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The Solar System

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

I am reddish brown.

I come after Pluto.

I'm made out of nitrogen, ethane and methane.

What am I? -Christina

a)

terrestrial planet

b)

inner planet

c)

outer planet

d)

dwarf planet

2.

I have a thin atmosphere.

I am 25% percent of the total mass of the ________ _____.

I have a rocky surface and may contain water vapor.

What am I? -Ryan

a)

Haumea

b)

Ceres

c)

Vesta

d)

Eris

3.

Distance from Sun is 19.14 AU.

Atmosphere that includes helium, hydrogen, and methane.

14.5 Earth masses.

What am I? -Kira

a)

Neptune

b)

Earth

c)

Mercury

d)

Jupiter

4.

I'm the second largest thing in the asteroid belt.

I am the size of Arizona.

My outside is basalt or hardened lava.

What am I? -Makiah

a)

Haumea

b)

Ceres

c)

Vesta

d)

Eris

5.

I am reddish from distance. From closeup I'm butterscotch.

My surface is made of oxidized iron dust rocks of the same color.

I am the fourth planet of the solar system.

What am I? -Lupita

a)

Mercury

b)

Venus

c)

Mars

d)

Jupiter

6.

I’m the fastest spinning object in the Kuiper belt.

I’m almost the size of Pluto.

I was recently discovered to have rings.

What am I? -McKenna

a)

Pluto

b)

Vesta

c)

Eris

d)

Haumea

7.

I have lots of cracks but not many craters.

I have twice as much water as Earth.

I am a moon.

What am I? -Melanie

a)

Europa

b)

Ganymede

c)

Titan

d)

Luna

8.

It is a reddish color.

It has very intense storms.

It is the biggest planet in our solar system.

What am I? -Trenton

a)

Uranus

b)

Neptune

c)

Jupiter

d)

Saturn

9.

I am gray in color.

I am a mix of water, ice, and maybe water vapor.

I have 0 moons.

What am I? -Isis

a)

Ceres

b)

Lo

c)

Vesta

d)

Venus

10.

I have standing liquid on my surface.

My atmosphere is dense.

I am Saturn's largest moon.

What am I? -Mrs. Hall

a)

Encleadus

b)

Lo

c)

Ceres

d)

Titan

11.

I am located between Mars and Jupiter.

Many rock fragments are found here.

Meteoroids originate here.

What am I?

a)

Kuiper belt

b)

Asteroid belt

c)

Planetary belt

d)

Leather belt

12.

Some people may say that I don't exist, but I do.

People may say that I'm a double planet, but I'm not.

I'm brown and warm and sometimes I'm too small to see.

What am I? -Ashley

a)

Jupiter

b)

Earth

c)

Pluto

d)

Eris