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WorksheetsSolar system Exit
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is Pluto known as...
a)
a planet
b)
a dwarf planet
c)
a gas giant
d)
the Moon's twin
2.
Which of the following has the fastest revolution?
a)
Saturn
b)
Jupiter
c)
Earth
d)
Mercury
3.
This planet appears to roll when rotating on its 90 degree axis...
a)
Neptune
b)
Saturn
c)
Uranus
d)
Venus
4.
Which of the following has the fastest rotation period?
a)
Jupiter
b)
Saturn
c)
Uranus
d)
Neptune
5.
Which planet is 4th from the Sun and contains iron oxide in its soil?
a)
Mercury
b)
Venus
c)
Earth
d)
Mars
6.
Which of the following movements takes Earth 365 days?
a)
revolution
b)
rotation
c)
spin on its axis
d)
all of these
7.
What two things keep the planets in orbit?
a)
mass and gravity
b)
mass and distance
c)
inertia and gravity
d)
inertia and mass
8.
What effects the gravitational attraction between two objects?
a)
mass and inertia
b)
mass and distance
c)
gravity and mass
d)
distance and inertia
9.
Which planet has the longest revolution?
a)
Mercury
b)
Jupiter
c)
Neptune
d)
Earth
10.
He discovered that planets have an elliptical orbit.
a)
Copernicus
b)
Kepler
c)
Newton
d)
Galileo
11.
What type of eclipse is shown in the picture?
a)
lunar
b)
solar
c)
module
d)
marstopia
12.
Which of Newton's laws is shown when we launch model rockets?
a)
1st law
b)
2nd law
c)
3rd law
d)
4th law
13.
Which of the following movements produces night and day on Earth?
a)
revolution
b)
orbit
c)
rotation
d)
tilt of the axis
14.
What happens to the orbital period of the planets as you move farther from the Sun?
a)
shorter time
b)
increased time
c)
decreases
d)
all planets revolve in one Earth year
15.
Which of the following would you stand in to see a total eclipse?
a)
prenumbra
b)
partial
c)
umbra
d)
unipartial
16.
This diagram depicts which of the following systems?
a)
Geocentric
b)
Ptolemetric
c)
Heliocentric
d)
Keplermetric
17.
Which of the following rotates in the opposite direction from Earth?
a)
Mercury
b)
Jupiter
c)
Mars
d)
Venus
18.
Which planet is 6th from the Sun?
a)
Jupiter
b)
Saturn
c)
Uranus
d)
Mars
19.
Which feature is shared by all the inner planets?
a)
Thick atmosphere
b)
ring system
c)
rocky surface
d)
contain liquid water
20.
Earth is the center of the universe...
a)
Geocentric
b)
Ptolemetric
c)
Heliocentric
d)
Kepler's law
21.
Which of the following is speed in a given direction?
a)
acceleration
b)
inertia
c)
gravity
d)
velocity
22.
What type of eclipse is this?
a)
Solar
b)
Lunar
c)
Martian
d)
Polarized
23.
The Moon is Earth's natural...
a)
sister planet
b)
lunar stone
c)
satellite
d)
solar partner
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