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WorksheetsSolar System Sleuthing!
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Planet closest to the Sun?
a)
Mars
b)
Mercury
c)
Earth
d)
Venus
2.
Planet closest to the Sun?
a)
Mars
b)
Mercury
c)
Earth
d)
Venus
3.
Planet Furthest from the sun
a)
Mercury
b)
Saturn
c)
Neptune
d)
Earth
4.
Which of the following are considered part of the Inner Planets?
a)
Mercury, Venus, & Earth
b)
The Moon, Earth, & Stars
c)
Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus
5.
Which of the following planets are considered part of the Outer planets?
a)
Mercury, Venus, Earth
b)
The Earth, Moon, & Stars
c)
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus
6.
Considered the smallest planet?
a)
Earth
b)
Mars
c)
Mercury
d)
Neptune
7.
Planet nickname is "The Red Planet" due to its reddish tinge from iron rich rocks and soil?
a)
Uranus
b)
Mars
c)
Venus
d)
Earth
8.
Name of the largest planet in our Solar System?
a)
Uranus
b)
Neptune
c)
Saturn
d)
Jupiter
9.
Name the planet that has a blueish green color due to its methane rich atmosphere?
a)
Uranus
b)
Earth
c)
Neptune
d)
Jupiter
10.
This planet once contained a Great "Dark" Spot which Astronomers believed to be a giant storm?
a)
Saturn
b)
Neptune
c)
Jupiter
d)
Uranus
11.
Second Planet from the sun
a)
Jupiter
b)
Saturn
c)
Mars
d)
Venus
12.
Planet That supports life?
a)
Earth
b)
Mars
c)
Jupiter
13.
Sister planet to Earth?
a)
Jupiter
b)
Venus
c)
Neptune
d)
Saturn
14.
This planet has a toxic atmosphere made of sulfuric acid?
a)
Venus
b)
Earth
c)
Jupiter
d)
Uranus
15.
This planet has the shortest year only 88 Earth days?
a)
Neptune
b)
Venus
c)
Mercury
d)
Saturn
16.
Contains 98% of the mass of the entire Solar System?
a)
The Moon
b)
The Sun
c)
The Asteroid Belt
d)
The Kuiper Belt
17.
"Fallen from Planet Grace" Considered too small to be a planet?
a)
Neptune
b)
Mercury
c)
Pluto
d)
Venus
18.
Considered the sister planet to Uranus?
a)
Saturn
b)
Neptune
c)
Jupiter
d)
Pluto
19.
This planet rotates on its side!
a)
Uranus
b)
Neptune
c)
Saturn
d)
Jupiter
20.
This planet is mostly made of gas! It's so light it could float in water!
a)
Jupiter
b)
Neptune
c)
Uranus
d)
Saturn
21.
This planet has a "Great Red Spot" thought to be a violent storm!
a)
Neptune
b)
Jupiter
c)
Saturn
d)
Uranus
22.
This planet has many rings containing ice crystals?
a)
Earth
b)
Venus
c)
Mercury
d)
Saturn
23.
This planet contains the largest volcano in the solar system?
a)
Earth
b)
Venus
c)
Mars
d)
Jupiter
24.
Name that planet?
a)
Neptune
b)
Saturn
c)
Uranus
d)
Jupiter
25.
Name That Planet!
a)
Mercury
b)
Venus
c)
Earth
d)
Mars
26.
Name That Planet!
a)
Saturn
b)
Venus
c)
Jupiter
d)
Uranus
27.
Name that planet!
a)
Venus
b)
Mars
c)
Earth
d)
Uranus
28.
Name That Planet!
a)
Uranus
b)
Neptune
c)
Saturn
d)
Jupiter
29.
Name That Planet!
a)
Neptune
b)
Uranus
c)
Saturn
d)
Jupiter
30.
Name that planet!
a)
Venus
b)
Earth
c)
Mercury
d)
Mars
31.
The trapping of the heat by the atmosphere is called?
a)
Greenhouse effect
b)
The Butterfly effect
c)
The Planet Effect
d)
Cause and effect
32.
The shape of a planet's orbit is?
a)
Rectangular
b)
Round
c)
Elliptical
d)
Pentagon
33.
This view of the universe places the Sun at the center of the universe?
a)
Geocentric
b)
Heliocentric
34.
This view of the universe places the Earth at the center of the revolving planets & stars?
a)
Geocentric
b)
Heliocentric
35.
What is the name of Pluto's largest moon?
a)
Anna
b)
Harold
c)
Charon
d)
Susan
36.
Region between Mars & Jupiter where many rocky objects are found is called?
a)
Oort Cloud
b)
Convection Zone
c)
Asteroid Belt
d)
Kuiper Belt
37.
Edwin Hubble discovered that...
a)
The Earth is flat
b)
All galaxies are moving toward each other
c)
All galaxies are colliding with each other
d)
All galaxies are moving away from each other
38.
True or False. Newton did not discover gravity, he was the first to realize that gravity occurs everywhere.
a)
True
b)
False
39.
Which of the following astronomers believed in the Geocentric Model of the universe?
a)
Ptolemy
b)
Copernicus
c)
Galileo
d)
Brahe & Kepler
40.
Which of the following astronomers believed in the Heliocentric Model of the universe?
a)
Ptolemy
b)
Copernicus
c)
Galileo
d)
Braerhe & Kepl
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