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Planets in our Solar System

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which is the correct order of the planets from the Sun?

a)

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

b)

Venus, Earth, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

c)

Mercury, Earth, Mars, Venus, Jupiter, Uranus, Saturn, Neptune

d)

Earth, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus

2.

Which of the following requirements have to be met in order to be called a planet?

a)

A planet has to orbit a Star

b)

A planet should have a nearly round shape

c)

A planet needs to have cleared its neighborhood (path) around its orbit.

d)

All of the above.

3.

Which set of planets are rocky, have no rings, and no or few moons?

a)

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

b)

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

c)

Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Venus

d)

Neptune, Saturn, Venus, Mars

4.

How many astronomical units is it from the Earth to the Sun?

(a)  

5.

Which set of planets have multiple moons, have a ring system, are huge in size, and do not have a solid surface.

a)

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

b)

Mercury, Jupiter, Mars, Neptune

c)

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

d)

Earth, Saturn, Venus, Mars

6.

True or False: A moon is a natural satellite that orbits a planet.

(a)  

7.

Mercury, Venus, Earth, & Mars are known as what kind of planets?

a)

Jovian

b)

Terrestrial

c)

Gas giants

d)

Ice giants

8.

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, & Neptune are known as what kind of planets?

a)

Terrestrial

b)

Rocky

c)

Jovian

d)

They are not planets.

9.

What is the name of the force that holds planets in orbit around the Sun and moons in orbit around planets?

a)

Inertia

b)

Gravity

10.

What is the name of the unit scientists use to measure the distance of the planets from the Sun?

a)

Miles

b)

Kilometers

c)

Astronomical units

d)

Light year