WorksheetsAstronomy
Total questions: 38
Worksheet time: 43mins
Which statement best describes the geocentric model
of our solar system?
The Earth is located at the center of the model
The Sun is located at the center of the model.
All planets revolve around the Sun.
All planets except the Earth revolve around the Sun.
What are comets made of?
mud, rock, water
ice and rock
ice, dust, water
gas and dust
The _____ is the main body of the comet.
gas tail
coma
nucleus
dust tail
The ____ forms around the nucleus when the sun heats it up.
dust tail
coma
nucleus
gas tail
What spiral galaxy do we live in?
Andromeda Galaxy
Dwarf Galaxy Saggitarius
Milky Way Galaxy
Snickers Galaxy
The explosion that sent the universe flying out is called _____.
The Big Bang
The Milky Way
The Solar System
The Sun
Since the Big Bang, and even today, the universe is still _____.
Expanding
Shrinking
Cooking
Spinning
As galaxies move away from our galaxy
a shift on the electromagnetic spectrum
(EMS) is noticed. This phenomena is
called _____________.
redshift
blueshift
unshift
blackshift
The attractive force between objects is called....
force
Gravity
inertia
motion
The law of inertia (Newton's first law) applies _____.
to moving objects only
only to objects that are not moving
to both moving and nonmoving objects
Inertia refers to _____
the tendency of moving objects to remain in motion
the force which keeps moving objects in motion with a constant velocity
the force that keeps stationary objects at rest
the tendency of stationary objects to remain at rest
All objects have inertia
True
False
An object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by a(n) ____________________.
unbalanced force
inertia
mass
balanced force
Michael Jordan guides a golf ball around the outside rim of the green at the Hole-In-One Putt-Putt Golf Course. When the ball leaves the rim, which path (A, B, or C) will the golf ball follow?
A
B
C
When a student runs and kicks a ball, they have applied an ___________ force to move the ball.
Balanced
Magnetic
Spring
Unbalanced
Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars are considered
small planets
inner planets
terrestrial planets
all of the above
How have our views change about the solar system
sun centered to moon center
earth centered to moon centered
sun centered to earth centered
earth centered to sun centered
What shape is the milky way galaxy
spiral
elliptical
irregular
black hole
Gravity
created the universe
is only on Earth
causes the planets to orbit the sun
only affects apple trees
Which of the following describes an asteroid?
a rock
originates between mars and jupiter
vary in size
all of the above
What is the order of a meteor as it falls to Earth?
Meteorite, meteor, meteoroid.
Meteor, meteorite, meteoroid.
Meteoroid, meteorite, meteor.
Meteoroid, meteor, meteorite.
An object's gravity depends on the SIZE of the object.
True
False
What would happen to Earth without the sun's gravity?
Earth would DRIFT INTO SPACE
Earth would ORBIT the sun
Earth would be SMALLER
Earth would get CLOSER TO OTHER PLANETS
The gravitational attraction between two objects would increase if both masses are –
increased, and the distance between them is increased.
increased, and the distance between them is decreased.
decreased, and the distance between them is decreased.
decreased, and the distance between them is increased.
The outer planets are
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars
Jupiter, Saturn, Mars, Neptune
Mercury, Jupiter, Uranus, Saturn
