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WorksheetsChap 5 - Planets
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 13mins
__________________ is the only planet that has liquid water and an atmosphere that is breathable by mammals.
Mercury
Saturn
Earth
Jupiter
The order of the planets that orbit our Sun is:
Mars,Venus,Earth,
Mercury,Saturn
Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune
Earth,Venus,Mars
Jupiter, Neptune,
Mercury,Saturn,
Uranus
Mercury,Venus,Earth
Mars,Jupiter,
Saturn,Uranus
Neptune
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto
Which of the following statements is correct?
Pluto was once classified as a dwarf planet, but is now classified as a main planet
Pluto was never classified as a planet by the International Astronomers Union
Pluto has always been considered a planet though it was a dim speck among the stars
Pluto was once considered a planet, but lost its status because it could not clear the neighborhood around its orbit.
The terrestrial planets have hard surfaces with mountains, craters, and volcanoes. What are the four terrestrial (inner) planets?
Earth, Uranus, Mercury, Venus
Mercury Venus Earth Saturn
Mars, Earth , Mercury, Venus
Mars, Earth, Neptune, Mercury
the Jovian, or Jupiter-like, planets are of a greater distance from the sun. What are the outer planets?
Jupiter, Saturn, Earth, Neptune
Saturn, Neptune, Mars, Uranus
Uranus, Saturn, Neptune, Jupiter
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
Which planets are made of solid surfaces and rocky cores?
terrestrial
gas giants
outer planets
jovian
What has NASA sent to Mars to roam around and take pictures?
Rovers
asteroid belt
Wall-E
space probe
Which planet has a significant amount of methane and sits on its side as it orbits the Sun?
Uranus
Neptune
Jupiter
Saturn
Name the rocky planets where mountains and craters exist.
Mars, Mercury, Earth, Venus
Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune
Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter
Which of the planets listed is positioned closest to the sun?
Mars
Earth
Venus
Mercury
A memory technique that helps us remember the order of things is called a ________________________. this technique helps to remember such things like to order of operations in mathematics and the order of the planets from the sun.
reminiscence
mnemonic
recollection
memorization
Please complete this statement: the earth is a planet, the Moon is a moon, and the Sun is a __________________ .
luminary
star
planet
moon
In our solar system, there are officially _____________ planets.
9
11
7
8
Although the planets in our solar system differ from each other, they can be placed into two broad categories. these categories are __________________ and terrestrial.
Jovan
Jovia
Jovian
Jovial
The two planet types are very different in their physical properties. The terrestrial planets are all made of _______________________________.
rocky materials
gaseous mixtures
helium and hydrogen
Jupiter-like materials
The Jovian planets are made primarily of ___________________________________________.
rocky materials
gaseous mixtures
helium and hydrogen
Earth-like materials
Looking at Jupiter through an Earth-based telescope, you can see light and dark bands circling the planetary surface. The light bands are called ________________, and the dark bands are called _____________________ .
rings, edges
fragments, shadows
zones, belts
zones, rays
A _____________________ is a dwarf like planet but its orbit is beyond that of Neptune.
Tyrion
plutoid
spherical shape
fragment
Neptune rotates around the sun every 164 Earth years and like Uranus is about 4 times the diameter of Earth. What is a diameter?
a line that intersects with a circle at 2 different points.
twice the length of the radius
A segment of a straight line joining two points
any straight line segment that passes through the center of the circle
Pluto was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh on January 23, 1930, it was considered the 9th planet in our solar system. In what year did Pluto lose its planetary status?
1930
1994
2016
2006
