WorksheetsThe Solar System
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
Which planet takes the longest time to make a complete journey around the Sun?
Earth
Mercury
Neptune
Uranus
Which of the following is a cause of global warming?
Use of renewable electricity
Climate change and global emissions
Reforestation
Carbon dioxide emissions
Lorry was given an assignment to research the characteristics of two features of the solar system. This is what she wrote:
There are millions of massive bodies that appear very small from earth. They produce their own light and appear to twinkle when viewed from earth.There are natural bodies in the solar system that revolves around some of the planets. They are held in place by a planet’s gravity. They appear to give off light but this light is actually reflected light from the sun.
3. Which two features did she write about?
Moons and meteors
Meteors and moons
Moons and stars
Stars and meteorites
What prevents the planets from colliding in space?
Orbits are large
Orbits are far apart
Orbits are close
Orbits are small
Which is not true about the Sun?
The Sun is the closest star to Earth
The Sun is a ball of burning gas
The Sun is one of 200 billion stars in our galaxy
The Sun is a gaseous moon
Which of the following is an accurate model of how the Sun, Earth, and Moon move?
Sun and moon orbit Earth
Earth and moon orbit Sun
Earth orbits the Sun and the moon orbits Earth
Earth and sun orbit moon
A ball of ice and dust with a tail of gas and dust pointing away from the sun.
Asteroid
Comet
Moon
Meteor
Arrange these planets in order of size from smallest to greatest.
[Earth Mars Jupiter Uranus ]
Mars Earth Uranus Jupiter
Earth Uranus Mars Jupiter
Earth Mars Uranus Jupiter
Mars Uranus Earth Jupiter
Read the passage and answer the question.
Imagine that a space mission from another star system is collecting data about our solar system. It crosses some of the paths along which the planets travel. Between the paths of the fourth and fifth planets from the sun, it has noted a band of small rocky bodies.
Which are the fourth and fifth planets being referred to in the passage? ?
Mars and Jupiter
Mars and Earth
Earth and Venus
Jupiter and Saturn
Read the passage and answer the question.
Imagine that a space mission from another star system is collecting data about our solar system. It crosses some of the paths along which the planets travel. Between the paths of the fourth and fifth planets from the sun, it has noted a band of small rocky bodies.
Which two words will correctly replace the underlined sections?
Galaxies / satellites
Stars / asteroids
Axis / comets
Orbits / asteroids
Mercury has no atmosphere at all so it gets very hot during the day and very cold a nights. Venus’ atmosphere has thick clouds trapping the heat and making it the hottest planet at around 370 ℃.
Which of Earth's characteristics matches the statement above?
A solid rocky surface
Liquid water on the surface
Light and heat reaches nearly every part for much of each 24 hours
An atmosphere which gives a stable temperature
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are all gaseous planets.
A solid rocky surface
Liquid water on the surface
Light and heat reaches nearly every part for much of each 24 hours
An atmosphere which gives a stable temperature
Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars are called the inner planets.
True
False
Venus, Jupiter, Mars and Uranus are called the gaseous planets.
True
False
Venus, Earth, Saturn and Mars are terrestrial planets.
True
False
All of the following tells the importance of the Sun EXCEPT:
The Sun provides us with light and heat which supports life on Earth.
The Sun provides us with light and heat which causes many plants and animals on the Earth to die.
Planets are held in their orbital path by the Sun’s gravitational pull.
The Sun’s gravitational force holds the Solar System together.
