Wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

Astronomy Test Review

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is Kepler's 1st law

a)

All the planets revolve around the sun in elliptical orbits having the sun at one of the foci

b)

A radius vector joining any planet to the Sun sweeps out equal areas in equal lengths of time.

c)

A planet's orbital period is proportional to the size of its orbit (its semi-major axis).

d)

Any particle of matter in the universe attracts any other with a force varying directly as the product of the masses and inversely as the square of the distance between them.

2.

What's Kepler's 3rd law.

a)

All the planets revolve around the sun in elliptical orbits having the sun at one of the foci.

b)

A planet's orbital period is proportional to the size of its orbit (its semi-major axis).

c)

A radius vector joining any planet to the Sun sweeps out equal areas in equal lengths of time.

d)

Stored energy that depends upon the relative position of various parts of a system.

3.

What's Kepler's 3rd law?

a)

All the planets revolve around the sun in elliptical orbits having the sun at one of the foci.

b)

A planet's orbital period is proportional to the size of its orbit (its semi-major axis).

c)

A radius vector joining any planet to the Sun sweeps out equal areas in equal lengths of time

d)

E=MC2E=MC^2

4.

What keeps the planets orbit?

a)

Planets buoyancy

b)

Planet's gravity

c)

Sun's gravity

d)

Sun's inertia

5.

What's this Observatory

a)

Big Horn Medicine Wheel

b)

Stonehenge

c)

Machu Picchu

d)

Stonehedge

6.

Stars stay in one place

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Who are some ancient astronomers we discussed in class

a)

Ptolemy Aristotle George Bush Aristarchus Eratosthenes

b)

Ptolemy Aristarchus Pythagorus Eratosthenes

c)

Aristotle Apollo Ptolemy

d)

Ptolemy Aristotle Aristarchus Eratosthenes

8.

What Ancient observatory is this?

a)

Bighorn Medicine Wheel

b)

Gaocheng

c)

Stonehedge

d)

Bighorn Medicine Dial

9.

What's this ancient observatory?

a)

Stonehenge

b)

Machu Picchu

c)

Gaocheng

d)

Chichén Itzá

10.

What did Newton invent/discover?

a)

The 4 moons on Jupiter

b)

Reflecting telescope

c)

Modern thermometer

d)

Gravitational waves