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THE SOLAR SYSTEM

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the rings of Saturn made of?

a)

Rocks and Dust

b)

Rock, Ice crystals, and dust

c)

Ice Crystals

d)

Stars

2.
The stormiest planet in the solar system is ____________________.
a)
Jupiter
b)
Saturn
c)
Uranus
d)
Neptune
3.

Which planet has the most moons _____________.

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Neptune

d)

Uranus

4.
Why isn't Pluto considered a planet any more?
a)
It has many moons
b)
It is really big
c)
It is really small
d)
It has many rings
5.
How many stars are in our solar system?
a)
1
b)
1,000
c)
1 million
d)
Over 1 billion
6.
All of Earth experiences night at the same time.
a)
True
b)
False
7.

A natural or a man-made free flying body that orbits a planet on a fixed path is a(n)

a)

comet

b)

satellite

c)

asteroid

d)

exoplanet

8.

Which planet is made up of mostly liquid water?

a)

Neptune

b)

Uranus

c)

Earth

9.

What is at the center of our Solar System and also the largest object in it?

a)

Earth

b)

Jupiter

c)

The Sun

d)

The Moon

10.

The Sun revolves around the Earth.

a)

True

b)

False

11.
All of the following are true about the Sun 
EXCEPT 
a)
the Sun makes the light we see
b)
the heat from the Sun is reflected from Moon to the Earth
c)
sunlight is Earth’s primary source of energy
12.
Complete the analogy. Planet is to Earth, as satellite is to:
a)
star
b)
sun
c)
moon
d)
asteroid
13.

noun. an instrument that makes distant objects appear larger.

(a)  

14.

noun. a heavenly body in outer space that circles around the sun or another star.

(a)  

15.
The Earth's revolution around the sun gives us _____.
a)
day and night
b)
weeks
c)
years
d)
months
16.
This picture shows the path Earth takes as it moves around the sun. What is the path called?
a)
a constellation
b)
a moon
c)
an orbit
d)
a planet
17.

___________ was once considered a full planet but was redefined as a dwarf planet in 2006.

a)

Pluto

b)

Mars

c)

Ceres

d)

MakeMake

18.
When the southern hemisphere has winter, what season does the northern hemisphere have?
a)
winter
b)
spring
c)
summer
d)
fall
19.
Which planets have no natural satellites?
a)
Earth & Mars
b)
Jupiter & Saturn
c)
Mercury & Venus
d)
Mercury & Mars
20.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. 
Which planet is missing?
a)
Pluto
b)
Jupiter
c)
the sun
d)
the moon
21.

(a)   is an imaginary line that divides earth into northern and southern hemisphere

22.

State TRUE / FALSE-

Outer part of the earth grew cold and hard but inner part of the earth is still like a soupy mass.

(a)  

23.

Unscramble the given letters to make the correct word for a thick layer of rocks present just below the crust of the earth.

T A N L E M

(a)  

24.

Space explorers gather information about various heavenly bodies present in the outer (a)  

25.

Fill Up the given-

Volcanoes are the openings present in the (a)   of the earth.