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The Solar System and Earth's Structures

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Today it is known that the Universe is made of a huge amount of stars gathered in groups called:

(a)  

2.

They are galaxies that are identified with the letter S and they may be the most frequent type in the Universe and they have the shape of a whirl.

a)

Spiral

b)

Irregular

c)

Elliptical

3.

This type of galaxies are very simple, and formed only by the nucleus and the halo, tend to have a flatter shape, and do not have new stars (white or blue), but are formed only by red stars with scarce gas and cosmic dust.

a)

Elliptical

b)

Spiral

c)

Irregular

4.

The most distinctive characteristic of these galaxies is that they look chaotic and undefined.

a)

Irregular

b)

Spiral

c)

Elliptical

5.

This theory suggests that the Sun, the planets, and satellites (including the moon) of the Solar System were formed from a gas cloud slowly rotating until it contracted by the gravitational force. This is the most accepted theory in the origin of the Solar System.

a)

Nebular

b)

Catastrophic

c)

Alastair G. W. Cameron

d)

Weiszäker

6.

All of these are components of our Solar System, EXCEPT:

a)

Sun

b)

Planets

c)

Exoplanets

d)

Comets

e)

Teacher, all of the options are! What the heck?!

7.

They are dull bodies that are capable of reflecting light and revolve around the Sun in elliptical orbits.

a)

Sun

b)

Planets

c)

Exoplanets

d)

Comets

8.

This term refers to rocky bodies, of different shapes and sizes that orbit around the Sun, especially in the inner Solar System.

a)

Meteors

b)

Planets

c)

Asteroids

d)

Comets

9.

They are solid bodies that originate from the destruction of comets or asteroids and that cross space with big velocity. One of them smashed into the Yucatán Peninsula 66 million years ago, killing some 75 percent of life on Earth, including all non-avian dinosaurs.

a)

Meteors

b)

Planets

c)

Asteroids

d)

Comets

10.

Their name means “hairy body” and they are low-density bodies, basically cosmic snowballs of frozen gases, rock, and dust roughly the size of a small town.

a)

Meteors

b)

Planets

c)

Asteroids

d)

Comets

11.

Make a quick research online, and select which of these are the correct internal structures of the Sun.

a)

the crust, the mantle, the outer core, and the inner core

b)

magma chamber, conduit, crater, cone, secondary cone, secondary vent, and ash cloud

c)

core, radioactive zone, convective zone, photosphere, chromosphere, and corona

12.

It is the Earth’s only natural satellite, a sphere composed of heavy chemical elements such as aluminum, calcium, iron, magnesium, silicon, and others.

a)

Europa

b)

Titania

c)

Moon

d)

International Space Station (ISS)

13.

The Moon crosses phases during its movement around the Earth. Its revolution also has an effect on Earth like the tides (wow!). The most common phases of the Moon are the following, EXCEPT:

a)

New Moon

b)

Full Moon

c)

Last Quarter

d)

Medium Quarter

e)

First Quarter

14.

In the (a)   movement, the Earth moves around the polar axis following west to east direction, and this causes the Sun to rise on the east (orient) and to set on the west (occident).

15.

In the (a)   movement, the Earth follows an elliptical orbit around the Sun. The whole loop is completed in 365 days, 5 hours and 48 minutes, and starts on March 21st.

16.

The research into the layers’ structure of Earth is carried out mainly through the study of the seismic waves propagation, which behaves differently if they travel either in liquid or solid media. Which of these are the classification of the Earth's layers?

a)

the crust, lithosphere, mantle, outer core, and inner core

b)

magma chamber, conduit, crater, cone, secondary cone, secondary vent, and ash cloud

c)

core, radioactive zone, convective zone, photosphere, chromosphere, and corona

17.

Tectonic plates are pieces of Earth's crust and uppermost mantle, together referred to as the lithosphere. What is true about them?

a)

They are constantly moving

b)

Earthquakes cause them to move

c)

They don't move for centuries at the time

d)

There are fewer and fewer of them

18.

Where is Earth's heat energy most concentrated?

a)

The mantle

b)

The lithosphere

c)

The core

d)

The crust

19.

Which of the following best describes the location of the mantle?

a)

Above the crust

b)

Between the crust and the lithosphere

c)

Between the crust and the core

d)

Beneath the core

20.

The most common landscape forms are the following, EXCEPT:

a)

Isthmus

b)

Mountain

c)

Plateaus

d)

Plains

21.

Manifestations can occur at any moment and anywhere and endanger human beings and their goods.

(a)  

22.

Observe the next diagram and relate each letter to its corresponding part.

a)

a) Magma chamber, b) conduit, c) crater, d) volcanic cone, e) ash cloud

b)

a) Magma chamber, b) crater, c) conduit, d) volcanic cone, e) ash cloud

c)

a) Magma chamber, b) volcanic cone, c) conduit, d) crater, e) ash cloud

d)

a) Ash cloud, b) conduit, c) crater, d) volcanic cone, e) magma chamber

23.

An (a)   is the result of the collision between two tectonic plates, their displacement or rearrangement.