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Space Vocabulary

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
A large body made of gas or rock that orbits around a star.
a)
planet
b)
moon
c)
star
d)
super nova
2.
A __________________________ is a huge collection of stars, gases, and dust that is classified by shape.
a)
galaxy
b)
Big Bang Theory
c)
light-year
3.

__________________ is the force that keeps us from floating out into space.

a)
Earth
b)
The sun
c)
Magnets
d)
Gravity
4.
A star and all the planets and other objects that revolve around it.
a)
galaxy
b)
universe
c)
planet
d)
solar system
5.
The star at the center of our solar system.
a)
star
b)
orbit
c)
sun
d)
galaxy
6.
A pattern of stars named after a mythological or religious figure, an object, or an animal.
a)
constellation
b)
star
c)
planet
d)
solar system
7.
An event that occurs when one object in space passes through the shadow of another object in space.
a)
galaxy
b)
refraction
c)
moon
d)
eclipse
8.
Any natural body that revolves around a planet.
a)
moon
b)
planet
c)
star
d)
sun
9.
The path one body takes in space as it revolves around another body.
a)
rotate
b)
revolve
c)
orbit
d)
eclipse
10.
Everything that exists, including such things as stars, planets, dust, gas, and energy.
a)
galaxy
b)
universe
c)
solar system
d)
moon phase
11.
A huge ball of very hot gasses in space.
a)
moon
b)
planet
c)
crater
d)
star
12.
A position in orbit where sunlight shines equally on the Northern and Southern hemisphere. When daylight and darkness are equal for most of earth.
a)
solstice
b)
daylight savings
c)
equator
d)
equinox
13.
A position in orbit where one hemisphere gets minimum sunlight and one gets maximum sunlight.
a)
equinox
b)
night
c)
solstice
d)
day
14.

The reason we have day and night is because ____________.

a)
It is rising and falling
b)
The sun revolves around the Earth
c)
The Earth revolves around the sun
d)

The Earth makes a rotation on its axis every 24 hours.

15.

The earth has a southern and northern _____________.

a)
Halfsphere
b)
Semisphere
c)
Hemisphere
d)
Half circle
16.

When a planet makes a complete orbit around the sun it is called a _______________.

a)

day

b)

revolution

c)

asteroid

d)

spin

17.

What is the Asteroid Belt?

a)

A region near the Sun where comets originate

b)

The region between the inner and outer planets where most asteroids orbit the Sun

c)

A collection of asteroids beyond Neptune

d)

The rings surrounding Saturn

18.

What is apparent motion

a)

The way something appears or seems to stay in place.

b)

The way something appears or seems to move.

c)

The way a a spacecraft moves through space.

d)

How things move in zero gravity.