WorksheetsSolar System Practice
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 38mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which planet in the Solar system has the shortest revolutionary period?
a)
Mercury
b)
Earth
c)
Jupiter
d)
Neptune
2.
Which planet in the Solar system has the greatest average temperature?
a)
Mercury
b)
Venus
c)
Earth
d)
Jupiter
3.
What planet in the Solar system has the greatest density?
a)
Mercury
b)
Earth
c)
Jupiter
d)
Mars
4.
What planet in the Solar system is often referred to as the "Red planet?"
a)
Jupiter
b)
Mars
c)
Venus
d)
Sun
5.
If you were going to make a scale model of the Solar system what planet should be the largest?
a)
Jupiter
b)
Saturn
c)
Earth
d)
Uranus
6.
Which planet in the Solar system is the least dense?
a)
Saturn
b)
Earth
c)
Mercury
d)
Uranus
7.
Which planet in the Solar system is tilted nearly 90* directly toward the Sun?
a)
Earth
b)
Uranus
c)
Neptune
d)
Pluto
8.
What planet in the Solar system has the lowest average temperature?
a)
Uranus
b)
Neptune
c)
Mars
d)
Saturn
9.
If you were to make a scale model of the Solar system what planet should be the smallest?
a)
Mercury
b)
Jupiter
c)
Mars
d)
Neptune
10.
If you were to make a scale model of the Solar system what planets in the solar system should be most similar in size?
a)
Earth and Venus
b)
Mars and Mercury
c)
Uranus and Neptune
d)
Jupiter and Saturn
11.
What planet has a day closest to the length of day of Earth?
a)
Mercury
b)
Venus
c)
Mars
d)
Earth
12.
What planet has the shortest day?
a)
Mercury
b)
Jupiter
c)
Venus
d)
Earth
13.
Which of the following orders the planets correctly from the Sun?
a)
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
b)
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus
c)
Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Earth, Venus, Mercury
d)
Earth, Venus, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus
14.
Which of the following orders the planets correctly from largest to smallest?
a)
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Earth, Venus, Mars, Mercury
b)
Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus, Earth, Venus, Mars, Mercury
c)
Mercury, Mars, Venus, Earth, Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter
d)
Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Earth, Venus, Mercury
15.
Which planet is famous for it's great red spot, a storm larger than the size of Earth?
a)
Saturn
b)
Venus
c)
Neptune
d)
Jupiter
16.
What planets year is shorter than its day?
a)
Venus
b)
Jupiter
c)
Earth
d)
Uranus
17.
If you wanted to create an accurate scale model of the planets sizes which of the following should you do?
a)
Divide the diameter in km by the scale in km to get the diameter in cm
b)
Add the diameter in km by the scale in km to get the diameter in cm
c)
Subtract the diameter in km by the scale in km to get the diameter in cm
d)
Multiply the diameter in km by the scale in km to get the diameter in cm
18.
Why is the force of gravity different on various celestial objecs?
a)
Each planet has a different mass
b)
Each planet has a different distance from the Sun
c)
Each planet is made up of different solids, liquids, and gases
d)
Each planet has a different number of moons
19.
Which of the following explains why Pluto was declassified as a planet to a dwarf planet?
a)
Pluto's orbit has many other celestial objects in it's path
b)
Pluto is relatively small
c)
Pluto is oddly shaped
d)
All of the answer choices
20.
If you wanted to create an accurate scale model of the planets distances from the Sun where 1cm = 200,000,000 km which of the following should you do?
a)
Divide the planets actual distance in km by 200,000,000 cm
b)
Multiply the planets actual distance in km by 200,000,000 cm
c)
Add the planets actual distance in km by 200,000,000 cm
d)
Subtract the planets actual distance in km by 200,000,000 cm
100 %
