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The Earth and The Solar System

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the planets is closest to the Sun?

a)

Earth

b)

Mars

c)

Mercury

d)

Venus

2.

What do you call the path a planet goes through as it moves around the Sun?

a)

Axis

b)

Orbit

c)

Revolution

d)

Rotation

3.

What type of galaxy is the Milky Way?

a)

Elliptical Galaxy

b)

Irregular Galaxy

c)

Barred Spiral Galaxy

d)

Spiral Galaxy

4.

What planet is closest to the sun?

a)

Mercury

b)

Venus

c)

Earth

d)

Neptune

5.

What planet is the same size as earth?

a)

Pluto

b)

Mars

c)

Saturn

d)

Venus

6.

What is the only planet that supports life?

a)

Mars

b)

Neptune

c)

Earth

d)

Saturn

7.

What planet is known as the red planet because of its red looking surface?

a)

Earth

b)

Saturn

c)

Uranus

d)

Mars

8.

_________ is the planet that takes the shortest time to revolve around the sun.

a)

Neptune

b)

Mars

c)

Earth

d)

Mercury

9.

Do each of the outer planets have at least one moon?

a)

Yes

b)

No

10.

What is the largest planet in the solar system?

a)

Mercury

b)

Neptune

c)

Jupiter

d)

Mars

11.

Sunlight takes about (a)   minutes to reach the ground.

12.

(a)   was a famous astronomer of ancient India.

13.

Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus have (a)   around them.

14.

Earth's shape is described as a (a)   .