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Astrophysics 4

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When mass of a planet increases, gravity _________.

a)

increases

b)

decreases

2.

When size of a planet increases, gravity on the surface ___________.

a)

increases

b)

decreases

3.

What are the two biggest planets?

a)

Jupiter and Saturn

b)

Uranus and Neptune

4.

Which planet is a similar size to Earth?

a)

Venus

b)

Mars

5.

What are the two blue planets?

a)

Jupiter and Saturn

b)

Uranus and Neptune

6.

If Neptune gained more mass, it could have become a ______.

a)

star

b)

black hole

7.

Which planet wins the beauty contest?

a)

Earth

b)

Jupiter

8.

Which planets are the gas giants?

a)

Jupiter and Saturn

b)

Uranus and Neptune

9.

Which planets are the ice giants?

a)

Jupiter and Saturn

b)

Uranus and Neptune

10.

Which are the four terrestrial planets?

a)

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

b)

Mercury, Venus, Pluto, Ceres

c)

Earth, Mars, Pluto, Ceres

11.

Which of the following is the largest?

a)

Star

b)

Planetary system

c)

Galaxy

d)

Comet

12.

What is a comet?

a)

A large rock orbiting the sun.

b)

A small rock orbiting a planet.

c)

A ball of ice and dust orbiting the sun.

d)

A ball of ice and dust orbiting a planet.

13.

An area of such high gravity that nothing can escape.

a)

Supernova

b)

Nuclear explosion

c)

Black hole

d)

Galaxy

14.

Each galaxy contains ...

a)

one planetary system

b)

billions of planetary systems

15.

Our galaxy is a _______ shape.

a)

disk

b)

sphere

16.

Orbits are ______ curved closer to the sun, and ______ curved further from the sun.

a)

more, less

b)

less, more

17.

Comets move ________ when they are close to the sun.

a)

faster

b)

slower

18.

A comet has a ______ tail and a ______ tail.

a)

ice, dust

b)

plasma, dust

19.

What is the value of F for 4D?

a)

1/4

b)

8

c)

16

d)

1/16

20.

What is the value for 1/4D?

a)

4

b)

8

c)

12

d)

16

21.

The sun contains ____ of the solar systems mass.

a)

5%

b)

20%

c)

50%

d)

99%