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Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which planet is the hottest?
a)
Earth
b)
Neptune
c)
Mercury
d)
Venus
2.
What is the only planet known to contain life?
a)
Mars
b)
Earth
c)
Neptune
d)
Uranus
3.
What characteristic is Jupiter known for?
a)
Rings of ice and dust
b)
Great Red Spot
c)
Olympus Mons
d)
Fire
4.
What is one factor that makes life on Earth possible?
a)
Water
b)
High gravity
c)
Elliptical Orbit
d)
Hydrogen
5.
Which planet is now characterized as a dwarf planet?
a)
Neptune
b)
Pluto
c)
Miss Best
d)
Mercury
6.
Which is the largest object in our solar system?
a)
Sun
b)
Jupiter
c)
Earth
d)
Pluto
7.
Which is the fourth planet from the sun?
a)
Mars
b)
Saturn
c)
Earth
d)
Jupiter
8.
What is the definition of orbit?
a)
the spinning of the earth on its axis
b)
when the lit part of the moon increases
c)
all of the planets, moon, and other space objects going around the sun
d)
the imaginary line that goes through the north and south poles that the earth spins on
9.
What describes the earth going around the sun?
a)
rotation
b)
revolution
10.
What is the sun?
a)
a star
b)
a comet
c)
a planet
d)
an asteroid
11.
How does the moon get its light?
a)
it reflects the sun's light onto the earth
b)
it creates its own light, similar to a star
c)
it gathers light from earth during the day
d)
the moon is actually a yellow color, so it appears to be bright during the nighttime
12.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars are called.....?
a)
Jovian Planets
b)
Awesome Sauce Planets
c)
Gas Giants
d)
Inner Planets
13.
What do we call Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune?
a)
Outer Planets
b)
Rocky Planets
c)
Inner Planets
d)
Oort Cloud
14.
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
15.
How many moons does Earth have?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
16.
This planet has rings.
a)
SATURN
b)
MERCURY
c)
MARS
d)
VENUS
17.
The biggest planet is...
a)
JUPITER
b)
EARTH
c)
MARS
d)
VENUS
18.
How many planets does the solar system have?
a)
1
b)
9
c)
5
d)
8
19.
What is the center of our solar system?
a)
moon
b)
earth
c)
sun
d)
Jupiter
20.
The sun goes around the Earth.
a)
True
b)
False
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