Stars and The Solar System Worksheet-2

Stars and The Solar System Worksheet-2

1. Jupiter is a/an:

(a) Terrestrial planet                   (b) Gas planet

(c) Asteroid                                    (d) Hottest planet

2. All stars appear to move from:

(a) East to west                             (b) West to east

(c) North to south                        (d) South to north

3. Stars appear to move from east to west because:

(a) Stars actually move from east to west

(b) Stars actually move from west to east

(c) Earth rotates in west to east direction

(d) Earth rotates in east to west direction

4. Orion is a name of:

(a) Star               (b) Planet          (c) Galaxy          (d) Constellation

5. The force that is responsible for the rotation of the earth around the sun is

(a) Electric force                          (b) Magnetic force

(c) Electromagnetic force          (d) Gravitational force

6. Polar satellite orbits around:

(a) Poles             (b) North pole  (c) South pole   (d) Equator

7. Satellites revolve in:

(a) Circular and hyperbolic orbits

(b) Elliptical and parabolic orbits

(c) Circular and elliptical orbits

(d) Only in elliptical orbits

8. A spy satellite is deployed in:

(a) low-earth orbit

(b) Geostationary orbit

(c) Both low-earth orbit and Geostationary orbit

(d) None of these

9. Ceres is:

(a) Satellite of the Mars

(b) Satellite of the Jupiter

(c) An asteroid

(d) A meteorite that fell over Siberia in 1908

10. Name the biggest planet.

(a) Uranus         (b) Jupiter         (c) Neptune       (d) Mars

Answer Key:

(1)-(b); (2)-(a); (3)-(c); (4)-(d); (5)-(d); (6)-(a); (7)-(c); (8)-(a); (9)-(c); (10)-(b)