WorksheetsThe Solar System
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 1hrs 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
How many planets are in our solar system (not including pluto)
a)
9
b)
8
c)
10
d)
7
2.
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
3.
What are the rings of Saturn made of?
a)
Rocks and Dust
b)
Rock, Frozen gases, Ice crystals, and water
c)
Ice Crystals
d)
Stars
4.
Which planet is the only planets to spin on its side?
a)
Earth
b)
Neptune
c)
Jupiter
d)
Uranus
5.
A small, solid, rocky body that orbits the Sun.
a)
Asteroid
b)
Comet
c)
Meteoroid
d)
Meteor
6.
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
7.
A chunk of rock that burns up upon entering a planet's atmosphere
a)
Comet
b)
Meteor
c)
Meteoroid
d)
Asteroid
8.
What six things make up our Solar System?
a)
Sun, Planets, Moons, Asteroids, Comets, Meteors
b)
Galaxies, Planets, Stars, Asteroids, Planets, Moons
c)
Sun, Planets, Moons, Stars, Asteroids, Comets
d)
Planets, Stars, Galaxies, Comets, Meteors, Sun
9.
Which of the following is an accurate model of how the Sun, Earth, and Moon move?
a)
Sun and moon orbit Earth
b)
Earth and moon orbit Sun
c)
Earth orbit's the Sun and the moon orbits Earth
d)
Earth and sun orbit moon
10.
A student made a model of how the Earth, Moon, and Sun orbit. She used ping-pong balls
to represent each one. She painted each one a different color. Then, she placed the Moon
and Earth close together and the Sun much further away.What is one limitation of the student's model?
to represent each one. She painted each one a different color. Then, she placed the Moon
and Earth close together and the Sun much further away.What is one limitation of the student's model?
a)
She used the same size balls.
b)
She made earth orbit the sun.
c)
She moved the Sun away from the Earth and Moon.
11.
Complete the analogy. Planet is to Earth, as satellite is to:
a)
star
b)
sun
c)
moon
d)
asteroid
12.
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
13.
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
14.
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
15.
Compared to Earth, does Saturn take a longer or shorter amount of time to orbit the sun?
a)
longer
b)
shorter
16.
It takes the Earth 365 1/4 days to make one what?
a)
rotation
b)
revolution
c)
resolution
d)
circle
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