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Solar System Test Review

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which object contains approximately 99.86% of the mass of the entire solar system?

a)

the Sun

b)

Earth

c)

Asteroids

d)

Jupiter

2.

Which planet is the sixth from the Sun?

a)

Earth

b)

Mars

c)

Jupiter

d)

Saturn

3.

Which planet is nicknamed the "Red Planet" because the surface is covered in a red mineral called Iron Oxide.

a)

Pluto

b)

Mars

c)

Jupiter

d)

Mercury

4.

Which planet is nicknamed the "Swift Planet" because its orbit around the Sun takes only 88 days?

a)

Mercury

b)

Saturn

c)

Uranus

d)

Venus

5.

Which is the smallest natural satellite?

a)

Luna

b)

Europa

c)

Io

d)

Deimos

6.

What is the center of a black hole called?

a)

Inner Event Horizon

b)

Triangularity

c)

Singularity

d)

Outer Event Horizon

7.

What is the most common type of star?

a)

Blue Dwarf

b)

Super Giant

c)

Red Dwarf

d)

Supernova

8.

What is the spectacular explosion called when a Blue Giant Star dies?

a)

Supernova

b)

Super Explosion

c)

Super Giant

d)

Super Star

9.

What is a meteoroid called when if falls through a planet's atmosphere?

a)

Meteorite

b)

Meteor

c)

Asteroid

d)

Comet

10.

Which moon phase comes directly after a New Moon?

a)

Full Moon

b)

Waxing Gibbous

c)

Waning Gibbous

d)

Waxing Crescent

11.

solid, rocky, and irregular bodies that orbit the sun

(a)  

12.

cosmic "snowballs" of ice, rock, and dust that live in the icy region beyond Neptune

(a)  

13.

these are the last four planets that are composed of mostly gas

(a)  

14.

planets that do not clear their orbit of other bodies of similar size

(a)  

15.

phase of the moon which we cannot see at night

(a)  

16.

a type of star that we usually see from Earth because they are very bright

(a)  

17.

What moon phase is this?

a)

New Moon

b)

Full Moon

18.

What moon phase is this?

a)

Waning Gibbous

b)

Waxing Crescent

19.

What moon phase is this?

a)

First Quarter

b)

Last Quarter

20.

What moon phase is this?

a)

Waxing Gibbous

b)

Waning Crescent

21.

What is this moon phase?

a)

Full Moon

b)

New Moon

22.

What moon phase is this?

a)

Waning Gibbous

b)

Waxing Crescent

23.

What moon phase is this?

a)

Last Quarter

b)

First Quarter

24.

What moon phase is this?

a)

Waning Crescent

b)

Waxing Gibbous

25.

What planet is closest to the Sun?

a)

Mercury

b)

Venus

c)

Earth

d)

Mars

26.

What is the second planet from the Sun?

a)

Mercury

b)

Venus

c)

Earth

d)

Mars

27.

What planet is third from the Sun?

a)

Mercury

b)

Venus

c)

Earth

d)

Mars

28.

What planet is fourth from the Sun?

a)

Mercury

b)

Venus

c)

Earth

d)

Mars

29.

What planet is fifth from the Sun?

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Uranus

d)

Neptune

30.

What planet is sixth from the Sun?

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Uranus

d)

Neptune

31.

What planet is seventh from the Sun?

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Uranus

d)

Neptune

32.

What planet is last?

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Uranus

d)

Neptune