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Solar System (Grade 5)

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is a PLANET?
a)
A large object in space that orbits a star, such as the sun.
b)
A small plan that is made ahead of time
c)
An object in space
d)
A natural satellite that orbits a planet
2.
What is a MOON?
a)
Something you see in the night sky
b)
Something in space that is made of cheese
c)
a large object in space that orbits a star
d)
A natural satellite that orbits a planet
3.
What is a GALAXY?
a)
The speed of the internet
b)
A group of billions of stars
c)
A large object in space that orbits a planet
d)
How the heat of the sun is measured
4.
What is the FASTEST moving planet?
a)
Earth
b)
Saturn
c)
Mercury
d)
Venus
5.
What is the HOTTEST planet?
a)
Earth
b)
Mercury
c)
Venus
d)
Mars
6.
What is the LARGEST planet?
a)
The Sun
b)
Neptune
c)
Venus
d)
Jupiter
7.
Which planet has liquid water and supports life?
a)
Mars
b)
Earth
c)
Saturn
d)
Uranus
8.
Which planet ROTATES in the OPPOSITE direction of all the other planets?
a)
Venus
b)
Neptune
c)
Mars
d)
Jupiter
9.
Which planet is the 6th planet from the sun?
a)
Saturn
b)
Jupiter
c)
Mars
d)
Neptune
10.
Which planet rotates on its side?
a)
Neptune
b)
Uranus
c)
Mars
d)
Venus
11.
Where is the ASTEROID BELT located?
a)
Between Jupiter and Saturn
b)
Between Mars and Jupiter
c)
Between Earth and Mars
d)
Between Neptune and Uranus
12.
The Sun is made of mostly two gases, and they are....
a)
Helium and Nitrogen
b)
Hydrogen and Oxygen
c)
Hydrogen and Helium
d)
Nitrogen and Oxygen
13.
What is a METEOR?
a)
A rock floating around in space
b)
A vegetarian meat substitute that tastes like beef
c)
The flash of light made by an object burning up in Earth's atmosphere (A "shooting star")
d)
A rock found on the beach that came from space
14.
Which answer choice has the planets placed IN ORDER?
a)
Mars, Venus, Mercury, Earth, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus Neptune
b)
Mercury, Earth, Venus, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus Neptune
c)
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus Neptune
d)
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
15.
What GALAXY do we live in?
a)
Chicago
b)
Milky Way
c)
Barred Spiral
d)
Snickers
16.

The center of our Solar System

a)

the Milky Way

b)

Sun

c)

Earth

d)

Jupiter

17.

_________ is the fifth and largest planet in the solar system.

a)

Jupiter

b)

Mars

c)

Saturn

d)

Uranus

18.

What planet is letter D in the diagram?

a)

Earth

b)

Saturn

c)

Mars

d)

Venus

19.

Every object revolves around the Sun in a path called a(n)?

a)

Revolution

b)

Eclipse

c)

Orbit

d)

Rotation

20.

The sun provides three main things?

a)

Warmth, water and methane

b)

Warmth, light and gravity

c)

Warmth, light and helium

d)

Warmth, gravity and hydrogen

21.

The yellow dwarf star in our solar system?

a)

Sun

b)

Venus

c)

Saturn

d)

Neptune

22.

This is the windiest planet and is made of icy material.

a)

Uranus

b)

Venus

c)

Jupiter

d)

Neptune

23.

This is a swirling planet of gases and liquids and has rings made of ice and dust?

a)

Jupiter

b)

Neptune

c)

Saturn

d)

Uranus

24.

List the four inner planets in order from the sun.

a)

Mars, Mercury, Venus and Earth

b)

Mercury, Earth, Venus and Mars

c)

Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars

d)

Mars, Mercury, Venus and Earth

25.

Which planet has only one moon?

a)

Venus

b)

Mercury

c)

Mars

d)

Earth

26.
What is a STAR?
a)
A twinkle, like a diamond, in the night sky
b)
A ball of fire
c)
Glowing ball of hot gas that makes its own energy and light
d)
A large spherical object in space
27.

What are the terrestrial planets?

a)

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune

b)

Earth, Jupiter, Mars and Neptune

c)

Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars

d)

Mercury, Venus, Asteroid and Mars

28.

What planet is letter H and rotates on its side?

a)

Venus

b)

Neptune

c)

Uranus

d)

Mars

29.

What Earth does every 24 hours on its axis?

a)

Rotate

b)

Revolution

c)

Orbit

d)

Change Season

30.

A simple planet planet that has no moons or rings and is marked by craters.

a)

Mars

b)

Mercury

c)

Pluto

d)

Venus

31.

Earth's sister planet that holds the record for the hottest planet

a)

Jupiter

b)

Mars

c)

Mercury

d)

Venus

32.

The soil of this planet is reddish in color because it contains lots of iron. The dirt rusts.

a)

Mars

b)

Mercury

c)

Jupiter

d)

Venus

33.

The two ice giants are...

a)

Saturn and Uranus

b)

Uranus and Pluto

c)

Uranus and Neptune

d)

Neptune and Pluto

34.

This planet doesn't have a solid surface and has a great red spot that is a hurricane.

a)

Uranus

b)

Neptune

c)

Saturn

d)

Jupiter

35.

This planet's atmosphere is made of methane which gives it a blue color. It also rotates on its side and backwards,

a)

Uranus

b)

Venus

c)

Neptune

d)

Mars