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Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 2hrs 27mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars are called.....?
a)
Jovian Planets
b)
Awesome Sauce Planets
c)
Gas Giants
d)
Inner Planets
2.
Which planet is the hottest?
a)
Earth
b)
Neptune
c)
Mercury
d)
Venus
3.
What do we call Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune?
a)
Outer Planets
b)
Terrestrial Planets
c)
Inner Planets
d)
Oort Cloud
4.
What is the big bang theory?
a)
A movie
b)
A planet
c)
A theory of how Jupiter will crash into Saturn
d)
A theory of how the Universe began
5.
What is the only planet known to contain life?
a)
Mars
b)
Earth
c)
Neptune
d)
Uranus
6.
What characteristic is Jupiter known for?
a)
Rings of ice and dust
b)
Great Red Spot
c)
Olympus Mons
d)
Fire
7.
Which planet is known for having an extreme tilt on its axis causing extreme seasons?
a)
Neptune
b)
Mercury
c)
Venus
d)
Uranus
8.
What characteristics do Earth and Venus share?
a)
They rotate in the same direction
b)
They are both similar size and density
c)
They have the same gases in their atmospheres
d)
They were born at the same time
9.
What factor determines the color of a star?
a)
Size
b)
Shape
c)
Magnitude
d)
Temperature
10.
What is one factor that makes life on Earth possible?
a)
Water
b)
High gravity
c)
Elliptical Orbit
d)
Hydrogen
11.
Which planet is now characterized as a dwarf planet?
a)
Neptune
b)
Pluto
c)
Miss Best
d)
Coca-cola
12.
Which is the largest object in our solar system?
a)
Sun
b)
Jupiter
c)
Earth
d)
Pluto
13.
Which planet is closest to the sun?
a)
Uranus
b)
Mercury
c)
Neptune
d)
Earth
14.
Which is the second closest planet to the sun?
a)
Earth
b)
Saturn
c)
Venus
d)
Mercury
15.
Which is the sixth planet from the sun?
a)
Earth
b)
Uranus
c)
Saturn
d)
Neptune
16.
Which planet is seventh from the sun?
a)
Saturn
b)
Earth
c)
Venus
d)
Uranus
17.
What is a planet?
a)
a group of stars that forms a pattern in the sky
b)
a large ball of hot gases that gives off heat and light
c)
a large ball or rock or gas that moves around the sun
d)
a toy aliens play with
18.
This picture shows the path Earth takes as it moves around the sun. What is the path called?
a)
a constellation
b)
a moon
c)
an orbit
d)
a planet
19.
A group of stars forms a pattern. What is this pattern called?
a)
a solar system
b)
a constellation
c)
a ball of hot gases
d)
a planet
20.
Which thing is a huge ball of hot gases that gives off heat and light?
a)
a moon
b)
a planet
c)
a star
d)
a spaceship
21.
What does the arrow show on this picture of the Earth?
a)
how many times Earth rotates
b)
the direction in which Earth rotates
c)
how fast Earth moves around the sun
d)
how fast airplanes travel around the Earth
22.
Compared to Earth, does Saturn take a longer or shorter amount of time to orbit the sun?
a)
longer
b)
shorter
23.
The outer planets are...
a)
Rocky and small
b)
Very large and made of ice
c)
Small and made of ice
d)
Very large and made of gases
24.
The four inner planets are...
a)
Rocky and small
b)
Very large and made of ice
c)
Small and made of ice
d)
Very large and made of gases
25.
What holds the planets in their orbits around the sun?
a)
gravity
b)
speed
c)
string
d)
air currents
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