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WorksheetsSCIENCE- The Planets and the Solar System Quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 4mins
1. As of today, How many planets are there in our solar system?
Eight
Nine
Ten
Eleven
2. Are the orbits of the planets on the same plane?
Yes, more or less
No, they’re all over the place
None so far
All of the above
3. In our solar system, the planets known as the giant planets are also known as the outer planets?
True
False
Always
Never
4. Which statement describes the atmosphere of the planet correctly?
Venus is mostly carbon dioxide
Mercury is mostly nitrogen
Earth is mostly oxygen
Saturn is mostly helium
5. To weigh roughly two-thirds less than what you do on Earth, which planet would you be on?
Uranus
Mars
Venus
Jupiter
6. How long does it take for light from the Sun to reach Earth?
1 minute
8 minutes
Instantaneous
24 hours
7. It takes the Sun 225-250 million years to do one revolution of the Milky Way Galaxy. How fast does the Sun travel?
220km in a second
220km in an minute
220 km in a hour
220km in a year
How old is the solar system
5000 years
5 million years
5 billion years
500 billion years
9. In 2007, Voyager 2 crossed the heliosheath boundary and into the vast region at the edge of our solar system where the solar wind runs up against the thin gas between the stars. What did this crossing confirm about the shape of our solar system?
It’s squashed
It’s round
It’s like a donut
It’s a horseshoe shape.
10. The immediate galactic area around our solar system is a cloud known as the Local Fluff which is within an otherwise sparse region called the Local Bubble.
True
False
Sometimes
Maybe
