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WorksheetsEBC - Universe Quiz
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 30mins
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Which is the spaceship that has gotten the closest to the sun?
ESA's Solar Orbiter
Nasa's Parker Solar Probe
Nasa's Solar Cruiser
Jaxa's Ikaros
The Andromeda Galaxy is the closest galaxy to the Milky Way
True
False
The explosion that sent the universe flying out is called the ____.
The Milky Way
The Solar System
The Big Bang
The Sun
When a mass of hydrogen has enough density, it begins to fuse the hydrogen atoms together. This produces heat and light. What is this classified as?
Star
Planet
Galaxy
Nebula
How many times does the Earth revolve around the
Sun each year?
2
3
4
1
About how many times larger is the sun’s diameter than
the Earth’s?
100
1000
10
10000
What is the point of a planet’s orbit that is most distant
from the Sun called?
perigee
aphelion
apogee
perihelion
How long, in Earth years, does it take for Uranus to orbit
around the Sun?
12
84
109
53
What is formed when the sun shines through water?
Raincoat
Rainbow
Reindeer
Rainstorm
The sun takes up what percent of the solar system’s
entire mass?
92
55.6
20
99.8
How does the sun rotate?
Clockwise
Differentiately
Counter- clockwise
Faster at the poles, slower at the equator
The light we see from the sun comes from photosphere.
True
False
Which galaxy is the home of the Sun?
Black hole
Milky way
Messier 81
Andromeda
_____ planets of earth’s size could fit inside the
sun.
10000
Close to a billion
A little over a million
2000000
The Sun's core is its source of energy.
True
False
How is energy transported through the photosphere?
By photosynthesis
By flares
By radiations
By granules
What did the ancient Romans call the Sun?
Helios
Elio
Sol
Samson
The Sun is _____ years old.
17 billion
30 million
4.5 billion
6 million
What is the name of Neptune's largest moon?
Triton
Titan
Poseidon
Nereid
Who was the first human to orbit Earth?
Vladimir Komarov
Yuri Gagarin
Alexey Leonov
Valeri Polyakov
The Mars Science Laboratory was a NASA mission with the aim to land and operate a rover on the surface of Mars in 2011. What is the name of the rover?
Intuition
Venture
Inquisitive
Curiosity
Identify this planet
Ceres
Mercury
Pluto
Uranus
A well-known feature of Jupiter is the 'Great Red Spot'. What is this?
A volcano
A whirlpool
A storm
A scorched desert
Black holes have _________.
infinite mass
infinite density
infinite volume
Who invented the telescope?
Johannes Kepler
Hypatia
Galileo
Hans Lippershey
Which of these objects is the farthest from the Sun?
90377 Sedna
Neptune
Saturn
Kuiper belt
What is the smallest planet in the solar system by mass?
Mercury
Earth
Jupiter
Mars
What phenomena of the Sun does this image show?
Eclipse
Solar wind
Solar flare
Radio wave flux
What makes a planet a dwarf planet?
smell
colour
size and shape
distance from the Sun
The point thought to represent the centre of a black hole is ______.
singularity
infinitium
centrality
core
What two motions do all planets have?
wiggle and wobble
twist and shout
rock and roll
orbit and spin
What is the nucleus of a comet made of?
helium and water
radio waves
fire
ice, dust, and organic materials
Which spacecraft was Laika, the first living creature sent into space?
Sputnik 3
Apollo 11
Sputnik 2
Vostok 1
The atmosphere in Mars is mostly composed of:
Helium
Oxygen
Carbon dioxide
Nitrogen
Which planets do not have a natural satellite?
Uranus and Venus
Mercury and Venus
Mercury and Saturn
Mercury and Uranus
With which US spacecraft did Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, Jr. land on the moon?
Apollo 17
Apollo 7
Apollo 11
Apollo 13
Which planet's axis is almost parallel to its orbital plane, making it spin nearly on its side?
Saturn
Jupiter
Neptune
Uranus
Who discovered the laws of planetary motion?
Copernicus
Kepler
Newton
Galileo
What is the outermost region of the Sun’s atmosphere called?
Chromosphere
Corona
Penumbra
Core
