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Astronomy Vocabulary

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A large object that revolves around the sun or another star

a)

asteroid

b)

meteoroid

c)

planet

d)

constellation

2.

A complete trip of a planet around the sun

a)

asteroid

b)

orbit

c)

revolution

d)

rotation

3.

The spinning of a planet on an axis

a)

revolution

b)

rotation

c)

orbit

d)

solstic

4.

The sun and the many objects in space that move around the sun

a)

asteroid

b)

universe

c)

galaxy

d)

solar system

5.

A day during which the sun's direct rays point toward one of the tropics

a)

solstice

b)

equinox

c)

universe

d)

solar system

6.

All the matter and energy that exists

a)

solar system

b)

galaxy

c)

universe

d)

comet

7.

The elliptical path that a body takes as it travels around another body in space

a)

orbit

b)

solar system

c)

revolution

d)

rotation

8.

The spiral galaxy in which our solar system is found

a)

Snickers Galaxy

b)

Milky Way Galaxy

c)

Oreo Galaxy

d)

universe

9.

A rocky body that moves through space and is smaller than an asteroid

a)

asteroid

b)

meteoroid

c)

comet

d)

orbit

10.

A force of attraction between objects that is due to their masses and distances between the objects

a)

equinox

b)

solstice

c)

galaxy

d)

gravitational force

11.

A huge cluster of gas, dust, and billions of stars

a)

universe

b)

galaxy

c)

solar system

d)

constellation

12.

A day during which the sun's direct rays point to the equator

a)

solstice

b)

equinox

c)

gravitational force

d)

comet

13.

A nearly spherical object that orbits the sun but does not have its own orbit and is not a moon

a)

dwarf planet

b)

planet

c)

galaxy

d)

asteroid

14.

The theory that a single deity created the universe from nothing

a)

Creation Theory

b)

Big Bang Theory

c)

Milky Way Galaxy

15.

The theory that everything in the universe was once packed together in an extremely small, hot, dense ball of energy and something happened to cause it to cool and expand

a)

Creation Theory

b)

Big Bang Theory

c)

Milky Way Galaxy

16.

A small body of ice, rock, and dust that orbits the sun in an elongated elipse; tail extends away from the sun

a)

asteroid

b)

comet

c)

meteoroid

d)

planet

17.

A group of stars connected in a recognizable pattern

a)

comet

b)

asteroid

c)

constellation

d)

dwarf planet

18.

An imaginary line through a planet on which a planet rotates

a)

center

b)

axis

c)

equinox

d)

solstice

19.

A small, rocky object that orbits the sun

a)

comet

b)

asteroid

c)

meteoroid

d)

galaxy