WorksheetsWho's Who in the Solar System
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 2hrs 55mins
I have the greatest range of temperatures of any planet in the solar system. Very hot days and very cold nights. I have a low surface gravity, a thin atmosphere, and lots of craters.which planet am I?
Mercury
Mars
Venus
Earth
I am an planet that has the largest volcano in the solar system called Olympus Mons. My atmosphere is very thin and my surface is cold. I have polar ice caps of frozen water and carbon dioxide. I also have seasons because I am tilted on my axis as I revolve around the sun. Which planet am I?
Mercury
Mars
Venus
Earth
I am a planet that is about the same as Earth. I have a thick atmosphere of mostly carbon dioxide this causes my surface temperature to be the hottest of any other planet at 464 degrees C. I also have clouds of sulfuric acid and lots of active volcanoes. My pressure is 90 times that of Earth and I have retrograde rotation (backwards). Which planet am I?
Earth
venus
Mars
Mercury
I am the only planet in are solar system known to have liquid water and life forms. I have seasons because I am tilted on my axis as I revolve around the sun. My atmosphere protects the surface from the sun's radiation and creates a constant range of temperatures. Which planet am I?
Earth
Venus
Mars
Mercury
I am a planet who was discovered by mathematical prediction. I have visible clouds in my atmosphere which consist of hydrogen, helium, and methane. I have many storms because of the difference in my core temperature and my cloud temperature. Because of the temperature differences my wind speed often reach 2000 km/hour. Which planet am I?
Neptune
Uranus
Saturn
Jupiter
I am a frozen ball of rock and ice. I have a very thin atmosphere of nitrogen, methane and carbon monoxide gases. My surface is 98% frozen nitrogen, some methane and carbon monoxide. I am one of the furthest from the sun and have been demoted to dwarf status. Which planet am I?
Neptune
Kuiper Belt
Pluto
Ceres
I am the largest planet in the solar system. My gravitational force is 3 times that of Earth and my pressure is 30 million times greater than the Earth’s surface. I am known for my red spot which is a storm. I am made of mostly hydrogen and helium. Which planet am I?
Saturn
Neptune
Jupiter
Uranus
I am made of mostly hydrogen and helium with methane, ammonia, and ethane in my upper atmosphere. My density is .70 which is less than the density of water. I have the most rings of any other planet in the solar system. One of my major moons is called Titan. Which planet am I?
Jupiter
Saturn
Neptune
Uranus
I am the smallest of the outer planets with a bluish-green color. My atmosphere is primarily hydrogen and methane gas. I have a top to bottom rotation unlike other planets that rotate side to side. Which planet am I?
Jupter
Neptune
Uranus
Saturn
I am a chunk of rock or dust in space. When I enter the Earth’s atmosphere I am heated by friction until I glow. Many of my kind burn up before we reach the Earth’s surface. What am I called when I am burning in the atmosphere?
Meteor
Meteorite
Asteroid
Comet
I have a tremendous amount of gravitational pull, the strongest of any other object in our solar system. In my core hydrogen is fused together to make helium. This creates heat and light energy that I share with the planets in my solar system. I am known as a middle aged yellow dwarf which is a type of star. Which space object am I?
Andromeda
Betelgeuse
Sun
Jupiter
Luna is my name and I am a natural satellite. I have many craters and a very low gravitational force. I am the reason for tides and have many phases. Which space object am I?
Earth's moon
Saturn's moon
Venus' moon
asteroid
I am a rocky fragment left over from the formation of the solar system. Most of my kind congregates in a belt between Mars and Jupiter. Some are very small and others are as large as 250 km. I have been known to leave huge craters like the one in Mexico 65 million years ago. Which space object am I?
Asteroid
Meteroid
moon
Meteor
I am a chunk of rock or dust in space. When I enter the Earth’s atmosphere I am heated by the friction until I glow. Many of my kind burn up before we reach the Earth’s surface. What am I called when I impact the Earth’s surface?
Falling stars
Meteorite
Meteoroid
Comet
This space object can be either terrestrial or gaseous, they may have rings and some unique surface characteristics, they revolve around the sun and rotate on their axis. What space object am I?
Moons
Planets
Comets
Asteroid
This space object revolve around a planet but not all planets have these. Most of these are rocky and covered with craters, some have unique characteristics. What space object am I?
Moons
Planets
Comets
Asteroids
These space objects are rocky bodies that orbit in a region in the solar system between Mars and Jupiter. They vary in size and shape their movement is based on their revolution around the sun. What do you call this object when it is outside the belt, these are monitored closely by scientist. What space object am I?
Meteoroids
Asteroids
Meteors
Comets
I have a main body or head of frozen water, methane, ammonia, and dust. I have a tail that emerges as this object gets closer to the sun during its long, narrow elliptical orbit. I am left over from when the solar system formed. Sometime I can be seen from earth. Some scientist think we come from the Kuiper (ki-per) belt. Which space object am I?
Comets
Meteoroids
Moons
Stars
These solar bodies are small rocky bodies that orbits close to the sun.They reflect light from the sun, are symmetrical, and don't have rings. Examples include: Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars.
Gas Giants
Terrestrial
moons
galaxies
These solar bodies are large gaseous bodies that orbits further from the sun.They reflect light from the sun, are symmetrical, and have rings. Examples include: Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, and Uranus.
Gas Giants
Terrestrial
Black Hole
Galaxy
These solar objects make there own light, can be symmetrical or irregular in shape, and contain stars, dust, and some have planets.
Galaxies
Stars
Comets
Gas Giants
What is the name of our Galaxy?
Andromeda
Milky Way
Magellanic Cloud
Horseshoe Nebula
What type of Galaxy is the Milky Way?
Spiral
Elliptical
Nebula
Lenticular
