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The Solar System

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The object in the solar system which gives of a lot of heat and light is ....

a)

Moon

b)

Earth

c)

Sun

d)

Asteroid

2.

The planet where we live is ....

a)

Earth

b)

Mars

c)

Venus

d)

Jupiter

3.

This planet is ....

a)

Uranus

b)

Mars

c)

Neptune

d)

Saturn

4.

The biggest planet is ....

a)

Earth

b)

Jupiter

c)

Mercury

d)

Venus

5.

An object that orbits another bigger object in space is called ....

a)

Star

b)

Comet

c)

Satellite

d)

Asteroid

6.

The picture of Mars is ....

a)
b)
c)
d)
7.

The second planet in the space is ....

a)

Uranus

b)

Venus

c)

Mars

d)

Neptune

8.

Most of them are found between Mars and Jupiter. They are ....

a)

Asteroids

b)

Comet

c)

Meteors

d)

Stars

9.

They form dust tails as they heat up when nearing the Sun. It is ....

a)

Meteor

b)

Asteroid

c)

Comet

d)

Moon

10.

The small objects from space that burn brightly as they enter the Earth's atmosphere and known as shooting star is called ....

a)

Comet

b)

Moon

c)

Asteroids

d)

Meteors

11.

A collection of star systems, such as the Solar System, gas and dust is called ....

a)

Galaxy

b)

Satellite

c)

Planet

d)

Comet

12.

The scientist who developed a model to predict the movements of the Sun, Moon, planets and stars based on the Earth-centered model of the universe is ....

a)

Claudius Ptolemy

b)

Omar Khayyam

c)

Nicolaus Copernicus

d)

Galileo Galilei

13.

The father of observational astronomy is ....

a)

Galileo Galilei

b)

Johannes Kepler

c)

Omar Khayyam

d)

Claudius Ptolemy

14.

There are ... planets in the space.

a)

5

b)

6

c)

7

d)

8

15.

A planet is a very large object that orbits a ... in space.

a)

Moon

b)

Star

c)

Satellite

d)

Meteor