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Blast off into space

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the largest Moon in our Solar system?

a)

Titan

b)

Luna

c)

Ganymede

d)

Io

2.

Which planet has a day which lasts eight month?

a)

mars

b)

mercury

c)

Venus

d)

Jupiter

3.

who was the First Person to Invent Telescope?

(a)  

4.

Who was the first person to went to space from India?

(a)  

5.

Which is the brightest star we can see from earth at night?

(a)  

6.

What is the scientific name of the sun?

(a)  

7.

Which rocket was used for Chandrayan 3 mission?

(a)  

8.

What is the name of the leading point of Vikram lander?

(a)  

9.

Which was the first planet born in our solar system??

a)

Earth

b)

Mercury

c)

Saturn

d)

Jupiter

10.
What is the approximate percentage of the Earth that is illuminated by the Sun at any given time?
a)
90%
b)
10%
c)
25%
d)
50%
11.
During which portion of the Earth's revolution around the Sun is the Northern Hemisphere tilted toward the Sun?
a)
Vernal equinox
b)
Summer solstice
c)
Winter solstice
d)
Autumnal equinox
12.
The investigation of physical conditions in space and on stars, planets, and other celestial bodies through the use of satellites, space probes, or spacecrafts with human crews.
a)
Space Exploration
b)
Newton's Law of Gravity
c)
the ISS
d)
Space travel
13.

How much of the moon's surface is lit up at all times?

a)

all of it

b)

a fourth of it

c)

half of it

d)

It varies.

14.

What causes neap tides?

a)

The moon casts a shadow on the Earth.

b)

Both the sun and the moon are pulling the Earth's water in the same direction.

c)

The Earth casts a shadow on the moon.

d)

The moon is pulling the Earth's water perpendicular to the sun.

15.

What is the process by which the universe become transparent to light?

a)

Cosmic inflation

b)

Dark matter formation

c)

Recombination

d)

Light scattering

16.

Who is the first person to perform space walk?

a)

Ed white

b)

Alexei Leonov

c)

Buzz Aldrin

d)

Neil Armstrong

17.
The sun and everything that revolves around it.
a)
solar system
b)
galaxy
c)
universe
d)
rotation
18.

an unmanned spacecraft designed to send information back to Earth

a)

satellite

b)

shuttle

c)

space station

d)

probe

19.

A vehicle sponsored by sixteen nations that circles the earth while astronauts living on board carry out

experiments

a)

International Space Station

b)

Space Shuttle

c)

Space Probe

d)

Space Rocket

20.

What is the term for a galaxy that contains a supermassive black hole at it's centre?

a)

Spiral galaxy

b)

Starbust galaxy

c)

Active galactic nucleus

d)

Dark matter halo