Planets Quiz

Match the characteristics to those of inner and outer planets.

Groups:

(a) Inner Planets

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(b) Outer Planets

• More dense

• Less dense

• Made of mostly of gas

• Terrestrial, rocky

• Shorter revolution

• Far apart

• Closer together

• More known about

• Less known about

• Smaller

• Longer revolution

• Larger

Order the names of the planets starting from closest to the Sun.

• Jupiter

• Venus

• Mars

• Mercury

• Earth

Order the names of the planets starting from closest to the Sun.

• Saturn

• Jupiter

• Neptune

• Mars

• Uranus

Match the name of the planet to its characteristic.

• Mars

• Planet with a sideways axis

• Venus

• The "red planet"

• Uranus

• Planet with the Great Dark Spot

• Neptune

• Hottest planet because of the Greenhouse Effect

• Mercury

• Fastest orbiting planet

Match the name of the planet to its characteristic.

• Jupiter

• Planet with the most rings

• Earth

• The largest planet

• Saturn

• Planet made of 2/3 water

• Jupiter

• Planet with a canyon larger than the Grand Canyon

• Mars

• Planet with the Great Red Spot

Which factors affect the gravitational pull of the planets?

• Distance and mass

• Temperature and size

• Color and brightness

• Speed and direction

Match the correct moon to its characteristics.

• Ganymede

• The largest in our solar system

• Europa

• Has an underground ocean

• Io

• The smoothest surface

• Callisto

• Is the most geologically active

• Ganymede

• Same hemisphere always faces Jupiter

The _______________ (more or less) mass an object has the _______________ (more or less) gravitational force it has.

• more and more

• more and less

• less and more

• less and less

The _______________ (closer or farther) two objects are together the _______________ (more or less) gravitational force it has.

• farther and less

• farther and more

• closer and more

• closer and less