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Space

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the diameter of the earth?

a)

7,926miles

b)

5,783miles

c)

9,418miles

d)

4,734miles

2.

Light from the center of the Milky Way takes _________to reach earth.

a)

26,895.

years

b)

27,345

years

c)

26,000. years

d)

28,621

years

3.

Some stars are in groups called________.

a)

Constellations

b)

Galaxies

c)

Nebulae

d)

Clusters

4.

The Orion Constellation is in which sky?

a)

Southern Sky

b)

Northern Sky

5.

These chunks of rock and ice are remains of material left behind when the solar system formed. What are they?

a)

Comets

b)

Asteroids

c)

Planets

6.

These are almost-round bodies orbit the Sun, but are too small to be considered as planets. What are they?

a)

Stars

b)

Dwarf planets

c)

Black Hole

7.

The Sun is one of about _________that make up the Milky Way.

a)

200 billion years

b)

300 billion years

c)

100 billion years

d)

400 billion years

8.

The age of the Milky Way is ___________.

a)

13.7 billion years

b)

13.1 billion years

c)

13.4 billion years

d)

13.2 billion

years

9.

NASA's five space shuttles made ____trips to space between 1981 and 2011.

a)

200

b)

135

c)

150

d)

110

10.

The ISS (International Space Station) makes 16 trips Around Earth in 24 hours, which means that astronauts on the station see ____sunrises a day.

a)

17

b)

14

c)

16

d)

15