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Stargazing program

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which is the hottest planet in the solar system?

a)

Mercury

b)

Saturn

c)

Venus

d)

Neptune

2.

What are the rings of Saturn made of?

a)

Rocks and Dust

b)

Rock, Frozen gases, Ice crystals, and water.

c)

Ice Crystals

d)

Stars

3.

Which of the following is a star in our solar system?

a)

The Big Dipper

b)

Orion

c)

The Sun

d)

Draco

4.

What part of the moon do we see from Earth?

a)

All of it

b)

The same side

c)

None of it

d)

Only one quarter

5.

Which list is in the correct order?

a)

Mercury, Jupiter, Earth, Venus, Mars, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

b)

Mars, Venus, Earth, Mercury, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, Saturn

c)

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. 

6.

Which contains more than 99.8% of the total mass of our Solar System?

a)

Jupiter

b)

Sun

c)

Earth

d)

Saturn

7.

What is our home galaxy?

a)

Snickers galaxy

b)

Kitkat galaxy

c)

Milkyway galaxy

d)

Nebula galaxy

8.

Which type of galaxy is our Milky Way galaxy?

a)

Irregular

b)

Elliptical

c)

Spiral

d)

Splotchy

9.

What is happening to our universe? 

a)

It is shrinking

b)

It is expanding

10.

The study of objects in space and their characteristic

a)

Solar system

b)

Astronomy

c)

Moon

d)

Stars

11.

Which of the gas giants has the largest rings?

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Mercury

d)

Neptune

12.

Why is Venus so hot?

a)

It's closest to the sun

b)

It was just made like that

c)

It has the thickest atmosphere

d)

It is pure fire

13.

Planets are rarely visible as compared to stars but we can see through the concept of

a)

Focus light

b)

Reflected light source.

c)

Self emitting light

d)

Projected light

14.

Select the answer that has the objects in order from SMALLEST to LARGEST:

a)

Galaxy, Planet, Star, Comet, Universe

b)

Comet, Star, Planet, Universe, Galaxy

c)

Universe, Galaxy, Star, Planet, Comet

d)

Comet, Planet, Star, Galaxy, Universe.

15.

Farthest from the sun: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

a)

Inner Planets

b)

Outer Planets.

c)

Star

d)

Invisible Planets

16.

Earth spinning on an imaginary line and around the sun being the reason for day/night, changing season, year count

a)

Revolution

b)

Rotation

c)

Rotation and Revolution.

d)

Neither of them

17.

The first stage of a star

a)

Nebula

b)

Protostar

c)

RedGiant

d)

Main sequence star

18.

When the Earth interrupts sunlight shining on the moon, the following occurs

a)

Supernova

b)

Lunar eclipse

c)

Flares

d)

Solar Eclipse

19.

What is the difference between planets & stars?

a)

Planets are bigger. Stars do not emit light

b)

Stars are bigger. Planets do not emit light.

c)

Planets are round. Stars are not

d)

Stars do not have gravity. Planets have gravity

20.

We didn’t know Neptune existed until the invention of this instrument.

a)

Telescope

b)

Microscope

c)

Astrolabe

d)

Compass

21.

The first person in space

a)

Yuri Gagarin

b)

Neil Armstrong

c)

Buzz Aldrin

d)

John F. Kennedy

22.

Where can you find the asteroid belt?

a)

Between Saturn & Jupiter

b)

Between Mars & Jupiter

c)

Between Venus & Mars

d)

Between Earth & Mars

23.

Planets that are closest to the Sun are identified as

a)

Low-density Jovian

b)

Low-density terrestrial

c)

High-density terrestrial

d)

High-density Jovian

24.

A big cloud of gas and dust which can form stars and galaxies.

a)

Galaxy

b)

Protostar

c)

Nebula.

d)

Constellation

25.

The sun is mostly composed of which elements?

a)

Hydrogen and Helium.

b)

Hydrogen and Phosphorus

c)

Phosphorus and Iron

d)

Helium and Xenon

26.

Why are planets round?

a)

Constant Motion

b)

Dark Energy

c)

Gravity

d)

They aren’t round

27.

The light waves from distant galaxies are redshifted by the Doppler effect because these galaxies are all moving away from us. This evidence supports the...

a)

Big Bang Theory

b)

Geocentric Model

c)

Law of Universal Gravitation

d)

Biblical Model

28.

The star named Canis Majoris is about 4900 Light Years away from Earth. How long does it take for the light from Canis Majoris to reach the Earth?

a)

4900 days

b)

Instantly

c)

4.9 Seconds

d)

4900 Years

29.

The planet Neptune has more mass than the Earth, Earth has more mass than Venus, and Venus has more mass than Mars. On which planet would you have the most mass.

a)

Your mass is the same on all of them

b)

Neptune

c)

Venus

d)

Mars

30.

What do we call the icy leftovers from the formation of our solar system?

a)

Comets

b)

Asteroids

c)

Meteors

d)

Dwarf planets