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Our Solar System

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which is the largest object in our solar system?

a)

Sun

b)

Jupiter

c)

Earth

d)

Pluto

2.

Which planet is closest to the sun?

a)

Uranus

b)

Mercury

c)

Neptune

d)

Earth

3.

A ball of ice and dust with a tail of gas and dust pointing away from the sun.

a)

Asteroid

b)

Comet

c)

Moon

d)

Meteor

4.

Which planet is the largest in the solar system?

a)

Earth

b)

Venus

c)

Saturn

d)

Jupiter

5.

Earth and the other planets closest to the Sun are made mostly of _______

a)

gas

b)

metal

c)

water

d)

rock

6.

Which planet is NOT one of the

"Gas Giants"?

a)

Uranus

b)

Venus

c)

Neptune

d)

Saturn

7.

One full orbit of an object around another object is called a ________.

a)

axis

b)

rotation

c)

revolution

d)

satellite

8.

Select the order from smallest to largest.

a)

Sun, Milky Way, solar system, universe

b)

Sun, Milky Way, universe, solar system

c)

Sun, solar system, Milky Way, universe

d)

Sun, solar system, universe, Milky Way

9.

Which outer planets have rings?

a)

Just Saturn

b)

Saturn and Jupiter

c)

Jupiter, Neptune, and Saturn

d)

all 4 of the outer planets

10.

How long ago was our solar system formed?

a)

10 million years ago

b)

4.6 million years ago

c)

4.6 billion years ago

d)

2 billion years ago

11.

a small rocky body orbiting the sun, ranging from the size of a small house to dust particles

a)

nebula

b)

terrestrial planets

c)

collision

d)

asteroids

12.

a large planet composed mostly of gases, with a relatively small core. The ___ ____ of our solar system are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.

a)

terrestrial planets

b)

planetesimals

c)

nebula

d)

gas giants

13.

The inner planets are:

a)

Jupiter, Earth, Mars, Mercury

b)

Saturn, Uranus, Mars, Earth

c)

Earth, Pluto, Neptune, Mars

d)

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

14.

How does changing the distance between objects affect the force of gravity?

a)

Decreasing distance increases gravity

b)

increasing distance increases gravity

c)

Distance does not affect gravity

15.

Which type of technology would you use to see far away objects?

a)

computer

b)

rover

c)

satellite

d)

telescope

16.

which technology would you use to collect rock samples from a nearby planet?

a)

computer

b)

rover

c)

satellite

d)

telescope

17.

which technology would you use to analyze data from a NASA mission

a)

computer

b)

rover

c)

satellite

d)

telescope

18.

which of the following is the cause of Mercury having a shorter year than Jupiter

a)

Mercury orbits closer to the sun

b)

Mercurys orbit is more circular than Jupiter

c)

Mercury rotates at a slower speed than Jupiter

d)

Mercury has a more elliptical orbit than Jupiter

19.

The farther from the sun a planet or object is, the _____________ the revolution (year).

a)

shorter

b)

longer

20.

An interstellar gas cloud in which stars are born is called a

a)

galaxy

b)

black hole

c)

nebula

d)

system

21.

The Gas Giants are much more dense than the terrestrial planets.

a)

true

b)

false

22.

The rings of Saturn are made of...

a)

Gases

b)

Ice

c)

Plasma

d)

Rainbows

23.

The length of a year on a planet is best explained by

a)

The planet rotating on its axis

b)

The Sun rotating on its axis

c)

The revolution around the Sun

d)

The seasons

24.
The spinning of an object on its axis is called______
a)
orbit
b)
rotation
c)
revolution
d)
tide