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Solar System VR

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How old is the solar system?

a)

2 trillion years old

b)

4.6 billion years old

c)

1 billion years old

d)

No one knows

2.

Which planet has the shortest period of revolution?

a)

Jupiter

b)

Venus

c)

Earth

d)

Mercury

3.

Which planet has the longest period of revolution?

a)

Neptune

b)

Earth

c)

Mars

d)

Pluto

4.

All solar system objects revolve around this because it is so big and heavy that its gravity pulls the objects around it. What is it?

a)

The Moon

b)

The Black Hole

c)

The Sun

d)

The Milky Way

5.

How many Earths could fit inside the sun?

a)

100

b)

1,000

c)

10,000

d)

1,000,000

6.

What feature does Jupiter have that's been there since the 17th century?

a)

Rings

b)

Great Red Spot

c)

Cat 5 Hurricane

d)

Many moons

7.

How cold can it get on Neptune?

a)

-100 C

b)

0 F

c)

-360 F

d)

-100 F

8.

Our solar system is located within one __________________ _________________ away from the Milky Way.

a)

giant leap

b)

light year

c)

spiral arms

d)

long leg

9.

How many planets are there in our solar system?

a)

9

b)

8

c)

10

d)

7

10.

What is the name of a planet that is no longer considered a planet since 2006?

a)

Dogo

b)

Jojo

c)

Makemake

d)

Pluto

11.

What were the names of the astronomers who helped develop a new model to explain the movement of the planets; with the sun at the center of the solar system?

a)

Mickey, Donald, Pluto, and Brutus

b)

Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, and Mars

c)

Copernicus, Galilei, Kepler, and Newton

d)

Aristotle, Plato, and Socrates

12.

When dust and gas began to collapse under the weight of its own gravity, the matter contained within got squeezed tighter and tighter forming what?

a)

The Sun

b)

The Milky Way

c)

A Star

d)

Gas Explosion

13.

How did the center star become the sun?

a)

All the other objects kept staying around it.

b)

It had ignited.

c)

Gravity

d)

No one knows

14.

What are asteroids and other planetesimals that never got large enough to turn into planets called?

a)

weaklings

b)

fake

c)

planets in training

d)

failed planets

15.

What does heliocentric mean in the solar system?

a)

There's more helium in the air.

b)

Solar system objects orbit the sun counterclockwise.

c)

The planets are in different heights around the sun.

d)

The center of the solar system is weightless.

16.

What are the 4 planets closest to the sun called?

a)

Homies

b)

Sister Planetss

c)

Inner Planets

d)

First Planets

17.

What are the planets further away from the sun known as?

a)

Grande

b)

Outer Belt

c)

Gas Giants

d)

Second Planets

18.

How much wider is the sun than the Earth?

a)

10 times

b)

50 times

c)

109 times

d)

200 times

19.

What other objects in the solar system is shaped like a disk?

a)

Frisbees

b)

Belts

c)

Rings

d)

Asteroids

20.

What are the names of the 4 largest asteroids in the Asteroid Belt?

a)

Doc, Dopey, Grumpy, and Sneezy

b)

Ceres, Vesta, Pallas, and Hygiea

c)

Rose, Tulip, Lilly, and Carnation

d)

Alpha, Beta, Charlie, and Delta