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WorksheetsSolar System Test Review
Total questions: 70
Worksheet time: 1hrs 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which is considered to be "Earth's Twin" because it is almost the same size?
a)
Uranus
b)
Mercury
c)
Mars
d)
Venus
2.
Which planet is the smallest?
a)
Mercury
b)
Venus
c)
Earth
d)
Mars
3.
Which planet is the hottest?
a)
Mercury
b)
Venus
c)
Earth
d)
Neptune
4.
Gas giants are also known as:
a)
Inner planets
b)
Outer planets
c)
Both
d)
Venus
5.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, & Mars are:
a)
Inner planets
b)
Outer planets
c)
Both
d)
Pluto
6.
Which of the following is NOT true of all the inner planets?
a)
They are made of solid rock.
b)
They are called gas giants.
c)
They do not have rings.
d)
They have impact craters.
7.
Solid, rocky surface is a characteristic for...
a)
Inner planets
b)
Outer planets
c)
Both
d)
Saturn
8.
All of the outer planets--
a)
have many moons
b)
are small
c)
have a short orbit around the Sun
d)
are rocky
9.
All of the following planets have rings, EXCEPT--
a)
Saturn
b)
Venus
c)
Uranus
d)
Neptune
10.
Why is Venus the brightest planet in the sky?
a)
It is reflective and the closest planet to earth
b)
It is reflective and farthest away from Earth
c)
It absorbs the heat from the sun.
11.
The solar system's largest volcano Olympus Mons is located on ___________.
a)
Earth
b)
Mars
c)
Venus
d)
Mercury
12.
Located between the inner and outer planets.
a)
Sun
b)
Asteroid belt
c)
Uranus
d)
Moons
13.
Shorter revolutions
a)
Inner planets
b)
Outer planets
c)
Both
d)
Neptune
14.
Lots of rings
a)
Inner planets
b)
Outer planets
c)
Both
d)
Mars
15.
Very few moons
a)
Inner planets
b)
Outer planets
c)
Both
d)
Mercury
16.
Small diameter
a)
Inner planets
b)
Outer planets
c)
Both
d)
Jupiter
17.
Orbit the sun
a)
Inner planets
b)
Outer planets
c)
Both
18.
The greater the mass of an object, the ________ gravitational force is exerted on other objects around it.
a)
less
b)
more
c)
equal
19.
A force of attraction between any two objects is called _____________.
a)
static electricity
b)
rotation
c)
gravity
d)
orbit
20.
What is a common characteristic of the inner planets?
a)
Gaseous
b)
Distance between them is longer
c)
Rings
d)
Distance between them is shorter
21.
True or False
The planets are all equally distanced from each other.
The planets are all equally distanced from each other.
a)
True
b)
False
22.
Due to gravity, which planet would you be the heaviest on?
a)
Mercury
b)
Sun
c)
Earth
d)
Saturn
23.
Which choice shows the correct order of the planets?
a)
Mars, Venus, Earth, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
b)
Earth, Venus, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Pluto
c)
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
d)
Saturn, Venus, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Neptune Mercury, Uranus
24.
How does the distance between two objects affect the force of gravity?
a)
The closer the two objects are the more gravitational force they have.
b)
The farther apart the two objects are the more gravitational force they have.
c)
The closer the two objects are the less gravitational force they have.
25.
What are characteristics of the Outer planets.
a)
They have longer distance from each other, made mostly of gas, have few or no moons, have a longer revolution than the Inner planets.
b)
They are less dense, Terrestrial, longer distance from each other, longer revolution around the sun.
c)
They have a shorter distance around the sun, less dense, mostly made of gas, smaller in size.
d)
They have a longer revolution around the sun, less dense, made mostly of gas, distance between them is longer than Inner planets.
26.
Which is true about gravity?
a)
The greater the mass, the less the gravitational pull.
b)
The less the mass, the greater the gravitational pull.
c)
The greater the mass, the greater the gravitational pull.
d)
The greater then gravitational pull, the less the mass.
27.
What in our Solar System has the most mass and therefore has the most gravity?
a)
Jupiter
b)
Earth
c)
Sun
d)
Neptune
28.
Which of the following will not change if you visited different planets?
a)
weight
b)
force
c)
mass
d)
pounds
29.
Where would you have to travel to reduce your weight but not lose any mass?
a)
Mercury
b)
Sun
c)
Jupiter
d)
Saturn
30.
What causes our planets to orbit around our Sun?
a)
Newtons
b)
Water
c)
Gravity
d)
Heat
31.
A person would weigh more on Jupiter than on the Earth because . . .
a)
Jupiter has more mass, and therefore more gravity
b)
Jupiter has less mass, and therefore more gravity
c)
Jupiter has more mass, and therefore less gravity
d)
Jupiter has less mass and therefore less gravity
32.
What are 3 things that are common among all the planets in our Solar System?
a)
All are terrestrial, have gravity, are spherical in shape.
b)
All are gaseous, have gravity, are spherical in shape.
c)
All have gravity, are spherical in shape, orbit the Sun.
d)
All have gravity, all have rings, all orbit the Sun.
33.
Overall,looking at the Solar System, what major characteristics set the Inner and Outer planets apart from each other?
(remember going out onto the football field)
(remember going out onto the football field)
a)
Composition
b)
Just Distance
c)
Just Size
d)
Size and Distance
34.
What is the tendency of an object to resist a change in motion?
a)
coffee
b)
motion
c)
inertia
d)
gravity
35.
What two main factors keep a planet in motion?
a)
mass and size
b)
weight and mass
c)
force and motion
d)
gravity and inertia
36.
If you increase the mass of the Sun slightly, what happens to the time it takes the Earth to complete one revolution? (experiment #1)
a)
It decreases.
b)
It stays the same.
c)
It increases.
37.
If you decrease the mass of the Sun too much, what happens to the Earth? (experiment #1)
a)
It leaves the Solar system.
b)
There is no apparent change in motion.
c)
It is pulled (crashes) into the Sun.
38.
If you increase the mass of the Sun too much, what happens to the Earth? (experiment #1)
a)
It leaves the Solar system.
b)
There is no apparent change in motion.
c)
It is pulled (crashes) into the Sun.
39.
If you increase the distance between the Sun and the Earth slightly, what happens to the time it takes it to complete a revolution? (experiment #2)
a)
It decreases.
b)
It remains the same.
c)
It increases.
40.
What is the difference between weight and mass?
a)
Weight is the amount of matter in an object, and mass is the gravitational force exerted on an object
b)
Mass is the amount of matter in an object, and weight is the gravitational force exerted on an object
c)
Weight is the amount of matter in an object, and mass is the size of an object.
d)
Weight is the size of an object, and mass is the amount of matter in an object
41.
What would happen to the planets in the solar system if the sun’s gravitational force were to suddenly disappear?
a)
They will stop moving and become static.
b)
They will stop spinning.
c)
They will fly away in straight lines.
d)
They will start moving toward the Sun
42.
Your mass increases on a large planet with more gravity.
a)
True
b)
False
43.
Newton's first law of ______________ says that an object at rest will stay at rest and an object in motion will stay in motion unless acted upon by another force
a)
inertia
b)
gravity
c)
matter
d)
mass
44.
The __________ of two objects and their distance from each other determine the gravitational force between them.
a)
mass
b)
size
c)
force
d)
inertia
45.
A huge cloud of dust and gas that is the location for star formation is known as
a)
Planetisimal
b)
Protoplanet
c)
Nebula
d)
Red Giant
46.
What force draws matter together into a dense central core?
a)
Magnetism
b)
Gravity
c)
Inertia
d)
Fusion
47.
The Solar Nebula Hypothesis explains
a)
Mixed orbit direction of planets
b)
How our sun and planets formed
c)
How the universe formed
d)
How the Milky Way formed
48.
Planetestimals collided to form protoplanets through the process of
a)
Nebulae
b)
Accretion
c)
Fusion
d)
Fission
49.
What caused the solar nebula to condense, spin, and contract?
a)
Red Giant grew larger
b)
Nearby supernova exploded
c)
Planetismals
d)
Protoplanets
50.
The amount of matter in the solar nebula that was used to make the sun was
a)
.1%
b)
90%
c)
75%
d)
99.9%
51.
When the nebula begins to contract due to gravity the ____________ rises.
a)
Nebula
b)
Temperature
c)
Fission
d)
Magnetism
52.
What do the first four outer planets have in common?
a)
They are much larger than Earth and are made mainly of Hydrogen and Helium
b)
The are about the same size as Earth and are mostly made of Hydrogen and Helium
c)
They are must larger than Earth and are mainly made of iron
d)
They are the same size as Earth and are mainly made of iron
53.
What is the nebular hypothesis?
a)
Prediction about how the universe was formed
b)
Prediction of how the moon was formed
c)
Prediction of how comets were formed
d)
Prediction of how the Solar System was formed
54.
What are meteors sometimes called?
a)
shooting stars
b)
moons
c)
cows
d)
frorgs
55.
When a meteor hits Earth, what is it called?
a)
meteorite
b)
meteroid
c)
meteor
56.
Is a meteor a asteroid
a)
Yes
b)
No
57.
Objects made of ice, gas and dust and orbit our sun are called:
a)
Asteroids
b)
Comets
c)
Meteroids
d)
Meteors
58.
One similarity between asteroids, comets and meteoroids is that they all:
a)
are made of rock
b)
come from the Asteroid Belt
c)
come from the Oort Cloud
d)
orbit the sun
59.
These objects that orbit the sun are nicknamed, "dirty snowballs."
a)
Comets
b)
Asteroids
c)
Meteors
d)
Meteroids
60.
When objects strike the surface of a planet or moon, they leave a deep impression on the surface called a:
a)
Pothole
b)
Crater
c)
Canyon
d)
Plateau
61.
What do comets orbit
a)
The Stars
b)
The Planets
c)
The Sun
62.
What is a meteor called when it's in space?
a)
meteroid
b)
meteor
c)
meteorite
63.
Which space object is larger?
a)
Asteroid
b)
Meteor
c)
Meteorite
64.
Between a meteroid and a comet, whose orbit (ellipse) moves the furthest away from the sun and sometimes past Neptune?
a)
meteroids
b)
comets
65.
What is one difference between an asteroid and comet?
a)
A comet orbits the sun and an asteroid does not
b)
An asteroid is formed from leftovers from the formation of the solar system and a comet is not
c)
When a comet comes near the sun it loses material while an asteroid typically remains solid
d)
An asteroid orbits the sun in the oort cloud while a comet orbits the sun between Mars and Jupiter
66.
What is the very core of a comet called?
a)
Coma
b)
Comet
c)
Nucleus
d)
Hydrogen Cloud
67.
Burns and vaporizes as it nears the sun.
a)
asteroid
b)
meteoroid
c)
comet
d)
meteorite
68.
Where do comets originate from?
a)
our imagination
b)
the sun
c)
The Oort Cloud and Kuiper belt
d)
unicorn landia
69.
what is the comets tail made out of?
a)
gases
b)
dust
c)
all of the above ^
d)
ice
70.
How does a meteor compare to a meteorite?
a)
A meteor is moving through the Earth's atmosphere and the meteorite actually lands on Earth
b)
A meteorite is moving through Earth's atmosphere and the meteor actually lands on Earth
c)
Meteors are made up of Carbon and meteorites are made of ice
d)
They are the same thing
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