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Solar System

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the nearest star to the sun?

a)

Sirius

b)

Alpha Centauri

c)

Capella

d)

Proxima Centauri

2.

How is Earth different from all the other planets in our solar system?

a)

It is the only planet to have its own moon.

b)

It is close enough to the sun to get heat energy.

c)

It has liquid water that allows plants and animals to live.

d)

It has storms in the atmosphere.

3.

Even though it is not closest to the sun, this planet is the hottest in the solar system.

a)

Pluto

b)

Jupiter

c)

Uranus

d)

Venus

4.

Your friend asks you to help her with an investigation using a ball, a flashlight and a dark room. What might you be investigating?

a)

the phases of the moon

b)

the speed of light

c)

why there are dark spots on the sun

d)

the atmosphere of Earth

5.

The rings of Saturn are made of

a)

ice

b)

gases

c)

plasma

d)

rainbows

6.

The atmosphere on Uranus rotates faster than its core. Which of the following things that happen on Earth could best relate to what the atmosphere on Uranus is doing?

a)

heavy rain

b)

a long period without rain

c)

fast-moving wind

d)

a huge snowstorm

7.

Which planet has iron in the soil that gives it a red color, just like iron-rich soil on Earth?

a)

Saturn

b)

Mars

c)

Earth

d)

Uranus

8.

_____________________ discovered by an astronomer in Arizona named Percival Lowell.

a)

Mercury

b)

Earth

c)

Pluto

d)

Saturn

9.

This planet has only 88 days in each year

a)

Pluto

b)

Earth

c)

Mars

d)

Mercury

10.

It is not the closet planet to the sun, but the hottest.

a)

Pluto

b)

Earth

c)

Venus

d)

Mercury

11.

This planet has 7 major rings around it, each one made up of thousands of tiny ringlets.

a)

Mercury

b)

Pluto

c)

Saturn

d)

Jupiter

12.

Liquid water, plants and animals, can all be found on this planet.

a)

Jupiter

b)

Mercury

c)

Uranus

d)

Earth

13.

The outside of this planet rotates faster than the inside.

a)

Venus

b)

Uranus

c)

Jupiter

d)

Mercury

14.

Planet named from the Roman god of the sea

a)

Uranus

b)

Earth

c)

Neptune

d)

Jupiter

15.

Life on this planet would have to be airborne (floating or flying) because the planet has no surface.

a)

Jupiter

b)

Neptune

c)

Earth

d)

Venus

16.

Iron in the soil of this planet gives it a red color.

a)

Earth

b)

Mars

c)

Jupiter

d)

Neptune