WorksheetsRockey or Terrestial Planet
Total questions: 33
Worksheet time: 26mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What number planet is Venus?
a)
2
b)
4
2.
How many moons does Venus have?
a)
3
b)
2
c)
0
3.
Why does Venus looks so bright from Earth?
a)
It is the closest planet to the Sun
b)
It has 27 moons
c)
The volcano on Venus reflects sunlight
d)
The clouds on Venus reflects the sunlight
4.
The extreme heat on Venus is caused by:
a)
a runaway greenhouse effect
b)
it's location in the solar system
c)
reactions in it's core
d)
it's thermostat is turned up too high
5.
Which of these is NOT a rocky planet?
a)
Jupiter
b)
Venus
c)
Mars
d)
Mercury
6.
Hottest rocky planet?
a)
Earth
b)
Mercury
c)
Venus
d)
Mars
7.
Whats another name for Rocky planet?
a)
Space Planet
b)
Kepler Planet
c)
Terrestrial Planet
d)
Dirt Planet
8.
Which rocky planet has no atmosphere?
a)
Earth
b)
Venus
c)
Mercury
d)
Mars
9.
Which of the following is the smallest rocky planet?
a)
Mercury
b)
Venus
c)
Earth
d)
Mars
10.
Which planet orbits the Sun the fastest?
a)
Mercury
b)
Venus
c)
Earth
d)
Mars
11.
Which planet has a surface that is changing constantly?
a)
Mercury
b)
Venus
c)
Earth
d)
Mars
12.
Which planet has the densest atmosphere?
a)
Mercury
b)
Venus
c)
Earth
d)
Mars
13.
Which planet has the densest atmosphere?
a)
Mercury
b)
Venus
c)
Earth
d)
Mars
14.
Which planet rotates the slowest on it's axis?
a)
Mercury
b)
Venus
c)
Earth
d)
Mars
15.
Which planet is most similar to the Earth?
a)
Mercury
b)
Venus
c)
Pluto
d)
Mars
16.
Which is not a name that identifies Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars?
a)
Terrestial
b)
Gas Giant
c)
Inner Planets
d)
Rocky Planets
17.
Outside on the playground, students are making a scale model of the solar system. Which of
the following tools will be needed to measure the distance of the planets from the Sun on
the model?
the following tools will be needed to measure the distance of the planets from the Sun on
the model?
a)
Balance
b)
Thermometer
c)
Computer
d)
Meter Stick
18.
How many days does it take the Earth to revolve around the Sun?
a)
30 days
b)
365 days
c)
100 days
d)
40 days
19.
What is the fourth planet from the Sun?
a)
Earth
b)
Mars
c)
Jupiter
d)
Mercury
20.
Complete the analogy. Oceanographer is to ocean, as astronomer is to:
a)
animals
b)
rocks and minerals
c)
maps
d)
space
21.
The sun and everything that revolves around it.
a)
solar system
b)
galaxy
c)
universe
d)
rotation
22.
The spinning of the Earth on its axis that causes night and day.
a)
Rotate
b)
Revolve
23.
The imaginary line running through the center of Earth.
a)
axis
b)
moon
c)
constellation
d)
orbit
24.
The moon appears to change shape because of _____.
a)
the Moon's revolution around Earth
b)
the seasons of the year
c)
the movement of stars in they sky
d)
Earth's rotation on its axis
25.
What causes Earth's seasons?
a)
the tilt of Earth's axis
b)
Earth's rotation
c)
the revolution of the Moon
d)
Earth's distance from the Sun
26.
The rotation of Earth on its axis causes the pattern of _____.
a)
night and day
b)
constellations
c)
Earth's seasons
d)
the phases of the moon
27.
How are stars DIFFERENT from planets?
a)
Stars are solid and rocky.
b)
Stars are made of frozen gases.
c)
Stars do not move.
d)
Stars revolve around the Sun.
28.
How are planets and stars ALIKE?
a)
Both are similar in size.
b)
Both are made of hot gases.
c)
Both move in orbits around the Sun.
d)
Both look like points of light in the night sky
29.
It takes Earth _________ to make one complete rotation on its axis.
a)
24 hours
b)
365 days
c)
28 days
d)
24 days
30.
It takes Earth _____________ to make one revolution or orbit around the Sun.
a)
365 days
b)
365 hours
c)
28 days
d)
24 hours
31.
A large body made of gas or rock that orbits around a star.
a)
planet
b)
moon
c)
star
d)
super nova
32.
To increase or get bigger.
a)
Waxing
b)
Waning
33.
To decrease or get smaller
a)
waning
b)
waxing
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