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Solar system quiz 1

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the order of the planets?

a)

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

b)

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

c)

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

d)

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

2.

How many planets orbit the sun?

a)

6

b)

7

c)

8

d)

9

3.

Which planet is the coldest and furthest from the sun?

a)

Uranus

b)

Jupiter

c)

Neptune

d)

None of these

4.

Which planet has almost no atmosphere

a)

Venus

b)

Jupiter

c)

Mars

d)

Mercury

5.

What is different about how Uranus rotates?

a)

It rotates on its side, and the opposite direction of most planets

b)

It rotates vertically and the same direction as most planets

6.

What does this picture represent?

a)

Our universe.

b)

Our Milky Way Galaxy

c)

Our solar system

7.

Which planets are gas giants? (1 point)

a)

Mars and Earth

b)

Venus and Mercury

c)

Saturn and Jupiter

8.

What makes Earth different from any other planet?

a)

It is the only planet known to support life.

b)

It is the only planet with a solid surface.

c)

It is the only planet known to have ice at its poles.

9.

What is the definition of orbit?

a)

the imaginary line that goes through the north and south poles that the earth spins on

b)

is an elliptical imaginary path that goes around the sun in space.

10.

Which one takes one year?

a)

rotation

b)

revolution

11.
Which planet in the solar system has a significant ring system?
a)
Neptune
b)
Mars
c)
Saturn
12.

What is a planet?

a)

a group of stars that forms a pattern in the sky

b)

a large ball of hot gases that gives off heat and light

c)

a large ball or rock or gas that moves around the sun

13.

What is another word for rotate?

a)

orbit

b)

skip

c)

spin

14.

This planet comes after Saturn

a)

Neptune

b)

Uranus

c)

Jupiter

d)

Earth

15.

Why is space travel difficult for people?

a)

We cannot take the air or food we need into space

b)

the distance are very great; it is dangerous and expensive.

c)

It is impossible to escape the sun's or Earth's gravity.

16.
Planets that are closer to the sun
a)
take more time to orbit
b)
take less time to orbit
17.
True or False
The planets are all equally distanced from each other.
a)
True
b)
False
18.

Which planet is the first (1st) from the Sun?

a)
b)
c)
d)
19.

What separates the inner planets from the outer planets?

a)
b)
c)
d)
20.

Which of the following planets has the biggest orbit?

a)

Earth

b)

Neptune

c)

Mercury

d)

Jupiter