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WorksheetsThe Inner Planets
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 34mins
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Class
Date
1.
The inner planets are also called...
a)
terrestrial planets
b)
gas giants
2.
Which planet is closest to the sun?
a)
Earth
b)
Venus
c)
Mercury
d)
Mars
3.
The motion of a body orbiting another body in space is called _____.
a)
revolution
b)
period of revolution
c)
rotation
d)
period of rotation
4.
In many ways, which planet is more like Earth than any other planet?
a)
Mercury
b)
Mars
c)
Venus
5.
The air on Venus is mostly ____.
a)
carbon dioxide
b)
oxygen
c)
sulfur
6.
Data gathered from radar waves showed that Venus, like Earth, also has ___.
a)
earthquakes
b)
volcanoes
c)
storms
d)
hurricanes
7.
Liquid _____ is a vital part of the chemical processes that living things depend on for survival on Earth.
a)
water
b)
oxygen
c)
mercury
8.
Which inner planet is the hottest?
a)
Mercury
b)
Venus
c)
Earth
d)
Mars
9.
Which two inner planets are known as "sister planets?"
a)
Venus and Mars
b)
Mars and Earth
c)
Venus and Earth
10.
Earth is the ___________ planet from the Sun.
a)
First
b)
Second
c)
Third
d)
Fourth
11.
All the inner planets are
a)
Jovian planets because they are made up of gases.
b)
Terrestrial planets because they are rocky.
12.
Which inner planet is closest to the Sun?
a)
Mercury
b)
Venus
c)
Earth
d)
Mars
13.
Which two inner planets have no moons?
a)
Earth and Mars
b)
Mars and Venus
c)
Mercury and Venus
d)
Venus and Mars
14.
Mars has a red surface because of what mineral?
a)
iron
b)
lead
c)
plastic
d)
gold
15.
The inner planets are closer to the sun so
a)
they take longer to orbit the sun.
b)
they orbit the sun faster.
16.
How many days does it take Earth to orbit the Sun?
a)
88 days
b)
365 days
c)
216 days
d)
1 day
17.
The right combination of temperature, water, and oxygen
a)
affects Neptune’s orbit.
b)
supports life on Earth.
c)
causes gas giants to form.
d)
results in storms on Jupiter.
18.
What causes a high surface temperature on Venus?
a)
the density of its atmosphere
b)
the acid content of its atmosphere
c)
the fast period of rotation
d)
its retrograde spin on the axis
19.
The amount of time it takes for an object to rotate once
a)
period of revolution
b)
period of rotation
c)
prograde rotation
d)
retrograde rotation
20.
Which of the following planets is farthest from the Sun?
a)
Mars
b)
Mercury
c)
Venus
d)
Earth
21.
If we needed to move to another planet right now, which planet could we move to?
a)
Mars
b)
Venus
c)
Mercury
d)
There is no other planet that we know of that we could survive on.
22.
Which inner planets have a moon?
a)
Earth and Mars
b)
Mercury and Mars
c)
Earth and Jupiter
d)
Mars and Venus
23.
Which list places the inner planets in order from largest in size to smallest in size?
a)
Venus, Earth, Mercury, Mars
b)
Mercury, Mars, Venus, Earth
c)
Earth, Venus, Mars, Mercury
d)
Venus, Mars, Earth, Mercury
24.
To measure the distance between our sun and the planet in our solar system we use
a)
AU
b)
LY
c)
Km
d)
m
25.
What are the Inner Planets?
a)
Mercury, Mars, Earth, and Venus
b)
Earth, the Moon, Mars
c)
Neptune, Pluto, Earth
d)
:)
26.
Which planet is do we think once had liquid water on it?
a)
Mercury
b)
Venus
c)
Mars
d)
Saturn
27.
What planet can support life?
a)
Earth
b)
Mars
c)
Saturn
d)
Pluto
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