Year 8 Science - Exploring The Universe
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- 1.Name the planets in order from the sun.
- A.
Mercury Earth Neptune Uranus Mars Saturn Jupiter
- B.
Neptune Uranus Saturn Jupiter Mars Earth Venus Mercury
- C.
Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune
- D.
Sun Earth Moon Mars Jupiter Saturn Pluto MilkyWay
- 2.What is the collective name of the 4 inner planets?
- A.
Terrestrial planets
- B.
Rocky planets
- C.
Gas giants
- D.
Jovian planets
- 3.What are the names of these 4 planets?
- A.
Mercury Venus Earth Mars
- B.
Mercury Earth Jupiter Uranus
- C.
Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune
- D.
Neptune Saturn Mars Venus
- 4.What is the name of the planetoid that used to be a planet until 2007?
- A.
Neptune
- B.
Pluto
- C.
Red Dwarf
- D.
The moon
- 5.What did this planetoid loose planet status?
- 6.What is the name of the galaxy we live in?
- A.
The Universe
- B.
The Solar System
- C.
Milky Way
- D.
Earth
- 7.What are the names of the 4 outer planets?
- A.
Neptune Uranus Saturn Jupiter
- B.
Mercury Venus Earth Mars
- C.
Venus earth Mars Jupiter
- D.
Jupiter Saturn Uranus Mars
- 8.What is the collective name of the 4 outer planets?
- A.
Gas Giants
- B.
Jovian planets
- C.
The outer planets
- D.
Terrestrial planets
- 9.What is the asteroid belt?
- 10.Where is the asteroid belt located?
- 11.Which direction does the earth rotate?
- A.
Anti-clockwise
- B.
Clockwise
- C.
East to West
- D.
North to South
- 12.What is the shape of the earth's orbit around the sun?
- A.
Round
- B.
Square
- C.
Elliptical
- D.
Triangular
- 13.What phenomenon does the Earth's rotation control?
- A.
The tides
- B.
Seasons
- C.
Day and night
- D.
Time
- 14.What does perihelion mean?
- 15.Equinox means: days in which _______ and _______ are of equal duration.
- 16.What is a leap year?
- 17.What pehnomenon does the Earth's orbit control?
- A.
The year
- B.
Seasons
- C.
Day and night
- D.
Green House gas emissions
- 18.Why is it hotter at the equator than at the poles of the Earth?
- 19.What is the name of the galaxy closest to ours?
- A.
Milky Way
- B.
Andromeda Galaxy
- C.
Magellanic Clouds
- D.
Dwarf galaxy
- 20.What is the Universe?
- 21.What does our Galaxy look like?
- 22.Which solar body is most likely to sustain human life?
- A.
Moon
- B.
Mars
- C.
Jupiter
- D.
Andromeda
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