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Science Quiz 4 - pg. 132-144

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A planet’s full orbit around the sun is called a _______________.

a)

rotation

b)

year

c)

axis

2.

The continual path one heavenly body has around another is called its ________________.

a)

rotation

b)

year

c)

axis

d)

orbit

3.

The sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit it is the _________________ ________________.

a)

solar system

b)

universe

c)

galaxy

d)

planets

4.

The closest star to earth is the ______________.

a)

North Star

b)

sun

c)

moon

d)

Mercury

5.

A large heavenly body that orbits a star is a ______________.

a)

planet

b)

sun

c)

moon

d)

constellation

6.

The planets closest to the sun – Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars – are known as the _________________ planets.

a)

outer

b)

inner

7.

The imaginary line at which Earth continually spins, or rotates is its _________________.

a)

rotation

b)

year

c)

axis

d)

orbit

8.

The only planet that is designed for life is __________.

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Earth

d)

Venus

9.

The largest planet in our solar system is ________________.

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Earth

d)

Venus

10.

The outer planets that are made mostly of gases are called the __________ ________________.

a)

Milky Way

b)

inner planets

c)

gas giants

11.

The planets farthest from the sun – Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune – are known as the ________________ planets.

a)

outer

b)

inner

12.

Earth’s solar system is a part of the Tootsie Roll Galaxy.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

A heavenly body that is a giant ball of hot, glowing gas is a _____________.

a)

planet

b)

star

c)

cloud

d)

moon

14.

A group of stars that make a picture is a ___________________.

a)

solar system

b)

galaxy

c)

constellation

d)

planet

15.

A star almost always located above the North Pole is the ______________ _______________.

a)

planet

b)

sun

c)

North Star

d)

constellation