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Solar System

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many planets are there and what are their names?

a)

7/ Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Sun,

b)

10/ Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Meteor, Uranus, Pluto, Neptune

c)

6/ Mercury,Venus, Earth, Meteor, Jupiter, Saturn,

d)

8/ Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

2.

What materials are the planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars made of ?

a)

Gold, Aluminum, Copper

b)

Plastic, Helium, Silver

c)

Feldspars(colorless rock), Magnesium, and Aluminum

d)

Feldspars(colorless rock), Magnesium, Aluminum, Zinc, and Boron

3.

What materials are the planets Jupiter and Saturn made of ?

a)

Calcium, Lithium, and Oxygen

b)

Hydrogen and Helium

c)

Hydrogen, Helium, and Lithium

d)

Calcium, Lithium, Oxygen, and Silicon

4.

What material are Uranus and Neptune mostly of ?

a)

Hydrogen with a tiny bit of Helium

b)

Nitrogen and Gallium

c)

Argon and Uranium

d)

Hydrogen with a tiny bit of Sulfur

5.

How many belts are in the Milky-way Galaxy

a)

3

b)

4

c)

1

d)

2

6.

How many belts are there in the Milky-way galaxy and what are their names?

a)

2/ The Asteroid Belt and The Kuiper Belt

b)

1/ The Celestial Belt and The Kuiper Belt

c)

4/ The Asteroid Belt and The Titanium Belt

d)

3/ The Phosphorus Belt and The Platinum Belt

7.

What material is the Asteroid Belt made out of ?

a)

Rocks, Carbon Material, and Ice

b)

Carbon Material, Ice, and Plutonium

c)

Rocks, Carbon Material, Ice and also bits of iron and nickel

d)

Rocks, Silver, Ice and also copper

8.

Where is the location of the Asteroid Belt?

a)

Between the Sun and Mercury

b)

Between Earth and Mars in a circle around the sun

c)

Between Saturn and Uranus in a circle around the sun

d)

Between Mars and Jupiter in a circle around the sun

9.

What is Kuiper belt (the second belt) made out of ?

a)

Rocks

b)

Rock, Ice(that is made out of methane, ammonia, and water)

c)

Sand, Mud, Ice

d)

Boron, Nitrogen, and Ice(that is made out of methane, ammonia, and water)

10.

What is the location of the Kuiper Belt ?

a)

This Belt is between Venus and Earth, in a circle all around the sun

b)

This Belt is between Jupiter and Saturn, in a circle all around the sun

c)

This Belt is all around Neptune, in a circle around the sun.

11.

What are Stars?

a)

Smaller Planets

b)

A Small balls of Hydrogen and Air

c)

Small balls of gravity

d)

Small balls of gas that are held together by gravity

12.

What is a Sun?

a)

A Star

b)

A Son

c)

A Planet

d)

A Meteor

13.

What is a Moon called?

a)

Rocky planet

b)

A celestial object

c)

An asteroid

d)

A Meteor

14.

What materials are/is the Sun made out of?

a)

Hydrogen, Helium, Fire, Gas, Nitrogen, oxygen, and Other small Elements.

b)

Nitrogen, Rocks, Fire, Smoke and Other small Elements

c)

Hydrogen, Helium, Nitrogen, Oxygen, and Other small Elements

d)

Fire, Gas, and Helium

15.

What are comets ?

a)

Shooting Stars

b)

Asteroids

c)

Rocks out in space

d)

Crystal Rocks in space

16.

What is the difference between Meteoroids and Meteor ?

a)

A meteor is a rock that has entered Earth's atmosphere

b)

A meteor is a comet that has entered Earth's atmosphere

c)

A meteor is a meteoroid that has entered Earth's atmosphere

d)

A meteor is a Metalloid that has entered Earth's atmosphere

17.

What are Comets made out of ?

a)

Ice and Dust

b)

Rocks, Stones, and Ice

c)

Gems, Stones, and Ice

d)

Ice and Rocks

18.

What are meteoroids made of ?

a)

Made of Boron and different compounds

b)

Made of Silicon and Nitrogen

c)

Made of Silicon and Oxygen

19.

What is a shooting star?a shooting star is a fast meteor that is burning up and falling when it’s in Earth’s atmosphere.

a)

A gigantic rock that crashes into planets

b)

A fast meteor that burns up when falling into the Earth’s atmosphere.

c)

A star

20.

What is a Nebula ?

a)

Star

b)

Planet

c)

Different type of gas that is found in different parts of the galaxy

d)

Clouds of dust and gas

21.

What two things in space work together to create an Eclipses?

a)

Earth and Sun

b)

Sun and the Moon

c)

Shooting stars and the moon(when the shooting stars knock the moon into different positions)

22.

What is a Solar Eclipse?

a)

A solar eclipse is when we can see an angle where the Sun is in front of the Moon causing a solar eclipse.

b)

A solar eclipse is when we can see an angle where the Moon is in front of the Sun causing a solar eclipse.

c)

A solar eclipse is when we can see an angle where the Sun is in front of the Moon causing a Lunar eclipse.

23.

What are Black Holes?

a)

Black holes are regions of space which no celestial objects can escape.

b)

Black holes are holes in the space time continuum, which means no rock objects can enter.

c)

Black holes are regions of space which no celestial objects can enter.

d)

Black holes are planets of space which no celestial objects can escape.

24.

How are Black Holes made?

a)

They are made when stars 5 times our sun’s size die in a supernova explosion

b)

They are made when stars 10 times our sun’s size die in a supernova explosion

c)

They are made when stars 10 times our moon’s size die in a supernova explosion

d)

They are made when stars 10 times our sun’s size die in a nebula explosion

25.

.What are Quasars and how are they formed?

a)

Bright centers of a galaxy. Quasars are formed out of massive black holes.

b)

Bright centers of a solar system. Quasars are formed out of massive black holes.

c)

Bright centers of a galaxy. Quasars are formed out of small black holes.