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Solar system

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which planet is closest to the sun?

a)

Earth

b)

Mercury

c)

Mars

d)

Venus

2.

Which is the only planet to have liquid water on its surface?

a)

Mars

b)

Mercury

c)

Earth

d)

Venus

3.

What is the 4th planet from the sun?

a)

Earth

b)

Venus

c)

Mercury

d)

Mars

4.

Which is the largest of the inner planets?

a)

Earth

b)

Venus

c)

Mars

d)

Mercury

5.

This is the red planet.

a)

Earth

b)

Venus

c)

Mars

d)

Mercury

6.

This planet turns in the opposite direction.

a)

Mercury

b)

Venus

c)

Earth

d)

Mars

7.

This planet has an atmosphere of swirling clouds.

a)

Earth

b)

Venus

c)

Mercury

d)

Mars

8.

What are the dents called that Mercury is covered in?

a)

craters

b)

meteorites

c)

asteroids

9.

These are the inner planets:

a)

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Jupiter

b)

Earth, Saturn, Mars

c)

Mercury, Venus, Earth

d)

Earth, Venus, Mars, Mercury

10.

These are the outer planets:

a)

Neptune, Saturn, Uranus, Jupiter

b)

Neptune, Saturn, Mars, Uranus

c)

Saturn, Mercury, Neptune, Uranus

d)

Mars, Venus, Mercury, Jupiter

11.

What planet has the Great Dark Spot?

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Uranus

d)

Neptune

12.

This planet has 7 thin rings.

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Uranus

d)

Neptune

13.

This planet is named after a Greek god.

a)

Saturn

b)

Uranus

c)

Neptune

d)

Jupiter

14.

This planet was named after the Roman god of the sea.

a)

Uranus

b)

Jupiter

c)

Neptune

d)

Saturn

15.

This planet is the 3rd brightest object in the sky.

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Uranus

d)

Neptune

16.

This is the furthest planet you can see without a telescope.

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Uranus

d)

Neptune

17.

This planet has the Great Red Spot

a)

Mars

b)

Uranus

c)

Saturn

d)

Jupiter

18.

This planet was named after the Roman god of the water and sea.

a)

Uranus

b)

Neptune

c)

Earth

19.

Characteristics of the outer planets:

a)

rocky planets

b)

gas giants

20.

Characteristics of the inner planets:

a)

rocky planets

b)

gas giants