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ASTRONOMY

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the name of the nearest major Galaxy?

a)

Milky Way Galaxy

b)

Andromeda Galaxy

c)

Canis Major

d)

Large Magellanic Cloud

2.

Which planet is called The Morning Star?

a)

Mars

b)

Mercury

c)

Earth

d)

Venus

3.

What are Saturn's rings made of?

a)

Gas and Rocks

b)

Dust and Rocks

c)

Gas, Ice and Dust

d)

Ice, stars and sand

4.

Which planet is known as the Red Planet?

a)

Mars

b)

Venus

c)

Mercury

d)

Jupiter

5.

Which planet is known as The Sideways Planet

a)

Neptune

b)

Saturn

c)

Uranus

d)

Mercury

6.

Which year was Uranus discovered?

a)

1789

b)

1880

c)

1781

d)

1780

7.

Who discovered Uranus?

a)

William Herschel

b)

Galileo Galilei

c)

Johannes Kepler

d)

Edwin Hubble

8.

Which planet is known as the "vacuum cleaner of space"?

a)

Saturn

b)

Jupiter

c)

Earth

d)

Venus

9.

What is the size of the sun?

a)

100 times the diameter of the Earth

b)

108 times the diameter of the Earth

c)

109 times the diameter of the Earth

d)

109 times the diameter of the Sun

10.

Movement of Earth around the sun.

a)

Rotation

b)

Revolution

11.

Spinning of Earth on its axis.

a)

Rotation

b)

Revolution

12.
Tides are caused by ___________
a)
wind
b)
gravitational pull of moon
c)
waves gravitation toward land
d)
rain
13.
Which planet is closest to the sun?
a)
Uranus
b)
Mercury
c)
Neptune
d)
Earth
14.
Which planet is farthest from the sun?
a)
Neptune
b)
Pluto
c)
Earth
d)
Uranus
15.
A small object that appears as a streak of light as it enters earth's atmosphere.
a)
Asteroid
b)
Comet
c)
Moon
d)
Meteor