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Astronomy Worksheet Check

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Big Bang is an ongoing process. 

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Stars are older than planets. 

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Expansion and cooling happened at the same time. 

a)

True

b)

False

4.

The Big Bang Theory was only proven in the late 20th century. 

a)

True

b)

False

5.

It is the fourth planet from the Sun. It has active plate tectonics. 

a)

Pluto

b)

Jupiter

c)

Mars

d)

Mercury

6.

It is shiny and rotates differently than everyone else.

a)

Mars

b)

Jupiter

c)

Venus

d)

Mercury

7.

It is blue and smells like rotten eggs.

a)

Mars

b)

a comet

c)

Venus

d)

Neptune

8.

A blue ice giant with decades long seasons. 

a)

Uranus

b)

a comet

c)

Venus

d)

Neptune

9.

Its core is radioactive.

a)

Uranus

b)

a comet

c)

Earth

d)

Neptune

10.

Has fancy accessories made of ice and dust.

a)

Uranus

b)

Jupiter

c)

Earth

d)

Saturn

11.

It consists of billions of stars.

a)

Sun

b)

Milky Way

c)

Kuiper Belt

d)

Saturn

12.

It is the inspiration for the nuclear fusion power plant experiments.

a)

Sun

b)

Milky Way

c)

Kuiper Belt

d)

Saturn

13.

It had eaten smaller planets. 

a)

Sun

b)

Milky Way

c)

Kuiper Belt

d)

Jupiter

14.

It is the smallest planet in the Solar System.

a)

Pluto

b)

a comet

c)

Mercury

d)

Venus

15.

It came from the Kuiper Belt. 

a)

Pluto

b)

a comet

c)

Mercury

d)

Venus

16.

are robotic There three spacecrafts Moon. the on

(a)  

17.

only Moon of Earth. side the see from one We 

(a)  

18.

Earth's Moon The affects movement.

(a)  

19.

very atmosphere The thin. is Moon's 

(a)  

20.

The same consists Earth. Moon of as rocks the 

(a)  

21.

had if light. Moon high as albedo its of it own its looks Because 

(a)  

22.

What causes different seasons on different hemispheres?

a)

Rotation

b)

Orbit

c)

Tilt of the axis

23.

What causes day and night?

a)

Rotation

b)

Orbit

c)

Tilt of the axis

24.

What causes different local climates?

a)

Rotation

b)

Orbit

c)

Tilt of the axis

25.

What causes the summer solstice?

a)

Rotation

b)

Orbit

c)

Tilt of the axis

26.

What causes the spring equinox?

a)

Rotation

b)

Orbit

c)

Tilt of the axis

27.

The key is the name of NASA's spacecraft orbiting Jupiter.

a)

Got it!

b)

Nah, ok.

28.

How did you feel during th escape room?