WorksheetsChapters 5-6—Not Just Planets/Exploring the Solar System
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
What 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐨𝐫𝐲 did 𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬 put 𝐏𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐨 in? 𝐀𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫: (a) 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒆𝒕 (𝟏)
𝐃𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: an 𝐨𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 that 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐩 through the 𝐚𝐭𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 and 𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝
meteoroid
meteor
shooting star
meteorite
𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞: Most 𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐢𝐝𝐬 in the 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐨𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐭 between _____ and _____.
Mars
Jupiter
Venus
Mercury
What are 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐬? 𝐀𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫: 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒖𝒏𝒌𝒔 𝒐𝒇 _____
rock
gas
ice
dust
𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞: The 𝐊𝐮𝐢𝐩𝐞𝐫 (a) is the next part of the 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 after 𝐍𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐞. (𝟏)
How 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 does it take to 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐥 to 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐬 by 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐭? 𝐀𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫: _____ 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒉𝒔
4
5
6
7
What 𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 was 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 in the 𝟏𝟔𝟎𝟎𝐬?
spacecraft
satellite
telescope
thermometer
What type of 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 can 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐬 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐮𝐩?
radio waves
X-rays
ultraviolet
gramma rays
What was the 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐞 ever 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝? 𝐀𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫: _____ 𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒄𝒐𝒑𝒆
Sputnik
Hubble
Global Surveyor
New Horizons
𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞: 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐬 has the 𝐛𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 _____ in our 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦.
volcano
moon
ocean
orbit
