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Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
To spin around an axis
a)
Rotate
b)
Revolve
c)
Orbit
d)
Spin
2.
What is an imaginary line that runs through the center of Earth from the North Pole to the South?
a)
Line
b)
Axis
c)
Equator
d)
Phase
3.
The closed path of one object in space around another object.
a)
Circle
b)
Axis
c)
Revolve
d)
Orbit
4.
To travel in a closed path.
a)
Revolve
b)
Orbit
c)
Spin
d)
Rotate
5.
True or False: Earth rotates around the sun.
a)
True
b)
False
6.
During the first half of the moon's cycle, the amount of the lit side of the moon seen from Earth increase, or ________.
a)
Wanes
b)
Waxes
7.
True or False: One half of the moon is always being lit by the sun.
a)
True
b)
False
8.
What is a ball of rock, ice, and frozen gases that revolves around the sun?
a)
Asteroid
b)
Meteorite
c)
Comet
d)
Star
9.
Which of the following is NOT an inner planet?
a)
Uranus
b)
Mercury
c)
Venus
d)
Earth
10.
Which of the following is NOT an outer planet?
a)
Jupiter
b)
Neptune
c)
Saturn
d)
Mars
11.
Which planet is closest to the sun?
a)
Venus
b)
Mercury
c)
Neptune
d)
Mars
12.
True or False: The outer planets have two or less moons.
a)
True
b)
False
13.
True or False: Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system.
a)
True
b)
False
14.
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Pluto?
a)
Larger than most planets
b)
Does not have a clear orbit
c)
Made of rock and ice
d)
Considered a Dwarf Planet
15.
What is a pattern of stars that form an imaginary picture or design in the sky?
a)
Galaxy
b)
Stars
c)
Constellation
d)
Universe
16.
What is a huge system of gases, dust, and stars?
a)
Planets
b)
Constelations
c)
Galaxy
d)
Sky
17.
True or False: Location does NOT determine the constellations you will see.
a)
True
b)
False
18.
A natural body that revolves around a planet.
a)
Moon
b)
Earth
c)
Sun
d)
Star
19.
One of the shapes the moon seems to have as it orbits Earth.
a)
Phase
b)
Moon
c)
Circle
d)
Sun
20.
A large body that revolves around a star.
a)
Planet
b)
Solar System
c)
Sun
d)
Moon
21.
A star and all the planets and other objects that revolve around it.
a)
Universe
b)
Solar System
c)
Galaxy
d)
Earth
22.
A huge ball of superheated gases.
a)
Star
b)
Earth
c)
Comet
d)
Moon
23.
The star at the center of our solar system.
a)
Star
b)
Constellation
c)
Sun
d)
Earth
24.
Everything that exists in space.
a)
Universe
b)
Earth
c)
Galaxy
d)
Constellation
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