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Jess and Layla's Astronomical Assignment

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The family waved goodbye as the van ______________ past.

a)

inspirational

b)

interacted

c)

hesitated

d)

skidded

2.

The waitress was in _______________ after receiving a generous tip.

a)

shocked

b)

disbelief

c)

stern

d)

hesitate

3.

Synonym of theory

a)

scientist

b)

average

c)

guess

d)

genuis

4.

Antonym of stern

a)

friendly

b)

serious

c)

grim

d)

strict

5.

Believed the Earth was flat like a pancake

a)

Copernicus

b)

Galileo

c)

Thales

d)

Anaximander

6.

Synonym for interactive

a)

intertwined

b)

hands-on

c)

disconnected

d)

technology

7.

Beatrice _____________before raising her hand to answer the question.

a)

inspired

b)

disbelief

c)

underestimated

d)

hesitated

8.

Thought the earth revolved around the sun, but got in trouble for his theories.

a)

Pythagoras

b)

Arsitarchus

c)

Galileo

d)

Copernicus

9.

Thought the Earth was surrounded by crystal spheres

a)

Pythagoras

b)

Thales

c)

Anaximander

d)

Copernicus

10.

"Layla's stomach started fizzing." In this sentence, a synonym for fizzing could be;

a)

upsetting

b)

bubbling

c)

shocking

d)

spitting

11.

"Could it be," said Layla, "that it's just that we haven't discovered time travel yet?"

What is a synonym of discovered?

a)

found

b)

located

c)

uncovered

d)

all of the above

12.

The restaurant drew ___________ from the finest cuisines.

a)

disbelief

b)

stern

c)

inspiration

d)

hesitation

13.

The root "helio" means coming from the sun. The theory of the Earth revolving around the sun is called:

a)

heliomoon

b)

heliocentrism

c)

lunarsun

d)

heliopower

14.

Synonym for disbelief

a)

false

b)

danger

c)

shock

d)

untrue

15.

What does an astronomer study?

a)

terrain of the moon

b)

science fiction and the possibility of aliens

c)

rocket ships and space craft

d)

planets, stars, and other celestial bodies

16.

Antonym of nervous

a)

anxious

b)

confident

c)

tense

d)

skittish

17.

Frugal is to cheap as skid is to

a)

crash

b)

ponder

c)

slide

d)

jump

18.

Stern is to strict as culture is to

a)

heritage

b)

morals

c)

customs

d)

all of the above

19.

The program will make video games more __________ than ever!

a)

manual

b)

inspiration

c)

interactive

d)

potentially

20.

The professor needed more evidence to prove his __________.

a)

probable

b)

theory

c)

hypothesis

d)

experiment