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Planets

Total questions: 44

Worksheet time: 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What planet is closest to the sun?

a)

Mars

b)

Earth

c)

Venus

d)

Mercury

2.

What are the four inner planets?

a)

Earth, Uranus, Mercury, Venus

b)

Mercury Venus Earth Saturn

c)

Mars, Earth , Mercury, Venus

d)

Mars, Earth, Neptune, Mercury

3.

Which planet is farthest from the sun?

a)

Neptune

b)

Jupiter

c)

Mercury

d)

Uranus

4.

What are the outer planets?

a)

Jupiter, Saturn, Earth, Neptune

b)

Saturn, Neptune, Mars, Uranus

c)

Uranus, Saturn, Neptune, Jupiter

d)

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

5.

What is the fourth planet from the sun?

a)

Mars

b)

Earth

c)

Saturn

d)

Venus

6.

What is at the center of our solar system?

a)

asteroid belt

b)

Earth

c)

sun

d)

moon

7.

What is the sixth planet from the sun?

a)

Uranus

b)

Saturn

c)

Earth

d)

Venus

8.

Which planets are made of solid surfaces and rocky cores?

a)

terrestrial

b)

gas giants

c)

outer planets

9.

Which planets are mostly made of gases?

a)

terrestrial

b)

gas giants

c)

inner planets

10.

Which planet is a gas giant?

a)

Mercury

b)

Earth

c)

Saturn

d)

Venus

11.

Which planet is a terrestrial planet?

a)

Uranus

b)

Neptune

c)

Jupiter

d)

Venus

12.

Which planets are the gas giants?

a)

Earth, Jupiter, Venus, Neptune

b)

Saturn, Uranus, Jupiter, Neptune

c)

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Mars

d)

Uranus, Jupiter, Earth, Neptune

13.

Which planets are all inner planets?

a)

gas giants

b)

terrestrial planets

14.

Which planets are all outer planets?

a)

gas giants

b)

terrestrial planets

15.

How many planets are in our solar system?

a)

6

b)

7

c)

8

d)

9

16.

Which two facts describe Earth?

a)

inner planet

b)

outer planet

c)

terrestrial planet

d)

gas giant

17.
Which planet doesn't have a moon?
a)
Earth
b)
Mars
c)
Mercury
d)
Jupiter
18.
Which planet has the largest continuous hurricane?
a)
Earth
b)
Mars
c)
Jupiter
d)
Saturn
19.
Which of the following is not true?
Planets closer to the sun...
a)
are hotter
b)
revolve slower
c)
have less moons
d)
are smaller
20.
The inner and outer planets are divided by...
a)
The asteroid belt
b)
The oort cloud
c)
The kuiper belt
d)
a fraction
21.
Which planet has very visible rings?
a)
Jupiter
b)
Saturn
c)
Earth
d)
Neptune
22.
What is the correct order of planets from the sun?
a)
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
b)
Mars, Venus, Earth, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
c)
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus
d)
Jupiter, Saturn, Venus, Earth, Pluto, Mars, Mercury, Neptune
23.
What does the word terrestrial mean?
a)
Warm planets
b)
planets with moons
c)
planets with ailens
d)
Rocky planets
24.
Compared to the inner planets, the outer planets are...
a)
larger
b)
warmer
c)
denser
d)
better
25.
Which planet is known for it's red, rust covered surface?
a)
Venus
b)
Mercury
c)
Mars
d)
Jupiter
26.
Which is the hottest planet?
a)
Mercury
b)
Venus
c)
Earth
d)
Neptune
27.

Which planet is the only planet know to have life?

a)

Earth

b)

Mars

c)

Venus

d)

Mercury

28.

Which planet is the largest planet?

a)

Mercury

b)

Neptune

c)

Saturn

d)

Jupiter

29.

Which planet is the smallest planet?

a)

Mercury

b)

Neptune

c)

Saturn

d)

Jupiter

30.

Which planet is tipped on its side?

a)

Neptune

b)

Jupiter

c)

Saturn

d)

Uranus

31.

Which planet has beautiful rings made of ice, rock and dust?

a)

Saturn

b)

Mars

c)

Earth

d)

Neptune

32.

Outer Planets- select all that apply

a)

small inner cores

b)

larger

c)

gaseous

d)

many moons

e)

temperatures are colder than inner planets

33.

Inner Planets- select all that apply

a)

dense core

b)

rocky

c)

few moons

d)

thin atmosphere

e)

smaller than outer planets

34.
Two factors effecting the magnitude of force of gravity between 2 objects are...
a)
weight and mass 
b)
distance and weight 
c)
mass and matter 
d)
mass and distance 
35.
Gravity attracts all objects towards one another. 
a)
True
b)
False 
36.
As distance between objects increases the pull of gravity...
a)
increases 
b)
decreases 
c)
Stays the same 
37.
Which of the following never changes no matter where you are in the universe? 
a)
Pounds 
b)
weight 
c)
Force
d)
Mass
38.
A person would weigh less on the moon than on the Earth because...
a)
the moon has less mass, and therefore less gravity
b)
the moon has more mass, and therefore less gravity
c)
the moon has less mass, and therefore more gravity
d)
the moon has more mass, and therefor more gravity
39.
The relationship between the mass of objects and its weight on Earth is constant. 
a)
True
b)
False 
40.
An example of a gravitational interaction is that the Earth... 
a)
orbits the sun
b)
orbits the moon
c)
orbits other planets 
d)
None of the above 
41.
A person weights _______ on the moon than they do on Earth.
a)
the same
b)
more
c)
less
42.
A person would weigh more on Jupiter than on the Earth because---
a)
Jupiter has less mass, and therefore less gravity
b)
Jupiter has more mass, and therefore less gravity.
c)
Jupiter has less mass, and therefore more gravity.
d)
Jupiter has more mass, and therefore more gravity
43.
__________holds all of the planets in orbit around the sun.
a)
Force
b)
Motion
c)
Weight
d)
Gravity
44.
Gravity on Mar's surface is much lower than it is here on Earth. This is because the mass is __________than Earth.
a)
less
b)
more
c)
the same 

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