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WorksheetsSolar System Research
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
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Class
Date
1.
List one of the two outer boundaries of the Solar System.
a)
Oort Cloud
b)
Asteroid Belt
c)
Saturn's Rings
d)
Frost Line
2.
One astronomical unit is the distance between the Sun and the Earth. How many kilometers (km) = 1 astronomical unit (au)? (round to the nearest million)
a)
150 million km
b)
150 million miles
c)
93 million miles
d)
93 million km
3.
How many stars are in the most common type of star system?
a)
2
b)
1
c)
3
d)
4
4.
Give me one of the two names for our own star system.
a)
Solar System
b)
Earth's Neighborhood
c)
The Sun's Digs
d)
Jupiter's Palace
5.
In what direction do MOST of the bodies of the solar system both rotate and revolve from +Z?
a)
Counter-Clockwise
b)
Clockwise
c)
North
d)
South
6.
List the three main types of small bodies (SSSBs).
a)
Asteroids, Meteoroids, Comets
b)
Mercury, Pluto, Ceres
c)
The Moon, Io, Titan
d)
Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune
7.
List two terrestrial (rocky) planets.
a)
Mars, Mercury
b)
Sun, Polaris
c)
Earth, Pluto
d)
Ganymede, Europa
8.
List two Jovian (gas giant) planets.
a)
Uranus, Saturn
b)
Earth, Mars
c)
Titan, Demos
d)
Jupiter, Mercury
9.
List two dwarf planets.
a)
Makemake, Pluto
b)
Mercury, Mars
c)
Neptune, Uranus
d)
Phobos, The Moon
10.
List one difference between stars and planets
a)
Stars give off energy.
b)
Planets are larger.
c)
Stars are all one color
d)
Planets explode
11.
List one difference between the major planets and small bodies (SSSBs).
a)
Planets are spheres
b)
SSSB's have greater gravity
c)
Planets are less massive
d)
SSSB's are spheres
12.
What is the correct scientific classification of the rocky body Pluto? Don’t get emotional about this one!
a)
Dwarf Planet
b)
Asteroid
c)
Satellite
d)
Gas giant
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