WorksheetsSolar System Review
Total questions: 32
Worksheet time: 16mins
What is the most massive object in our solar system?
The Sun
Jupiter
Earth
Mars
What is the glowing visible path of a meteoroid that has entered Earth's atmosphere called?
Meteorite
Asteroid
Comet
Meteor
Where do most asteroids lie in our solar system?
Between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter
Between the orbits of Earth and Mars
Between the orbits of Venus and Earth
Between the orbits of Jupiter and Saturn
What is a small mass of dust and ice that travels in an orbit around the Sun called?
Meteoroid
Asteroid
Comet
Moon
Which plants have a composition of mostly gases?
Mercury and Jupiter
Uranus and Neptune
Earth and Saturn
Which celestial object has a very long, tilted orbit around the sun?
Meteorite
Asteroid
Comet
Meteor
The Sun is described as....
A gaseous planet
a yellow, medium star
a ball of rock and ice
made up of gases and rings
What is the name for a portion of a meteoroid (or asteroid) that survives its passage through the atmosphere and strikes Earth’s surface?
Meteorite
Asteroid
Comet
Meteor
What is the name for a small rock that revolves in an orbital path around the Sun?
Meteoroid
Asteroid
Comet
Moon
What is the name for the spinning a celestial object on its axis?
Revolution
Rotation
Orbit
Eclipse
What most determines the strength of gravitational attraction between objects?
What is the atmosphere on Earth important for?
How does the gravitational attraction between objects change as the distance between them increases? (more distance = gravity ?)
What is the purpose of the labs and computers in space?
To conduct scientific experiments and analyze research
How are spacesuits equipped to support life systems in space?
To provide food and water, regulate temperature and pressure
To provide gravity, regulate temperature and pressure, and protect from radiation
Gravity of Earth is pulling the Moon towards it. What is pushing the Moon outward?
Gravity
Interia
Earth's spin on its axis takes how long?
365.25 days
24 days
24 hours
24 mintues
The rocky (terrestrial) planets are
furthest from the sun
closest to the sun
What does elliptical orbit mean?
A perfect circular path around a celestial body
How does inertia determine the movement of celestial objects?
Inertia causes objects to move in straight lines
Inertia causes objects to rotate around their own axis
Inertia causes objects move towards the source of gravity
Inertia causes objects to move away from the source of gravity
What is the inertia of planets?
The force that keeps the planets moving forward
The force that pulls the planets
What is the first obstacle of space NASA had to overcome to observe space?
Provide astronauts with food
Provide astronauts with air supply
Escape gravity of Earth
Protection from the solar radiation
Which is the correct order of the terrestrial planets?
Which combination with have the GREATEST gravitational pull?
High Mass
Far Distance
High Mass
Close Distance
Low Mass
Far Distance
Low Mass
Close Distance
Earth's distance from the Sun has determined...
The Earth's temperature
In a scale model, if Earth is the size of a golf ball, which would best the model for Venus?
A golf ball
Which is the order of the planets from largest to the smallest?
Jupiter, Saturn, Earth, Mars, Venus, Neptune, Uranus, Mercury
Uranus, Neptune, Mars, Venus, Earth, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn
In space travel, what NOT accommodated for astronauts?
