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WorksheetsSolar System
Total questions: 34
Worksheet time: 1hrs 17mins
This planet is very hot in the day and very cold in the night. In fact, it has the wildest extremes in temperature!
Mercury
Neptune
Earth
Jupiter
What are large chunks of rocks and metal in space?
Earth
comet
asteroids
gibbous
Which planet has the most gravity?
Earth
Mars
Neptune
Jupiter
What factor causes one planet to have more gravity than other planets?
The planet's mass
The planet's volume
The planet's distance from the sun
The planet's atmosphere
The hottest planet is... because...
MERCURY, because it is closest to the sun
EARTH, because it supports life
MARS, because of its red pigment
VENUS, because of its greenhouse effect
Which planet takes the least time to go around the sun?
Mercury
Earth
Mars
Jupiter
Which is the most massive object in our solar system?
Sun
Jupiter
Earth
Pluto
What do we call a ball of ice and dust with a tail of gas and dust pointing away from the sun?
Asteroid
Comet
Moon
Meteor
The gas giants are different from the terrestrial planets because they
have fewer rings
are more dense
have larger atmospheres
are less massive
One factor that makes life possible on Earth but not anywhere else in the solar system (that we've found) is
atmosphere
liquid water
greenhouse effect
gravity
Which planet is tipped on its side nearly 90 degrees, causing the most extreme seasonal changes in the solar system?
Jupiter
Mars
Uranus
Earth
What model of the solar system states the sun is the center?
Geocentric Model
Heliocentric model
Biocentric modal
Hydrocentric model
What model of the solar system states the earth is the center?
Geocentric Model
Heliocentric model
Biocentric modal
Hydrocentric model
Which of the following has an orbit cluttered with other objects?
Asteroid
Comet
Moon
Meteor
Which of the following has the most elliptical orbit, spending far more of its time away from the sun than near it?
Asteroid
Comet
Moon
Meteor
Which of the following is the only type of object in our solar system that orbits a planet, instead of the sun?
Asteroid
Comet
Moon
Meteor
For what reasons did heliocentrism replace geocentrism? (Select all that apply.)
It explained and predicted planetary motions better.
Galileo's telescope showed that Jupiter had moons.
The sun appears to move across Earth's sky, causing day and night.
Newton's law of gravity put the sun (most mass) at the center.
A person would weigh more on Jupiter than on Earth because...
Jupiter has more mass, causing less gravity
Jupiter has more mass, causing more gravity
Jupiter has less mass, causing less gravity
Jupiter has less mass, causing more gravity
