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Chapters 5-6—Not Just Planets/Exploring the Solar System

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐨𝐫𝐲 did 𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬 put 𝐏𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐨 in? 𝐀𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫: (a)   𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒆𝒕 (𝟏)

2.

𝐃𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: an 𝐨𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 that 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐩 through the 𝐚𝐭𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 and 𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝

a)

meteoroid

b)

meteor

c)

shooting star

d)

meteorite

3.

𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞: Most 𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐢𝐝𝐬 in the 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐨𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐭 between _____ and _____.

a)

Mars

b)

Jupiter

c)

Venus

d)

Mercury

4.

What are 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐬? 𝐀𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫: 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒖𝒏𝒌𝒔 𝒐𝒇 _____

a)

rock

b)

gas

c)

ice

d)

dust

5.

𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞: The 𝐊𝐮𝐢𝐩𝐞𝐫 (a)   is the next part of the 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 after 𝐍𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐞. (𝟏)

6.

How 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 does it take to 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐥 to 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐬 by 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐭? 𝐀𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫: _____ 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒉𝒔

a)

4

b)

5

c)

6

d)

7

7.

What 𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 was 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 in the 𝟏𝟔𝟎𝟎𝐬?

a)

spacecraft

b)

satellite

c)

telescope

d)

thermometer

8.

What type of 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 can 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐬 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐮𝐩?

a)

radio waves

b)

X-rays

c)

ultraviolet

d)

gramma rays

9.

What was the 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐞 ever 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝? 𝐀𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫: _____ 𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒄𝒐𝒑𝒆

a)

Sputnik

b)

Hubble

c)

Global Surveyor

d)

New Horizons

10.

𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞: 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐬 has the 𝐛𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 _____ in our 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦.

a)

volcano

b)

moon

c)

ocean

d)

orbit