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The Universe

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which was the first American shuttle mission?

a)

Columbia

b)

Apollo 11

c)

Chandrayaan 1

d)

Mangalyaan

2.

Who is considered Father of the Indian Space Programme?

a)

Kalpana Chawla

b)

Dr. Vikram Sarabhai

c)

Neil Armstrong

d)

Rakesh Sharma

3.

First person to travel to space and complete an entire orbit of the Earth

a)

Alaxei Leonov

b)

Dennis Tito

c)

Yuri Gagarin

d)

James Lowell

4.
Name this planet.
a)
Jupiter
b)
Mercury
c)
Saturn
d)
Uranus
5.
Name this planet.
a)
Saturn
b)
Neptune
c)
Earth
d)
Mars
6.
Name this planet.
a)
Mercury
b)
Earth
c)
Neptune
d)
Saturn
7.
The farthest planet from the sun is
a)
Mars
b)
Mercury
c)
Neptune
d)
Jupiter
8.

natural satellites that orbit planets and asteroids

a)

dwarf planets

b)

moons

c)

meteoroids

d)

comets

9.

A very large group of stars and planets.

a)

universe

b)

galaxy

c)

star

d)

Earth

10.

A ball of burning gases in space that gives off light.

a)

galaxy

b)

planet

c)

sun

d)

star

11.

The sun and the bodies that move in orbit around it. It includes eight planets, many moons, asteroids, and comets.

a)

galaxy

b)

solar system

c)

dwarf

d)

Earth

12.

What is the name of our Galaxy?

a)

Saturn

b)

Milky Way

c)

Superman

d)

Wonder Woman

13.

Pluto is know as...

a)

a dwarf planet

b)

a galaxy

c)

a gigantic planet

d)

a baby planet

14.
Who was the first human to set foot on the moon?
a)
John Glenn
b)
President Kennedy
c)
Neil Armstrong
15.
Which is the correct order of the inner planets?
a)
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
b)
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
c)
Mercury, Earth, Mars, Venus
d)
Jupiter, Mars, Uranus, Neptune