WorksheetsPLANETS OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The sun and all the planets and other bodies that travel around it together are known as what?
a)
planetesimal
b)
kuiper belt
c)
solar nebula
d)
solar system
2.
The time required for a body to complete a single orbit is called what?
a)
eccentricity
b)
inertia
c)
orbital period
d)
planet
3.
What is a small body from which a planet originated in the early stages of development of the solar system called?
a)
inertia
b)
planetesimal
c)
terrestrial planet
d)
gas giant
4.
A celestial body that orbits the sun, is round because of its own gravity, and has cleared the neighborhood around its orbital path is called a...
a)
planet
b)
gas giant
c)
solar nebula
d)
terrestrial planet
5.
A region of the solar system that starts just beyond the orbit of Neptune and that contains dwarf planets and other small bodies made mostly of ice is called the...
a)
gas giant
b)
kuiper belt
c)
inertia
d)
solar nebula
6.
A planet that has a deep, massive atmosphere, such as Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, or Neptune is called a...
a)
inertia
b)
terrestrial planet
c)
gas giant
d)
planetesimal
7.
The degree of elongation of an elliptical orbit is called what? It's symbol is e.
a)
inertia
b)
eccentricity
c)
gas giant
d)
solar nebula
8.
What is a rotating cloud of gas and dust from which the sun and planets formed called?
a)
terrestrial planet
b)
solar system
c)
gas giant
d)
solar nebula
9.
One of the highly dense planets nearest to the sun is known as a what? Mercury, Venus, Mars, and Earth are examples.
a)
solar nebula
b)
gas giant
c)
terrestrial planet
d)
planetesimal
10.
Identify which of these are the planets in Earth's solar system.
a)
Earth, Mars, Saturn, Triton, and Venus
b)
Jupiter, Earth, Saturn, the sun, and Uranus
c)
Venus, Comet, Earth, Mars, and the moon
d)
Earth, Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, Neptune, Saturn, Uranus, and Venus
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