Space Study Guide (2016-2017)
1. How does the Sun produce energy?
2. List the correct order of the planets from the
Sun?
Name:________________________
Period:____________
Date:______________
10. How do spacesuits provide protection against
micrometeoroids?
A.
B.
C.
D.
various fabric layer combinations.
a laser force field around the suit.
strategically placed rigid materials.
both a and c
11. Which planet is hot on one side and cold on
the other?
3. Which planet is the hottest planet?
4. Which planet, besides Earth, may have had
liquid water at some time?
12. When solar radiation heats comets, they give
off gas and dust that form ________________.
13. What is the purpose of a probe?
5. The asteroid belt is located between the orbits
of which two planets?
14. What is the nickname for Mars?
6. When a piece of space rock is located inside
the atmosphere it is called …
7. The Sun is composed mostly of …
15. What are called “dirty snowballs”?
16. Ruby is constructing a model of the solar
system. Which two planets should be placed
between Jupiter and Neptune?
________________ and _________________
8. Which of the following is a result of
gravitational forces in the Solar System?
A. that Jupiter is farther away from the Sun
than Earth is
B. the orbit of planets around the Sun in the
Solar system
C. the difference in surface temperature on
each of the planets
D. the radiation given off by Neptune
9. Why are there virtually no gases in space?
17. What is a vacuum?
18. Why could a very small meteoroid be
dangerous to an astronaut?
19. What would happen to the air in an
unprotected human’s lungs in the vacuum of
space?
20. In which of the following pictures would the
person have no measured weight?
24. Describe some of the hazards of the outer
space environment:
21. How soon would a human lose consciousness
in the vacuum of space?
22. What protects the Earth from the temperature
extremes of space?
23. Describe one inner and one out planet in terms
of physical properties, location, and movement:
25. How did the Space Shuttle program differ from
previous programs?