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Worksheets07. Other worlds: and introduction to the solar system
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 18mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Name the planets in order from the one closet to the Sun
a)
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
b)
Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Earth, Venus, Mercury
c)
Mercury, Earth, Mars, Venus, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune
d)
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto
2.
Which planet is the only planets to spin on its side?
a)
Earth
b)
Neptune
c)
Jupiter
d)
Uranus
3.
A small, solid, rocky body that orbits the Sun.
a)
Asteroid
b)
Comet
c)
Meteoroid
d)
Meteor
4.
A small, icy body that orbits the Sun. Is made of a main body and a tail.
a)
Asteroid
b)
Comet
c)
Meteor
d)
Meteoroid
5.
What are the terrestrial planets?
a)
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
b)
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
c)
Mercury, Earth, Mars, Neptune
d)
Jupiter, Saturn, Earth, Neptune
6.
A planet with a rocky surface
a)
Gaseous Planet
b)
Earth
c)
Terrestrial Planet
d)
Rocky Planet
7.
What are the gaseous planets?
a)
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
b)
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
c)
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Mars
d)
Mercury Venus, Earth Neptune
8.
A planet made of mostly gases, such as Hydrogen or Helium
a)
Terrestrial Planet
b)
Gaseous Planet
c)
Gas Planet
d)
Rocky Planet
9.
Which is the farthest planet from the sun?
a)
Earth
b)
Mercury
c)
Uranus
d)
Neptune
10.
This shows
a)
Size difference between the planets accurately
b)
Distance between the planets accurately
c)
All choices
11.
How many times larger is the diameter of the planet Jupiter compared to the diameter of the Earth?
a)
roughly 2x larger
b)
roughly 1200x larger
c)
roughly 12x larger
d)
roughly 120x larger
12.
What percentage of the mass of the entire solar system is due to the Sun?
a)
27%
b)
54%
c)
77%
d)
98%
13.
After the Sun, what is the next most massive object in the Solar System?
a)
the Earth
b)
Jupiter
c)
Saturn
d)
Uranus
14.
All the orbits of the planets _____
a)
are circular
b)
are scattered at various angles
c)
are exactly aligned
d)
lie in a relatively flat disk
15.
Where is the the asteroid belt located?
a)
between Earth and Mars
b)
between Mars and Jupiter
c)
between Jupiter and Saturn
d)
out beyond the orbit of Neptune
16.
When did the Solar System form?
a)
4.6 thousand years ago
b)
4.6 million years ago
c)
4.6 billion years ago
d)
4.6 trillion years ago
17.
Which planet takes longer to orbit the sun?
a)
Earth
b)
Mercury
c)
Saturn
18.
One of the diferences between the terrestrial planets and the Jovian planets is that terrestrial planets are
a)
less dense and larger
b)
less dense and smaller
c)
more dense and larger
d)
more dense and smaller
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