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Astronomy

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 43mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which statement best describes the geocentric model

of our solar system?

a)

The Earth is located at the center of the model

b)

The Sun is located at the center of the model.

c)

All planets revolve around the Sun.

d)

All planets except the Earth revolve around the Sun.

2.
This image shows the:
a)
Geocentric Solar System
b)
Heliocentric Solar System
3.
  What does "geo-" mean?
a)
Earth
b)
sun
c)
Center
4.
The sun centered view of the universe
a)
Galaxy
b)
Geocentric
c)
Astonomy
d)
Heliocentric
5.

What are comets made of?

a)

mud, rock, water

b)

ice and rock

c)

ice, dust, water

d)

gas and dust

6.

The _____ is the main body of the comet.

a)

gas tail

b)

coma

c)

nucleus

d)

dust tail

7.

The ____ forms around the nucleus when the sun heats it up.

a)

dust tail

b)

coma

c)

nucleus

d)

gas tail

8.
Often called shooting stars.
a)
asteroid
b)
meteoroid
c)
comet
d)
meteor
9.
Sometimes called "dirty snowballs".
a)
asteoids
b)
meteoroids
c)
comets
d)
meteors
10.
Made of rocks that are very similar to the rocks that make up the inner planets. 
a)
asteroids
b)
meteoroids
c)
comets
d)
meteors
11.
Piece of a meteoroid that strikes the earth's surface
a)
comet
b)
asteroid
c)
meteor
d)
meteorite
12.
A ball of ice and rock whose orbit is usually a long, narrow ellipse.
a)
Comet
b)
Meteor
c)
Planet
d)
Moon
13.
I am a rock entering a planet's atmosphere.
a)
meteor
b)
planet
c)
asteroid
d)
comet
14.
The ________ belt between Mars and Jupiter
a)
Comet
b)
Asteroid
c)
Meteor
d)
Star
15.
We are composed mainly of rock and metal.
a)
comets and stars
b)
stars and meteors
c)
asteroid and meteors
d)
comets and asteroid
16.
rocky metallic objects that orbit the sun but are too small to be considered planets
a)
Asteroid
b)
Meteor
c)
Comet
d)
Star
17.

What spiral galaxy do we live in?

a)

Andromeda Galaxy

b)

Dwarf Galaxy Saggitarius

c)

Milky Way Galaxy

d)

Snickers Galaxy

18.

The explosion that sent the universe flying out is called _____.

a)

The Big Bang

b)

The Milky Way

c)

The Solar System

d)

The Sun

19.

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

a)

Expanding

b)

Shrinking

c)

Cooking

d)

Spinning

20.

As galaxies move away from our galaxy

a shift on the electromagnetic spectrum

(EMS) is noticed. This phenomena is

called _____________.

a)

redshift

b)

blueshift

c)

unshift

d)

blackshift

21.

The attractive force between objects is called....

a)

force

b)

Gravity

c)

inertia

d)

motion

22.

The law of inertia (Newton's first law) applies _____.

a)

to moving objects only

b)

only to objects that are not moving

c)

to both moving and nonmoving objects

23.

Inertia refers to _____

a)

the tendency of moving objects to remain in motion

b)

the force which keeps moving objects in motion with a constant velocity

c)

the force that keeps stationary objects at rest

d)

the tendency of stationary objects to remain at rest

24.

All objects have inertia

a)

True

b)

False

25.

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) ____________________.

a)

unbalanced force

b)

inertia

c)

mass

d)

balanced force

26.

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)

A

b)

B

c)

C

27.

When a student runs and kicks a ball, they have applied an ___________ force to move the ball.

a)

Balanced

b)

Magnetic

c)

Spring

d)

Unbalanced

28.
A person not paying attention while skateboarding hits a rock. The skateboard stops...they don't.
a)
The Law of Inertia (1st law)
b)
The Law of Acceleration (2nd law)
c)
The Law of Conservation of Momentum
d)
Action Reaction Law (3rd law)
29.

Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars are considered

a)

small planets

b)

inner planets

c)

terrestrial planets

d)

all of the above

30.

How have our views change about the solar system

a)

sun centered to moon center

b)

earth centered to moon centered

c)

sun centered to earth centered

d)

earth centered to sun centered

31.

What shape is the milky way galaxy

a)

spiral

b)

elliptical

c)

irregular

d)

black hole

32.

Gravity

a)

created the universe

b)

is only on Earth

c)

causes the planets to orbit the sun

d)

only affects apple trees

33.

Which of the following describes an asteroid?

a)

a rock

b)

originates between mars and jupiter

c)

vary in size

d)

all of the above

34.

What is the order of a meteor as it falls to Earth?

a)

Meteorite, meteor, meteoroid.

b)

Meteor, meteorite, meteoroid.

c)

Meteoroid, meteorite, meteor.

d)

Meteoroid, meteor, meteorite.

35.

An object's gravity depends on the SIZE of the object.

a)

True

b)

False

36.

What would happen to Earth without the sun's gravity?

a)

Earth would DRIFT INTO SPACE

b)

Earth would ORBIT the sun

c)

Earth would be SMALLER

d)

Earth would get CLOSER TO OTHER PLANETS

37.

The gravitational attraction between two objects would increase if both masses are –

a)

increased, and the distance between them is increased.

b)

increased, and the distance between them is decreased.

c)

decreased, and the distance between them is decreased.

d)

decreased, and the distance between them is increased.

38.

The outer planets are

a)

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune

b)

Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars

c)

Jupiter, Saturn, Mars, Neptune

d)

Mercury, Jupiter, Uranus, Saturn