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WorksheetsWhen a planet is not a planet
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What was the sentence people were taught before scientist said that it wasn't?
a)
My very egg like mother just went to sleep
b)
my drowsy mom and I are in our beds
c)
my very eager mother just served us nine pizzas
d)
my mommy just said that I am a baby
2.
What year did people say Pluto was not a planet?
a)
The year of 2001
b)
The year of 2006
c)
The year of 2005
d)
The year of 2003
3.
Who discovered that Pluto was not a planet?
a)
The International Astronomical Union (IAU)
b)
The Kuiper Belt Object (KBO)
c)
Gerard Kuiper
d)
Samuel Oschin
4.
The planet finders were people who found new planets. They found something and named it Eris. What was it?
a)
It was by far a planet
b)
It was a star
c)
People were unsure
d)
It was the name of a moon
5.
Earlier a man named James Christy found a new moon and he named it Charon. Whose moon was it?
a)
It was Earths moon
b)
It was one of Jupiter's moons
c)
It was one of Mars moons
d)
It was Pluto's moon
6.
There is one thing different about Pluto's orbit and that was?
a)
It overlapped Saturn's orbit
b)
It overlapped Uranus orbit
c)
It overlapped Neptune's orbit
d)
It overlapped Earth's orbit
7.
How come people were suspicious about Pluto being a planet?
a)
It was to small and far away
b)
Had a different orbit
c)
It was to close to the sun
d)
it was the largest thing
8.
What was so weird about Pluto's inside?
a)
It had a planet inside
b)
Its inner core was ice
c)
Its inner core was rock
d)
It has a gas core
9.
Since Pluto was the last planet what was it qualified as?
a)
A gas gi
b)
Rocky planet
c)
Inner planets
d)
Kids
10.
Pluto is now known as a _____ ____ ?
a)
A dwiddle planet
b)
A dwarf planet
c)
A fire planet
d)
A water planet
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