WorksheetsSolar System
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 16mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is gravity?
a)
force of magnetism
b)
force of attraction
c)
balanced force
2.
What is another name for the terrestrial planets?
a)
inner planets
b)
outer planets
c)
asteroids
d)
comets
3.
Which object in space orbits the sun in a very stretched ellipse?
a)
asteroid
b)
comet
c)
planet
4.
What is a burning piece of space rock in Earth' s atmosphere called?
a)
meteoroid
b)
meteor
c)
meteorite
5.
Which of the following is a characteristic of a dwarf planet?
a)
does not have moons
b)
orbit crosses path of other objects in space
c)
has an atmosphere
6.
What is the distance light travels in a year?
a)
an astronomical unit
b)
light speed
c)
a light year
7.
Both asteroids and comets -
a)
are made of ice
b)
contain rocky material
c)
orbit planets
8.
Which of the following does NOT describe both asteroids and comets?
a)
Left over pieces from the formation of planets and moons
b)
orbit the sun
c)
have a nucleus
9.
Where are the inner planets located?
a)
between the sun and the Earth
b)
between Mars and the Kuiper Belt
c)
between the sun and the asteroid belt
d)
between Neptune and the Oort Cloud
10.
What is another name for the gas giants?
a)
inner planets
b)
outer planets
c)
asteroids
d)
comets
11.
Which of the following is not a part of a comet?
a)
nucleus
b)
coma
c)
dust tail
d)
corona
12.
What type of energy is produced in the sun's core?
a)
nuclear fusion
b)
nuclear fission
c)
radiant energy
13.
What is a very small irregular shaped rocky body that orbits the sun?
a)
meteoroid
b)
meteor
c)
meteorite
14.
Mars, Earth, Venus, and Mercury are known as the terrestrial planets because they are -
a)
the size of Earth
b)
made of gas
c)
made of rock
d)
satellites of the sun
15.
The sun's chromosphere and corona are made of which state of matter?
a)
solid
b)
liquid
c)
gas
d)
plasma
16.
What is the name of the area past Neptune that contains comets, asteroids, and meteoroids?
a)
asteroid belt
b)
Kuiper Belt
c)
Oort Cloud
17.
The distance from Earth to the sun is -
a)
1 light year
b)
1 astronomical unit
c)
1 parsec
18.
What do you call a space rock that lands on a planet or moon?
a)
meteoroid
b)
meteor
c)
meteorite
19.
The gas giants include Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, and _____.
a)
Jupiter
b)
Mars
c)
Earth
d)
the sun
20.
What determines how much gravity there is between objects?
a)
mass and density
b)
density and distance
c)
mass and distance
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