WorksheetsSolar System
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Our Sun is one of many stars in the Milky Way Galaxy. Which term BEST describes our Sun?
a)
large
b)
average sized
c)
small
2.
Stars are grouped together according to patterns known as ___________________.
a)
constellations
b)
solar systems
c)
galaxies
3.
Which planet in the solar system has a significant ring system?
a)
Neptune
b)
Mars
c)
Saturn
4.
Which planet in the solar system is the largest?
a)
Earth
b)
Uranus
c)
Jupiter
5.
How is the Sun similar to the stars that can be seen at night?
a)
The Sun makes light energy
b)
The Sun takes light energy from space.
c)
The Sun warms the Earth with its light
6.
1. Earth's seasons are caused by the tilt of the____________.
a)
axis
b)
hemispheres
c)
gravity
7.
1. When all of the moon is lit up it is called a _____________.
a)
New Moon
b)
Gibbous Moon
c)
Full Moon
8.
1. If it is summer in the Northern Hemisphere, then it will be _____________ in the Southern Hemisphere.
a)
Fall
b)
Summer
c)
Winter
9.
Which letter or letters represent daytime on Earth?
a)
B
b)
C
c)
B and C
d)
A and B
10.
The Earth is constantly spinning on its axis, like you might spin a basketball on your finger.
It is this spinning of the Earth that causes
It is this spinning of the Earth that causes
a)
the seasons
b)
night and day
c)
moon phases
11.
Which of these causes the phases of the moon?
a)
earths orbit around the sun
b)
the moons orbit around earth
c)
the orbit of the sun as it orbits earth
d)
the orbit of the moon as it orbits the sun
12.
Which statement describing the relationship between stars and planets is true?
a)
planets orbit the sun and stars do not
b)
planets create light, and stars reflect light energy
c)
stars orbit some planets
d)
the sizes of the planets are directly related to the sizes of nearby stars
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