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Planet Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 21mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which lists the 8 planets in the correct order?

a)

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

b)

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

c)

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

d)

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

2.

Which are the 4 inner planets?

a)

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune

b)

Mercury, Neptune, Jupiter and Mars

c)

Jupiter, Earth, Saturn and Venus

d)

Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars

3.

Are the inner planets terrestrial or gas and ice giants?

a)

Terrestrial

b)

Gas Giants and Ice Giants

4.

Which 4 planets are the outer planets?

a)

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune

b)

Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars

c)

Jupiter, Earth, Venus and Mercury

d)

Venus, Mars, Saturn and Jupiter

5.

Are the outer planets terrestrial or gas giants and ice giants?

a)

Terrestrial

b)

Gas Giants and Ice Giants

6.

Which planet is called the Red Planet?

a)

Earth

b)

Venus

c)

Neptune

d)

Mars

7.

Where does the red color on Mars come from?

a)

It isn't actually red

b)

Rust

c)

Blood

d)

It came from Jupiter's Great Red Spot

8.

Why is Venus sometimes called Earth's twin?

a)

They're almost the same size and made up of similar materials

b)

There is life on both planets

c)

They both have water

d)

Venus and Earth both have one moon

9.

Which planet rotates on it's side?

a)

Earth

b)

Mercury

c)

Jupiter

d)

Uranus

10.

Which planet is famous for it's "Great Red Spot"?

a)

Earth

b)

Jupiter

c)

Mars

d)

Saturn

11.

What is the "Great Red Spot"?

a)

A storm

b)

A stain

c)

A crater

d)

A ball of ice

12.

Which is the only planet that we know life exists?

a)

Mars

b)

Earth

c)

Neptune

d)

Venus

13.

Which planet is famous for it's very large rings?

a)

Mercury

b)

Jupiter

c)

Saturn

d)

Neptune

14.

Why does the sky always appear black on Mercury?

a)

There is no atmosphere

b)

It's very far from the Sun

c)

It's always night time

d)

Clouds are always blocking the Sun

15.

Which planet was named after the Roman God of the Sea?

a)

Earth

b)

Mars

c)

Venus

d)

Neptune

16.

Which is TRUE about an orbit?

a)

It is something only dwarf planets do

b)

It is the path that a planet travels around the Sun

c)

It's what causes day and night

d)

It is how the sun travels around the planets

17.

True or false:

Both planets and dwarf planets orbit the sun

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Is the moon a planet?

a)

Yes

b)

No

19.

What is the center of our solar system?

a)

The Sun

b)

Earth

c)

The Moon

d)

Mercury

20.

What is the sun?

a)

A star

b)

A moon

c)

A planet

d)

A satellite