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Space quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the diameter of the Earth?

a)

12,742 km

b)

12,724 km

2.

How old is the Sun?

a)

3 billion years old

b)

3.5 billion years old

c)

4 billion years old

d)

4.5 billion years old

e)

5 billion years old

3.

Can black holes die?

a)

Yes

b)

No

4.

Which planet has the largest ocean?

a)

Earth

b)

Uranus

c)

Neptune

d)

Jupiter

5.

What do scientists call the disk that encircles a black hole?

(a)  

6.

What is the hottest planet in the solar system?

a)

Sun

b)

Mercury

c)

Venus

d)

Earth

7.

How far away is the closest star that is not the sun?

a)

2 light years away

b)

3 light years away

c)

4 light years away

d)

5 light years away

8.

What do you call a large group of stars

(a)  

9.

Which planets do not have a natural satellite?

a)

Mercury & Venus

b)

Mercury & Mars

c)

Earth & Mars

d)

Venus & Mars

10.

What are the most common type of stars in the milky way?

(a)  

11.

What is at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy?

(a)  

12.

What do we call the explosion/death of a star?

(a)  

13.

Which planet is called the Morning Star?

a)

Mercury

b)

Venus

c)

Earth

d)

Mars

14.

What is the name of the star closest to earth? (that isn't the sun)

(a)  

15.

What is the name of the sun?

(a)  

16.

What does NASA stand for?

(a)  

17.

What is the name of the outermost layer of the sun?

a)

Core

b)

Crust

c)

Surface

d)

Corona

18.

How is the distance between the sun and Earth measured?

(a)  

19.

What is the name of the dwarf planet in between Mars and Jupiter?

a)

Ceres

b)

Make-Make

c)

Eris

d)

Pluto

20.

What are the names of the 2 moons that are bigger that Mercury? (In the Solar System)

(a)