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Worksheets7.1 Formation of our Solar System full
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 5mins
Fill in the blank: ________ is a system of objects that revolve around a star.
Solar System
Galaxy
Constellation
Asteroid Belt
Fill in the blank: ________ is a massive ball of gas in outer space that gives off heat, light and other forms of radiation.
Star
Planet
Asteroid
Comet
Fill in the blank: ________ is any star around which planets revolve.
Sun
Moon
Comet
Asteroid
Fill in the blank: ________ is the third planet from the Sun; the planet on which we live.
Earth
Mars
Venus
Jupiter
Fill in the blank: ________ is the path of an object as it revolves around another object.
Orbit
Axis
Diameter
Radius
Fill in the blank: ________ is a set of statements or principles devised to explain a group of facts or phenomena.
Theory
Experiment
Observation
Hypothesis
Fill in the blank: ________ is a force that exists between any two objects that have mass.
Gravity
Friction
Magnetism
Electricity
A small object made of rock or metal that orbits the sun is called a ________.
asteroid
comet
planet
star
A body of ice and dust that travels in a long narrow orbit around the sun is called a ________.
comet
asteroid
planet
meteor
The large, empty part of the universe that does not contain any matter is called ________.
space
planet
star
asteroid
A body in outer space that orbits a planet; a natural satellite is called a ________.
moon
comet
asteroid
star
The rise and fall of the ocean's surface levels due to the gravitational pull of the sun and moon is called ________.
tides
currents
waves
precipitation
A type of tide that occurs when the sun, moon, and Earth are in a straight line; alignment and gravity from the moon and the sun pull the water in the same direction is called ________.
spring tide
neap tide
ebb tide
slack tide
Produced when the sun, moon, and Earth align at a 90° angle; the water on Earth is under the least amount of gravitational pull, because the sun's and moon's forces are opposing each other, producing the smallest rise and fall of tidal levels is called ________.
neap tide
spring tide
high tide
low tide
