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WorksheetsOur Solar System and Planets
Total questions: 44
Worksheet time: 22mins
Small, rocky objects that orbit the Sun
Asteroid
Comet
Planet
Meteor
Small, icy objects that orbit the Sun, and develop a tail as it nears the Sun
Asteroid
Comet
Planet
Meteor
Object that orbits the Sun, is nearly spherical in shape, and shares its orbital path with other objects of similar size
Asteroid
Comet
Meteroid
Dwarf Planet
Streak of light produced by a meteoroid as it passes through Earth's atmosphere
Meteor
Comet
Asteroid
Planet
Solid bits of debris that travels through the solar system
Comet
Meteor
Meteoroid
Planet
The moon is
Streak of light produced by a meteoroid
Natural satellite that orbits an object other than a star
Small, rocky object that orbits the Sun
Daily rising and falling level of the oceans
A Planet is:
Natural satellite that orbits an object other than a star
Object that orbits the Sun, and shares its orbital path with other objects of similar size
Object that orbits the Sun, is massive enough to be nearly spherical in shape, and has no other large object in its orbital path
Small, icy object that orbits the Sun, and develops a tail as it nears the Sun
The first step in the Scientific Inquiry process is:
Make a conclusion
Ask questions
Analyze the data
Hypothesize
According to this theory, the Universe formed from a single point and is still expanding
Oxygen theory of combustion
Heliocentric theory
Theory of Plate Tectonics
Big Bang theory
Light Years are:
The measurement of distance between stars
The time it takes to turn on a light
The time it takes for you to turn off a light
Your age
A sphere of very hot, burning gases
A bonfire
A star
Earth
A rainbow
A huge collection of stars, gas, and dust
Planet
Star
Galaxy
Dwarf Planet
Which property of the Outer Planets is true?
Few moons
Ring systems
Rocky surfaces
Short orbits
Astronomers prefer to observe the sky during moonless nights. Which phase of the Moon would be best for their observations?
Waning Gibbous
Waxing Gibbous
New Moon
Full Moon
What objects in the solar system are larger than Earth?
Mars, Mercury, and Venus
Neptune, Pluto, and Uranus
The Inner Planets and the Sun
The Outer Planets and the Sun
Pluto is an example of what kind of Planet?
Asteroid
Comet
Dwarf Planet
Meteroid
Which planet is closest to the Sun?
Mercury
Mars
Earth
Jupiter
What is the 5th planet from the Sun called?
Jupiter
Earth
Saturn
Mercury
What planet is the only planet with 21% oxygen?
Venus
Mercury
Uranus
Earth
What planet is the third largest planet in our solar system?
Uranus
Saturn
Neptune
Earth
Which planet rotates on its side?
Earth
Uranus
Saturn
Venus
This planet is known as the Red Planet because of the iron minerals in the soil:
Earth
Saturn
Mercury
Mars
Which planet in our solar system is the hottest?
Mercury
Mars
Venus
Uranus
This planet is also known as "The Evening or Morning Star."
mars
Saturn
Venus
Pluto
This planet's rings rotate up and down.
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Mars
This planet is the most distant planet from the Sun.
Earth
Uranus
Jupiter
Neptune
The Borealis Basin is found of this planet.
Mars
Neptune
Earth
Venus
This planet rotates faster than any other planet in our solar system.
Venus
Mars
Jupiter
Earth
The only planet with liquid water on it is
Earth
Mars
Mercury
Saturn
A small planet with a diameter of 3,100 miles
Neptune
Uranus
Mercury
Earth
This planet has the largest mountain in our solar system, Olympus Mons.
Saturn
Earth
Mars
Venus
This planet is the second largest planet
Saturn
Mercury
Venus
Neptune
This planet is the furthest from Earth that can be seen without a telescope.
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Mercury
This planet is 300 times the mass of Earth
Saturn
Venus
Mercury
Jupiter
This planet is 93 million miles from the Sun
Earth
Mercury
Jupiter
Uranus
The bright globe of this planet is surrounded by gaseous rings.
Uranus
Neptune
Saturn
Mars
This planet is closest to Earth
Venus
Mercury
Saturn
Neptune
This planet is the second smallest planet
Venus
Mars
Earth
Neptune
This planet takes 365 1/4 days to orbit the Sun
Venus
Mercury
Mars
Earth
This planet is most similar to Earth
Mars
Mercury
Jupiter
Saturn
This is the stormiest planet
Mercury
Earth
Jupiter
Saturn
This planet was named after the Roman god of the sea.
Mercury
Mars
Earth
Neptune
This planet is the second planet from the Sun
Earth
Venus
Mercury
Mars
The reason that Pluto isn't considered a planet anymore is because
It's too far out in our solar system
It has another object about the same size in its orbital path around the Sun
We have eight planet already. We don't need a ninth.
It is really our imagination. It's not really there.
