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A Science Quiz to review for the Solar System Unit Test
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1
About half of the constellations were identified by what ancient culture?
Greeks
Mayans
Egyptians
2
What is a light year?
The same as a year.
The speed of light.
The distance light travels in a year.
How fast light travels in a year.
3
Patterns of stars in the sky are called
nebulas
constellations
star clusters
4
A flash of light in the night sky is a(an)
meteorite
meteoroid
meteor
5
The inner planets are often called
terrestrial planets
gas giants
outer planets
celestial planets
6
The universe began with an explosion called the
big crunch
black hole
big bang
7
The Milky Way is this kind of galaxy
Barred Spiral
Spiral
Irregular
Elliptical
8
How fast does light travel?
1,535 Miles per second
186,000 miles per second
186,000 miles per hour
26,000 miles per hour
9
The "red planet" is
Uranus
Mars
Venus
10
Are the stars in a constellations about the same distance away from Earth/
no
Yes
11
The constellations appear to revolve around which star?
North Star
Polaris
Alpha Centari
Sirius
12
Which of these is correctly ordered from largest to smallest:
Milky Way Galaxy, Solar system, Universe
Solar System, Milky Way Galaxy, Universe
Universe, Milky Way Galaxy, Solar System
Milky Way Galaxy, Universe, Solar System
13
Which constellation is polaris part of?
Little Dipper
Alpha Centauri
Big Dipper
14
How many constellations have been discovered?
unknown
88
142
thousands
15
Name for an oval shape
Eclipse
Ring
Ellipse
16
What is between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter?
asteroid belt
Oort cloud
Kuiper belt
17
A thin disk of small particles of ice and rock around a planet
ring
prominence
asteroid
18
A comet is a rocky object in the solar system that is too small to be a planet
True
False
19
A loose collection of ice, dust, and small rocky particles that orbits the sun
asteroid
meteoroid
comet
20
What is the universe
Everything in our solar system
Everything in space.
Everything outside our galaxy.
21
Which planet is the smallest terrestrial planet
Earth
Pluto
Mercury
22
The constellations appear to be in the same location all year long.
False
True
23
How many stars are in our universe?
billions
thousands
trillions
millions
24
A meteoroid that passes through the atmosphere and hits Earth's surface
meteorite
meteor
asteroid
25
Name the star closest to Earth, besides the sun.
Polaris
Orion
Sirius
Alpha Centauri
26
What is the name of our spiral galaxy?
Callisto
Milky Way
Solar System
Alpha Centari
27
What is a star?
sphere of gases held together by gravity
similar to a planet
the big dipper
a constellation
28
What is a galaxy?
a spiral-shaped star
everything in space
a system of stars, planets, dust, and gases
the sun, and the planets and moon that orbit it.
29
The planet with the most spectacular rings of any planet
Jupiter
Saturn
Neptune
30
How far away is Earth from our sun measured by the speed of light?
8 minutes
8 seconds
8 days
8 hours
31
Why do the stars appear to move in the night sky?
Rotation of the Earth
Rotation of Polaris
Revolution of the Earth
Revolution of the Moon
32
The first four outer planets are often called gas giants
True
False
33
Select all that are an ancient use of constellations?
when to plant crops
navigation
tell seasons
story telling
34
What is a huge group of single stars, star systems, star clusters, dust, and gas?
galaxy
nebula
black hole
35
What is the name of this constellation?
Ursa Minor
Ursa Major
The Big Dipper
Orion
36
The constellations in the North Hemisphere sky are different than in the South Hemisphere sky
False
True
