WorksheetsChapter D3 Solar System Chapter Test
Total questions: 34
Worksheet time: 17mins
"Path" an object follows as it revolves around another object
A. rotation
B. orbit
C. revolution
D. axis
Oval path
A. rotation
B. axis
C. ellipse
D. season
Turning of an object on its axis
A. revolution
B. rotation
C. orbit
D. ellipse
Movement of one object in an orbit around another object
A. rotation
B. orbit
C. axis
D. revolution
Imaginary line through Earth's center, from the North Pole to the South Pole
A. astronomical unit
B. orbit
C. asteroid
D. axis
System of planets revolving around a star
A. phases
B. ellipse
C. season
D. planetary system
Different shapes the moon seems to have when viewed from Earth
A. planetary system
B. path
C. phases
D. axial tilt
Ball of ice, rock, and frozen gases that orbits the sun
A. comet
B. asteroid
C. constellation
D. meteoroid
Chunk of rock and metal that orbits the sun
A. meteoroid
B. asteroid
C. comet
D. orbit
Chunk of rock that orbits the sun and is smaller than an asteroid
A. asteroid
B. comet
C. meteoroid
D. ellipse
Period of the year with a certain level of temperature and type of weather
A. axis
B. temperature
C. planetary system
D. season
Phase in which half the moon's lit side is visible after the waning gibbous moon
A. first quarter
B. waxing crescent
C. third quarter
D. waning crescent
Angle of a planet’s vertical axis
A. axis
B. axial tilt
C. astronomical unit
D. asteroid
Phase in which half the moon's lit side is visible after the waxing crescent moon
A. third quarter
B. waning gibbous
C. first quarter
D. waxing gibbous
Measurement equal to the distance between Earth and the sun
A. asteroid
B. planetary system
C. light-year
D. astronomical unit
Which of the drawings represents the waxing crescent moon?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Which of the drawings represents the first-quarter moon?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Which of the drawings represents Copernicus's hypothesis about the shape of a planetary orbit?
A.
B.
Which of the drawings represents Kepler's hypothesis about the shape of a planetary orbit?
A.
B.
Copernicus proposed a model of the solar system in which ____________.
A. Earth is the center of the universe
B. Earth revolves around the sun
C. the moon revolves around the sun
D. the sun is the center of the solar system
What enabled Galileo to observe the planets and prove that Copernicus was correct?
F. microscope
G. stethoscope
H. telescope
J. oscilloscope
The sun seems to rise and set because of Earth's ____________.
A. cycle
B. precession
C. rotation
D. axial tilt
What unit is used to measure the distance from Earth to the stars?
F. light-year
G. kilometer
H. astronomical unit
J. mile
Daytime on each planet lasts for different amounts of time because each planet __________.
A. orbits at a different distance from the sun
B. orbits at a different distance from Earth
C. has a differently shaped orbit
D. has a different period of rotation
Seasonal changes on Earth are caused by _________________.
F. Earth's distance from the sun
G. Earth's axial tilt
H. Earth's speed of rotation
J. the cycles of the sun
Over thousands of years, the North Star changes because of ________________.
A. the wobble of Earth's axis
B. the rotation of Earth's orbit
C. Earth's revolution
D. Earth's elliptical orbit
It is warmer in summer than in winter because in summer _______________.
F. the part of Earth having summer is tilted away from the sun
G. the part of Earth having summer is tilted neither toward nor away from the sun
H. the part of Earth having summer is tilted toward the sun
J. Earth is closer to the sun
Venus and Mercury do not have seasons because _________________.
A. they have the largest axial tilts in the solar system
B. they are very far away from the sun
C. they have the smallest axial tilts in the solar system
D. they are very close to the sun
"Heliocentric" means _______________.
A. Earth is in the center
B. Mercury is in the center
C. the sun is in the center
D. Venus is in the center
"Geocentric" means ______________.
A. Earth is in the center
B. Mercury is in the center
C. the sun is in the center
D. Venus is in the center
Orbits of the planets are ____________.
A. circular
B. elliptical
C. triangular
D. square
Earth has day and night because of ________.
A. revolution
B. seasons
C. weather
D. rotation
Earth has seasons because of Earth's ______________ as it revolves around the sun.
A. axial tilt
B. heliocentric
C. geocentric
D. rotation
About how many times does Earth rotate on its axis as it revolves around the sun?
A. 355 times
B. 365 times
C. 255 times
D. 265 times
