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Our Solar System Review

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
A small orbiting body made of dust, ice and frozen gases is a __________
a)
Planet
b)
Comet
c)
Solar System
d)
Asteroid
2.
Which planet is furthest away from the sun?
a)
Mercury
b)
Venus
c)
Jupiter
d)
Neptune
3.
Which planet is not an inner planet?
a)
Earth
b)
Mars
c)
Venus
d)
Saturn
4.
Which one is not an outer planet?
a)
Jupiter
b)
Neptune
c)
Mars
d)
Uranus
5.
Which planet has the Great Red Spot?
a)
Pluto
b)
Uranus
c)
Jupiter
d)
Earth
6.
Where is the asteroid belt?
a)
Between the inner and outer planets
b)
Past pluto
c)
All over our solar system
d)
Between Earth and Venus
7.
What is a fact about the outer planets?
a)
They are smaller.
b)
They are made of rock
c)
They are made of gas.
d)
They have no rings.
8.
What is a fact about the inner planets?
a)
They are smaller.
b)
They are made of gas.
c)
They have many moons.
d)
They have rings.
9.
Where is a meteor located?
a)
In the atmosphere
b)
In outer space
c)
On the ground
10.
Where is a meteoroid located?
a)
In the atmosphere
b)
In outer space
c)
On the ground
11.
Where is a meteorite located?
a)
In the atmosphere
b)
In outer space
c)
On the ground
12.

Which of the following consists mostly of small bodies of ice located just beyond Neptune's orbit?

a)

the asteroid belt

b)

the Kuiper belt

c)

a meteor shower

d)

the Oort cloud

13.

In which of the following parts of the solar system are most comets likely to be located?

a)

Oort cloud

b)

Kuiper belt

c)

crossing Earth's orbit

d)

in the orbits of Jupiter and Neptune

14.

The length of a planet's year is . . .

a)

How long it takes the planet to rotate once on its axis

b)

How long it takes the planet to orbit once around the sun

c)

How large the planet is

d)

How much the planet tilts on its axis

15.

Which planet is the closest planet to the sun?

a)

Mercury

b)

Venus

c)

Mars

d)

Pluto

16.
Which planet is the largest?
a)
Jupiter
b)
Saturn
c)
Neptune
d)
Uranus
17.
Besides Pluto, which planet is the smallest?
a)
Mercury
b)
Venus
c)
Earth 
d)
Mars
18.
Which planet is red because of iron oxide or rust?
a)
Venus
b)
Mars
c)
Jupiter
d)
Saturn
19.

Which planet's average temperature make it the hottest planet in the solar system?

a)

Mercury

b)

Venus

c)

Earth

d)

Mars

20.

Which planet rotates on its side?

a)

Venus

b)

Earth

c)

Saturn

d)

Uranus

21.

The rocky objects that orbit in space are called

a)

planets

b)

asteroids

c)

comets

d)

meteors

22.
A stream of particles that extends outward from the sun's corona is called
a)
A sunspot
b)
Chromosphere
c)
Prominence
d)
Solar wind
23.
The layer of the sun's atmosphere that gives off the visible light we see is the 
a)
Corona
b)
Chromosphere
c)
Photosphere
d)
Convection zone
24.
The sun's _____ is the laser of the atmosphere that has a reddish glow. 
a)
photosphere
b)
chromosphere
c)
Corona
d)
Core
25.
The planet _____ has an atmosphere with high air pressure made mostly of carbon dioxide. 
a)
Venus
b)
Earth
c)
Mercury
d)
Mars
26.

What determines the length of a planet's day?

a)

the time it take to revolve around the sun

b)

the time it takes to revolve around the Earth

c)

the time it takes to rotate on its axis

d)

the tilt of its axis

27.

What is the atmosphere of the moon like?

a)

thick and heavy

b)

almost non-existent

c)

extremely hot

d)

oxygen rich

28.

Which would more than likely have more moons?

a)

a very small planet

b)

a very massive planet

c)

a planet very far from the star it orbits

d)

a planet very close to the star it orbits

29.

There is only 1 planet we know of that has water in all 3 states (solid, liquid, and gas). It's

a)

Earth

b)

Mars

c)

Jupiter

d)

Venus

30.

Why is Mercury not the hottest planet when it is the one closest to the sun??

a)

it has a large ozone layer

b)

it has no liquid water

c)

it has hardly any atmosphere to insulate it

d)

it has a very heavy atmosphere

31.

What would cause a lunar eclipse to happen every month?

a)

if the moon's orbit was not tilted

b)

if the moon rotated on it's axis

c)

if the Earth's axis was not tilted

d)

if the sun were closer to the Earth

32.

How are the Moon, Sun, and Earth arranged during a solar eclipse?

a)

Sun, Earth, Moon

b)

Moon, Sun, Earth

c)

Earth, Moon, Sun

d)

Earth, Sun, Moon

33.

How are the Moon, Sun, and Earth arranged during a lunar eclipse?

a)

Sun, Moon, Earth

b)

Earth, Sun, Moon

c)

Earth, Moon, Sun

d)

Moon, Earth, Sun

34.

What layer of the sun produces energy?

a)

photosphere

b)

corona

c)

core

d)

convective zone

35.

What happens during nuclear fusion in the sun?

a)

hydrogen atoms combine to form helium

b)

hydrogen atoms combine to form oxygen

c)

helium atoms combine to form hydrogen

d)

hydrogen atoms break down to form helium

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