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WorksheetsWednesday 6th January Home Learning: The Solar System
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
1. What does "solar" mean?
ice lolly
to do with the Moon
to do with the Sun
to do with space
2. What is 93 million miles from Earth?
The Sun
The Death Star
Venus
The McDonalds restaurant on Mars
3. How many days does it take Mercury to orbit (travel around) the Sun?
85 days
85 hours
88 days
88 hours
4. Which is the hottest planet in the Solar System?
Neptune
Mars
Venus
Earth
5. What is a "Goldilocks" planet?
A planet made of porridge
A planet where the three bears live
A planet which is the colour of gold
A planet where the conditions are just right for life
6. Apart from Earth, which planet do some scientists think humans could live on?
Jupiter
Mars
Uranus
Pluto
7. What is between Mars and Jupiter?
A black hole
An asteroid belt
The International Space Station
Halley's Comet
8. Which large gas planet has at least 67 moons?
Jupiter
Mercury
Venus
Saturn
9. What are made up of ice particles, rocks and dust?
Saturn's rings
Craters on the moon
meteorites
Martians
10. Which planet spins sideways?
Jupiter
Uranus
Saturn
Mars
11. What takes about 164 years to orbit the sun?
Mr. Mac on his bike
The Starship Enterprise
Neptune
Saturn
12. In 2006, which "planet" was declared a dwarf planet?
Pluto
Goofy
Spongebob Moonpants
Mercury
