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solar system

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Saturn has (a)   around it.

2.
What are galaxies mostly made of?
a)
stars, planets, and animals
b)
stars, dust, and gas
c)
asteroids, planets, and comets
d)
people, animals, and plants
3.
Gas giants
a)
Inner planets
b)
Outer planets
c)
Both
d)
Venus
4.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, & Mars
a)
Inner planets
b)
Outer planets
c)
Both
d)
Pluto
5.
Lots of rings
a)
Inner planets
b)
Outer planets
c)
Both
d)
Mars
6.
Located between the inner and outer planets.
a)
Sun
b)
Asteroid belt
c)
Uranus
d)
Moons
7.
Shorter revolutions
a)
Inner planets
b)
Outer planets
c)
Both
d)
Neptune
8.
What is the name of our galaxy?
a)
Milky Way
b)
Almond Joy
c)
Andromeda
d)
Snickers
9.
The Nebular Theory is:
a)
A theory on how the Milky Way galaxy was formed
b)
A theory on how the universe was formed
c)
A theory on how the solar system will be destroyed
d)
A theory on how the solar system was formed
10.

What materials could not survive the heat where the rocky planets were formed?

a)

Gamma Rays

b)

Plasma

c)

Ice and Gas

d)

Rocks

11.
What can be thought of as "all the stuff held sway by the Sun’s gravity"?
a)
the Milky Way Galaxy
b)
our local group
c)
the Solar System
d)
the inner planets
12.

Anthony claims that the patterns of stars in the sky only appear to move, but the patterns do not change. Which piece(s) of evidence would best support this claim?

a)

observations that some stars can be seen in every season

b)

Observations that the pattern of stars in the sky stay the same although they appear to shift across the sky nightly.

c)

Observations that different stars appear in different seasons, but the patterns of the stars remain the same.

13.

Chris is learning about Earth's movement in science class. He records some information in a chart about Earth's movement.

What information in Chris's chart is in the WRONG row of the table?

a)

Causes day and night

b)

Cause shadows to change

c)

Causes change in seasons

d)

Causes sunrise and sunset

14.

The picture shows a tree and its shadow at two different times of day.

Which sentence explains why the shadow changes?

a)

As Earth rotates, the sun is lower in the sky in the morning.

b)

As Earth rotates, the sun is higher in the sky in the morning.

c)

As the sun rotates, it is lower in the sky in the morning.

d)

As the sun rotates, it is higher in the sky in the morning.

15.

Markos observed the image of the moon above. He is curious to know what the moon looked like several nights before. Which best describes the shape of the moon that occurred BEFORE Markos observed the moon phase below?

a)

The moon looked exactly the same.

b)

The moon was a full moon (brightly lit circle).

c)

The moon was more than half lit on the right side.

d)

The moon was less than half lit on the right side.

16.
What moon phase is next?  New Moon, Waxing Crescent, First Quarter....
a)
Full Moon
b)
Waxing Gibbous
c)
Waning Crescent
d)
Last Quarter
17.
Earth and the other planets closest to the Sun are made mostly of _______
a)
gas
b)
metal
c)
water
d)
rock
18.
The __________ has planets, moons, comets, and asteroids.
a)
solar system
b)
earth
c)
rotation
d)
United States
19.
a pattern of stars that form an imaginary picture or design in the sky
a)
Orbit
b)
Rotate
c)
constellation
d)
Milky Way
20.
What are galaxies mostly made of?
a)
stars, planets, and animals
b)
stars, dust, and gas
c)
asteroids, planets, and comets
d)
people, animals, and plants
21.
What are galaxies mostly made of?
a)
stars, planets, and animals
b)
stars, dust, and gas
c)
asteroids, planets, and comets
d)
people, animals, and plants
22.

Is there another life is possible?

a)

True

b)

false