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Objective
 Understand the relationship and attributes of objects in the Solar System.
How the Solar System Works Video Worksheet
1. The planets, moons, asteroids, comets and what make up the Solar System?
a. Black holes
b. Galaxies
c. Neutron stars
d. the Sun
2. What holds the Solar System together?
a. Sun’s gravity
b. Galaxy gluons
c. Dark matter
d. Dark energy
3. How old do cosmologists believe the Solar System is?
a. 4.5 million years
b. 4.5 billion years
c. 4.5 trillion years
d. 4.5 trillion years
4. What force pulls an apple to the ground?
a. Electromagnetic
b. Weak nuclear
c. Gravity
d. Strong nuclear
5. Without gravity, what would happen to the Solar System?
a. Planets would fly away from the Sun.
b. Planets would continue revolving around the Sun.
c. Planets would slowly move farther from the Sun.
d. Planets would constantly change their obits.
6. Bigger objects have greater pull (stronger gravity).
a. True
b. False
7. NEVER, EVER look directly at the Sun.
a. True
b. False
8. The Sun is mostly made of _______________ gas.
a. helium
b. hydrogen
c. nitrogen
d. oxygen
Objective
 Understand the relationship and attributes of objects in the Solar System.
9. Identify the inner rocky planet.
a. Earth
b. Mars
c. Mercury
d. Venus
e. All of the above
10. A bucket full of a rocky planet weighs ________________ than a gas planet.
a. More
b. Less
11. Identify the gas giants.
a. Jupiter
b. Saturn
c. Uranus
d. Neptune
e. Al of the above
12. Gas giants are made of…
a. gas.
b. rocks.
13. A space probe could land on the surface of a gas giant.
a. True
b. False
14. Asteroids are found between the orbits of which planets?
a. Venus and Earth
b. Earth and Mars
c. Mars and Jupiter
d. Neptune and Pluto
15. Comets come from…
a. the Oort Cloud.
b. the Asteroid Belt.
c. the Kuiper Belt.
d. the Heliopause.
16. The Solar System is a part of which galaxy?
a. Andromeda
b. Black Eye
c. Milky Way
d. Sombrero
Objective
 Understand the relationship and attributes of objects in the Solar System.
How the Solar System Works Video Worksheet - Key
1. The planets, moons, asteroids, comets and what make up the Solar System?
d. the Sun
2. What holds the Solar System together?
a. Sun’s gravity
3. How old do cosmologists believe the Solar System is?
b. 4.5 billion years
4. What force pulls an apple to the ground?
c. Gravity
5. Without gravity, what would happen to the Solar System?
a. Planets would fly away from the Sun
6. Bigger objects have greater pull (stronger gravity).
a. True (2 choices)
7. NEVER, EVER look directly at the Sun.
a. True (2 choices)
8. The Sun is mostly made of _______________ gas.
b. hydrogen
Objective
 Understand the relationship and attributes of objects in the Solar System.
9. Identify the inner rocky planet.
e. All of the above (5 choices)
10. A bucket full of a rocky planet weighs ________________ than a gas planet.
a. More (2 choices)
11. Identify the gas giants.
e. All of the above (5 choices)
12. Gas giants are made of…
a. gas (2 choices)
13. A space probe could land on the surface of a gas giant.
b. False (2 choices)
14. Asteroids are found between the orbits of which planets?
c. Mars and Jupiter
15. Comets come from…
a. the Oort Cloud.
16. The Solar System is a part of which galaxy?
c. Milky Way
Objective
 Understand the relationship and attributes of objects in the Solar System.
How the Solar System Works Video Worksheet
1. d
2. a
3. b
4. c
5. a
6. a (2 choices)
7. a (2 choices)
8. b
9. e (5 choices)
10. a (2 choices)
11. e (5 choices)
12. a (2 choices)
13. b (2 choices)
14. c
15. a
16. c
Scoring Guide
14-16 – 3
12-13 – 2.5
10-11 – 2
7-9 – 1.5
5-6 – 1
1-4 – .5
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