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Solar System

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The hottest planet in the Solar System.

a)

Mercury

b)

Mars

c)

Jupiter

d)

Venus

2.

What phase of the moon comes after Waxing Gibbous?

a)

Waning Gibbous

b)

First Quarter

c)

Full moon

d)

Waxing Crescent

3.

Smallest of the gas planet

a)

Uranus

b)

Neptune

c)

Jupiter

d)

Saturn

4.

The planet which appears to rotate on its side because of its flat axis.

a)

Venus

b)

Mercury

c)

Jupiter

d)

Uranus

5.

The inner and outer planets are separated by __________________

a)

Stars

b)

Meteors

c)

Asteroid belt

d)

moons

6.

Planets rotate or spin along an imaginary line called ______________

a)

Equator

b)

Orbit

c)

Axis

d)

needle

7.

After the moon is a full moon, it appears to ‘shrink’ more and more, for two weeks, till it is hardly seen. This is called ____________

a)

Phases

b)

Waxing

c)

Waning

d)

Lunar

8.

The moon takes _________ days to go around the earth

a)

30

b)

31

c)

28

d)

29

9.

____________ orbit the Sun in areas where there are many other similar objects. E.g. asteroids, dust, gas and other objects.

a)

Dwarf planets

b)

Meteors

c)

Jupiter

d)

Meteoroids

10.

Meteoroids enter the earth’s atmosphere and burn, they are called

a)

Meteors

b)

Asteroids

c)

Dwarf planets

d)

Sun