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Worksheets2nd 9 Weeks Science Review
Total questions: 94
Worksheet time: 51mins
Which planet is the student studying?
Saturn
Uranus
Jupiter
Mars
Which outer planet is closest to the asteroid belt?
Uranus
Neptune
Saturn
Jupiter
Mercury
Mars
Saturn
Neptune
Which object represents the eighth planet from the sun?
Marble
Tennis Ball
Pea
Basketball
Which lists the planets in the correct order in relation to the sun?
Mercury, Mars, Earth, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus
Venus, Mercury, Mars, Earth, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus, Jupiter
Mars, Venus, Earth, Mercury, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune
None of the above
Which planet is the student studying?
Saturn
Uranus
Jupiter
Mars
What planet is 1st from the sun?
Neptune
Uranus
Saturn
Mercury
What planet is 2nd from the sun?
Venus
Uranus
Saturn
Mars
What planet is 7th from the sun?
Neptune.
Uranus
The sun
Leo and Pheobe Callisto.
Miles and Loretta Callisto.
Starting with the sun, name the inner planets in order.
Mercury, Earth, Venus, Mars
Mars, Mercury, Venus, Earth
Mercury, Mars, Venus, Earth
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
This is the hottest planet in our solar system.
Mars
Venus
Earth
Mercury
I am the planet closest to the Sun. Who am I?
Mercury
Neptune
Jupiter
Earth
I am the planet between Mercury and the Earth. Who am I?
Mercury
Venus
Mars
Earth
I am the planet between Saturn and Neptune. Who am I?
Venus
Uranus
Neptune
Sun
I am the farthest planet from the sun. Who am I?
Earth
Mercury
Mars
Neptune
Which planets are known as the "Gas Giants" and "Ice Giants"?
Inner Planets
Outer Planets
Earth and Mars
Sun
What is a gas giant?
A gas giant is the group of INNER planets.
A gas giant is the group of OUTER planets.
Which planet is the hottest planet? (Hint: it is the planet that is 2nd from the Sun.)
Mercury
Venus
Mars
Earth
What separates the inner planets from the outer planets?
Comet Belt
Asteroid Belt
Nothing
Ice Belt
How bright something appears to be from our point of view is:
Apparent Brightness
Actual Brightness
Luminosity
The sun is . . .
The closest planet to Earth
The closest star to earth
An asteroid
The sun is the brightest star in the sky
True
False
Which star is the biggest?
Sun
Alpha Centrauri A
Alpha Canis Majoris
Alpha Scorpii
Approximately how far away is the sun from Earth?
93 miles
93 million miles
93 lightyears
93 kilometers
What is the Milky Way?
The sun
Our solar system
Our galaxy
A planet
What is the MAIN reason the sun appears brighter to us than all the other stars in the sky?
Luminosity
Size
Distance from Earth
Heat
What determines the size of a planet's orbit around the sun?
How close it is to the sun
How close it is to Earth
The size of the planet
gravity
What determines how much gravity an object has?
It's temperature
It's name
It's mass
It's color
Which is the largest of the inner planets?
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
Which are larger in size?
Inner planets
Outer planets
Earth is revolving around the Sun
What do you call constellations that are only visible during certain seasons?
The Major Constellations
Northern Constellations
Southern Constellations
Seasonal Constellations
What do you call constellations that can be seen year round?
Seasonal Constellations
Circumpolar Constellations
Minor Constellations
Draco's Constellations
Why are we not able to see certain constellations during different seasons?
They are hidden behind the Sun.
Earth is tilted on its axis.
They are too small to see.
They are not bright enough.
Can the North Star (Polaris) be used to guide people North if they are in the Southern Hemisphere?
Yes
No
In which season can you see Orion?
Summer
Fall
Winter
Spring
In which season can you MOST EASILY see Ursa Major?
Summer
Fall
Winter
Spring
In which season can you MOST EASILY see Ursa Minor?
Summer
Fall
Winter
Spring
This tool has two mirrors and a moveable arm to measure the angles of the stars in the sky and can help mariners determine their longitude (distance east or west from the Prime Meridian).
Astrolabe
Stern Rudder
Sextant
Star Angle Finder
This tool allows faraway objects seem brighter and closer
Telescope
Astrolabe
Sextant
Compass
This tool shows us directions (north, south, east, west)
Sextant
Compass
Astrolabe
Telescope
This tool helps us measure the angle between any two visible objects
Telescope
Sextant
Astrolabe
Compass
What is at the middle of a Heliocentric system?
Mars
Moon
Sun
Earth
What is at the middle of a Geocentric system?
Sun
Neptune
Earth
The Universe
Who supported the Geocentric system?
Ptolemy
Aristotle
Copernicus
Galileo
Who proposed the Heliocentric system?
Copernicus
Ptolemy
Aristotle
Galileo
What does the Geocentric system look like?
What does the Heliocentric system look like?
What is the biggest difference between the Geocentric Model and the Heliocentric Model?
the shape of the planets' orbits
the movement of the moon
the center of the solar system
Who came up with this model?
Copernicus
Kepler
Galileo Galilee
Ptolemy
Which scientific instrument did Galileo use to change the world?
telescope
spyglass
mirror
magnifying glass
Which object is the center of the solar system according to Galileo?
Earth
Moon
Sun
Neptune
Who supported Copernicus's Heliocentric Model
Galileo
Plato
Ptolemy
No one
Which astronomer first observed the phases of Venus and Jupiter's moons with the help of a telescope?
Gailieo
Aristarchus
Kepler
Aristotle
Copernicus
Who used a telescope to prove that the Earth could not be the center of the universe?
Ptolemy
Copernicus
Kepler
Galileo
Who was the person that popularized the geocentric model?
Galileo
Aristotle
Copernicus
Mercury,Saturn
Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune
Jupiter, Neptune,
Mercury,Saturn,
Uranus
Mars,Jupiter,
Saturn,Uranus
Neptune
Name the inner planets
Saturn, Jupiter, Earth, Mercury
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
Venus, Earth, Mercury, Saturn
Neptune, Venus, Mercury, Mars
Which planets are the gas giants?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Saturn
Jupiter, Mercury, Venus, Earth
Which of the following would NOT reduce air pollution?
Electric cars
Riding a bike to school
Walking
Airplanes
True or False: Humans can make choices that reduce their impact on an environment.
True
False
Which of the following natural disasters would affect an ecosystem? (Multiple answers!)
Flood
Erosion
Planting Crops
Disease
Which of the following natural resources is shown in this picture?
Soil
Water
Wood
Coal
Which of the following is an example of human influence?
Pollution
Tornado
Hurricane
Erosion
Conservation means...
Negatively effecting the environment
The careful use of natural resources
Pollution
Hurting ecosystems
Choose ALL of the ways that you could conserve water.
Running a full bath
Planting trees
Turning off water when brushing your teeth
Taking shorter showers
Which of the following could cause soil pollution?
Cars
Planes
Clearing large plots of land to build neighborhoods
Water
Which type of pollution is shown in this picture?
Water Pollution
Soil Pollution
Air Pollution
There is no pollution
True or False: Humans need to help conserve limited resources.
True
False
How could you practice conservation?
Reduce
Reuse
Recycle
Litter
Humans can affect the quality of ________, _______, and _________.
Air
Water
Animals
Soil
Which of the following is an example of a limited resource?
Cars
Garbage
Water
Wind
A new business is building a factory near a river. How will the factory hurt the river's ecosystem? Select ALL that apply.
Nothing will happen.
The animals' habitat will be destroyed.
The animals will be safe.
The factory will create water pollution.
A period of time where there is little to no rainfall is called
desert
drought
dust
none of the above
A large amount of snow or ice that falls or slides quickly down a mountain.
tundra
avalanche
flood
blizzard
Name the natural disaster shown in the image.
earthquake
flood
volcano
avalanche
The main way to save people during volcanic eruptions
evacuation
shelters in specially equipped shelters
use of personal protective equipment for respiratory organs and skin
The best tornado protection
bridges, big trees
booths at bus stops
basements, underground structures
Advance flood warning requires
open windows and doors on the ground floor
turn on the TV and radio, listen to messages and recommendations
move valuables to the lower floors
