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Worksheets8SCI - Ch 3 - Solar System TEST
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 5hrs 0mins
Which of the following are terrestrial planets? (check all correct answers)
Mercury
Mars
Uranus
Venus
Pluto
List the correct order of the planets starting with the one closest to the sun.
The idea that the earth and all the planets revolve around the sun is called the (a) theory.
What is the term for the sum of all space, matter, and energy that exist, that have existed in the past, and that will exist in the future?
(a)
The Great Red Spot is a (a) on the planet of Jupiter.
What is commonly called a shooting star and is very small, usually smaller than a marble, which burns up as it enters a planet's atmosphere.
Asteroid
Meteoroid
Comet
Meteor
Separates inner and outer planets
dwarf planet
terrestrial planets
gas giants
asteroid belt
What does "Helios" mean?
Earth
Center
Sun
Moon
"Geo" is translated from Latin to what word in English?
(a)
Explain how you know the model shown in the photo is GEOCENTRIC?
** Must use at least one complete sentence to receive full credit **
What is the name of the galaxy in which Earth is located?
(a)
Which of these planets is the farthest from the sun?
Mercury
Earth
Neptune
Jupiter
Which of the following is NOT considered a terrestrial-planet?
Mars
Venus
Neptune
Mercury
The astronomer (a) first proposed that Earth and the other planets orbit the sun.
If I wanted to know how long a YEAR was on Jupiter - would I look at the
Period of ROTATION or the Period of REVOLUTION?
Choose one of the options above and explain how you know your answer is correct.
** Must use at least one complete sentence to receive full credit **
Which measurement would we use to measure how far across the Milky Way galaxy is?
(a)
What is responsible for taking up 99.8% of the mass in our solar system?
(a)
Why is Pluto not a planet?
It is too small.
It cannot clear its own atmosphere.
There are many other dwarf planets the same size as Pluto.
All of the above
What gas gives Uranus and Neptune its blue color?
(a)
The Sun produces energy by fusing hydrogen atoms into helium atoms in the _____.
Radiative Zone
Convective Zone
Core
