RESEARCH WORKSHEET 1

NAME:__________________________DATE:____________

1) Name the 9 planets of our Solar System, outwards from the Sun:

__________/__________/__________/__________/_________

__________/__________/__________/__________

(2) Name: a) The 'ringed' planet: ____________

b) The 'red' planet: ___________ c) The 'blue' planet: ______________

d) The 'largest planet: ___________ e) The 'evening' star: __________

f) The Saturnian moon which has an atmosphere: _________________

g) The 'largest' asteroid: __________; h) Earth's 'nearest' star: _______

3) What is:

a) A comet: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

b) A meteor: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

c) A nebula:

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

d) The terminator:

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4) Name THREE types of telescope:

a) ____________________________ b) _____________________

c) ____________________________

(5) In which YEAR, were the following planets discovered and by WHOM?:

a) Pluto: Year:________Discoverer:_________________________

b) Neptune: Year:________Discoverer:_________________________

c) Uranus: Year:__ _____Discoverer:_________________________

(6) Name FIVE CONSTELLATIONS, beginning with the first five letters of the ALPHABET:

A_______________________; B_______________________;

C_______________________; D_______________________;

E_______________________;

7) What is the

a) Latitude: _________________________________________

b) Longitude:________________________________________

c) Altitude: _________________________________________

of PINGELLY HEIGHTS OBSERVATORY?

8) How far does LIGHT travel in,

a) One second: ________________________________________________________

b) One year: ________________________________________________________

9) In which constellation would you find the following stars:

a) Rigil Kent? _________________ b) Canopus? ______________

c) Aldebaran? _________________ d) Sirius? _________________

e) Antares? ___________________ f) Acrux? _________________

10) What is:

a) A solar eclipse? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

b) An occultation? _________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________

11) What is the name of the Constellation which represents:

a) The Crab? _________________ b) The Bull? __________________

c) The Scales? _______________ d) The Twins? _________________

e) The Goat? ________________ f) The River? __________________

g) The Cross? ________________ h) The Keel? __________________

i) The Scorpion? ______________ j) The Big Bear?_______________

k) The Big Dog? ______________ l) The Archer?_________________

12) What is:

a) The name of Our Galaxy? ___________________________________

b) The name of our NEAREST galaxy? ___________________________

c) The name of the FIRST Astronaut in Space? _____________________

d) The name of the FIRST dog to fly in space? _____________________

e) The distance ACROSS our Galaxy? ____________________________

f) The distance travelled by LIGHT in ONE YEAR called?

________________

g) The name of the FIRST space-craft to land on the Moon?

_________________________________________________________

13) What is:

a) The point directly overhead called? _________________

b) The HIGHEST position in the sky reached by a star? ______________

c) A Comet's CLOSEST position to the Sun called?

__________________________

d) The FIRST letter of the Greek Alphabet? _______________

e) The LAST letter of the Greek Alphabet? _______________

14) Rearrange these 'Jumblies':

a) SSGPUAE (Constellation) ____________________________

b) EUGEESELTB (Star) ________________________________

c) SNRUAU (Planet) ___________________________________

d) CSAERP (Astronomical unit) __________________________

e) ABUERMNP (Partial shadow) _________________________

f) CTICIPLE (Path of the Sun & Moon) ____________________

g) STLEAEILTS (Moons) _______________________________

h) EUIGMDTNA (Brightness) ____________________________

i) YOARSORTVEB (Location) ___________________________

j) GICLENTEFR (Telescope) _____________________________

15) How far from the Earth are the following stars?

a) The Sun: ___________________________________________

b) Alpha Centauri: ______________________________________

c) Proxima Centauri: ____________________________________

d) Barnard's Star: _______________________________________

e) Wolf 359 Star: _______________________________________

f) Sirius A: ____________________________________________