Vocabulary
What is the word for the path Earth travels in a circle around the sun?
a. orbit
b. constellation
c. telescope
a. orbit
What planet is our home and is the only one known to have enough water and oxygen to support life?
a. Mars
b. Venus
c. Earth
c. Earth
What is the largest planet in our solar system and has a "Great Red Spot" storm?
a. Uranus
b. Jupiter
c. Neptune
b. Jupiter
What celestial body is a star that provides the light and heat needed for life on Earth?
a. moon
b. sun
c. solar
b. sun
True or False: The Earth's atmosphere is the part far, far away that contains the moon.
False
What do you call a person who is trained to travel into outer space?
a. alien
b. astronaut
c. Earth
b. astronaut
What planet is the smallest planet and the one closest to the sun?
a. Earth
b. Mercury
c. Mars
b. Mercury
What planet is famous for its big, beautiful rings made of ice and rock?
a. Saturn
b. Jupiter
c. Neptune
a. Saturn
What object changes its appearance (or look) through phases called new, crescent, half, and full?
a. moon
b. sun
c. solar
a. moon
True or False: An inner planet is closer to the sun than an outer planet.
True
What is the tool that scientists use to see objects that are very far away in space?
a. rotation
b. telescope
c. counterclockwise
b. telescope
What planet is known as the "Red Planet," and a place where astronauts may visit one day?
a. Mars
b. Earth
c. Venus
a. Mars
What planet is blue and the furthest planet from the sun?
a. Saturn
b. Jupiter
c. Neptune
c. Neptune
What is the only celestial body (other than Earth) that has been visited by astronauts?
a. sun
b. moon
c. solar
b. moon
True or False: A planet is a small object that provides its own light and heat.
False
What do you call a group of stars that look like a picture in the sky?
a. stars
b. constellations
c. telescope
b. constellations
What planet is called Earth's "sister planet," and the brightest planet seen in our sky?
a. Mercury
b. Mars
c. Venus
c. Venus
What planet is unique because it lies on its side and is not named after a Roman god?
a. Neptune
b. Uranus
b. Jupiter
b. Uranus
Which word describes anything that is associated with the sun?
a. sun
b. moon
c. solar
c. solar
True or False: If a student is "determined," they will do their best to finish their homework.
True