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Each of questions 1 - 10 consist of a statement followed by four compilations only one of which is correct. In each case write down the letter of the completion you think is correct.
1 - The large number of small rocky objects orbiting the Sun are called
A - Comets
B - Planets
C - Asteroids
D - Moons
2 - The four "Gas" planets are
A - Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune and Saturn
B - Mars, Saturn, Neptune and Uranus
C - Mars, Uranus, Pluto and Jupiter
D - Saturn, Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto
3 - The correct order of the planets in increasing distance from the Sun is
A - Mercury, Earth, Mars, Venus, Saturn, Jupiter,
Neptune, Uranus, Pluto
B - Mercury, Venus, Mars, Earth, Saturn, Jupiter,
Uranus, Neptune, Pluto
C - Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter,
Uranus, Neptune, Pluto
D - Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn,
Uranus, Neptune, Pluto
4 - The largest planet is
A - Saturn
B - Jupiter
C - Uranus
D - Earth
5 - Which of the following is correct
A - The bigger the mass of the planet the bigger
the force of gravity
B - The bigger the mass of the planet the smaller
the force of gravity
C - The force of gravity is independent of the
mass of the planet
D - The nearer the planet is to the Sun the bigger
is the force of gravity
6 - The Earth's moon's spin is locked into its rotation period around the Earth. This means that
A - The Moon takes one year to orbit the Earth
B - The Moon takes one day to orbit the Earth
C - Only one side of the Moon is ever visible
to us on Earth
D - Every point on the Moon is exposed to the
Sun for 12 out of every 24 hours
7 - In July 1969
A - The first "Space Walk" took place
B - The reusable Space Shuttle was first launched
C - The first Space Laboratory (Salyut) was launched
D - The first person walked on the Moon
8 - Shoemaker-Levy 9 and Halley's are both examples of
A - Meteors
B - Comets
C - Moons of Saturn
D - Stars
9 - Which of the following has rings around it?
A - Saturn
B - Pluto
C - Venus
D - Mercury
10 - The Sun consists of mainly
A - Hydrogen and oxygen
B - Helium and nitrogen
C - Hydrogen and nitrogen
D - Hydrogen and helium
11 - Name the person who:-
A - Discovered the "Law of Gravitation".
B - Discovered the existence of the planet Pluto
C - Was the first person in space
12 - There are some missing words in the following passage. Select the correct words to fill the spaces from the list at the end of the passage.
The earliest discoveries in astronomy were made by the -------. The ancient ------- believed the Earth went round the Sun, a fact which was later confirmed by Galileo. ------- was the first person to predict the return of a comet. The work of ------- on rockets in the 1940s subsequently led to space technology.
List to choose from:-
Ptolomy, Egyptians, Greeks, Armstrong, Werner von Braun, Chinese, Halley,
