter of the Sun approximately?

a)

0.6 million km

b)

0.9 million km

c)

1.4 million km

d)

1.9 million km

5.

The planet Jupiter orbits the Sun in ...

a)

12 years

b)

15 years

c)

18 years

d)

23 years

6.

How high above the Earth’s equator is the geostationary orbit located?

a)

26000 km

b)

36000 km

c)

46000 km

d)

56000 km

7.

Voyager 1 is the most distant man-made object. How fast is Voyager 1 moving away from the Sun at the moment?

a)

17 km/s

b)

19 km/s

c)

23 km/s

d)

28 km/s

8.

When was the dwarf planet Pluto discovered?

a)

1630

b)

1730

c)

1830

d)

1930

9.

How many times more mass has the Earth compared to the Moon?

a)

15 times

b)

30 times

c)

50 times

d)

80 times

10.

The farthest point of a planet to the Sun is called ...

a)

Aphelion

b)

Perihelion

c)

Apogee

d)

Perigee