WorksheetsStargazing program
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
Which is the hottest planet in the solar system?
Mercury
Saturn
Venus
Neptune
What are the rings of Saturn made of?
Rocks and Dust
Rock, Frozen gases, Ice crystals, and water.
Ice Crystals
Stars
Which of the following is a star in our solar system?
The Big Dipper
Orion
The Sun
Draco
What part of the moon do we see from Earth?
All of it
The same side
None of it
Only one quarter
Which list is in the correct order?
Mercury, Jupiter, Earth, Venus, Mars, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Mars, Venus, Earth, Mercury, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, Saturn
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.
Which contains more than 99.8% of the total mass of our Solar System?
Jupiter
Sun
Earth
Saturn
What is our home galaxy?
Snickers galaxy
Kitkat galaxy
Milkyway galaxy
Nebula galaxy
Which type of galaxy is our Milky Way galaxy?
Irregular
Elliptical
Spiral
Splotchy
What is happening to our universe?
It is shrinking
It is expanding
The study of objects in space and their characteristic
Solar system
Astronomy
Moon
Stars
Which of the gas giants has the largest rings?
Jupiter
Saturn
Mercury
Neptune
Why is Venus so hot?
It's closest to the sun
It was just made like that
It has the thickest atmosphere
It is pure fire
Planets are rarely visible as compared to stars but we can see through the concept of
Focus light
Reflected light source.
Self emitting light
Projected light
Select the answer that has the objects in order from SMALLEST to LARGEST:
Galaxy, Planet, Star, Comet, Universe
Comet, Star, Planet, Universe, Galaxy
Universe, Galaxy, Star, Planet, Comet
Comet, Planet, Star, Galaxy, Universe.
Farthest from the sun: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Inner Planets
Outer Planets.
Star
Invisible Planets
Earth spinning on an imaginary line and around the sun being the reason for day/night, changing season, year count
Revolution
Rotation
Rotation and Revolution.
Neither of them
The first stage of a star
Nebula
Protostar
RedGiant
Main sequence star
When the Earth interrupts sunlight shining on the moon, the following occurs
Supernova
Lunar eclipse
Flares
Solar Eclipse
What is the difference between planets & stars?
Planets are bigger. Stars do not emit light
Stars are bigger. Planets do not emit light.
Planets are round. Stars are not
Stars do not have gravity. Planets have gravity
We didn’t know Neptune existed until the invention of this instrument.
Telescope
Microscope
Astrolabe
Compass
The first person in space
Yuri Gagarin
Neil Armstrong
Buzz Aldrin
John F. Kennedy
Where can you find the asteroid belt?
Between Saturn & Jupiter
Between Mars & Jupiter
Between Venus & Mars
Between Earth & Mars
Planets that are closest to the Sun are identified as
Low-density Jovian
Low-density terrestrial
High-density terrestrial
High-density Jovian
A big cloud of gas and dust which can form stars and galaxies.
Galaxy
Protostar
Nebula.
Constellation
The sun is mostly composed of which elements?
Hydrogen and Helium.
Hydrogen and Phosphorus
Phosphorus and Iron
Helium and Xenon
Why are planets round?
Constant Motion
Dark Energy
Gravity
They aren’t round
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...
Big Bang Theory
Geocentric Model
Law of Universal Gravitation
Biblical Model
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?
4900 days
Instantly
4.9 Seconds
4900 Years
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.
Your mass is the same on all of them
Neptune
Venus
Mars
What do we call the icy leftovers from the formation of our solar system?
Comets
Asteroids
Meteors
Dwarf planets
