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Planets

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

We know the most about planet Mercury.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Mercury is most similar to...

a)

Earth - it is called "Earth's twin"

b)

Mars

c)

the moon

d)

Venus

3.

Mercury's temperatures can _____________ during the day.

a)

drop to 184 degrees Celsius

b)

rise to 427 degrees Celsius

4.

Mercury's temperatures can _____________ at night.

a)

rise to 427 degrees Celsius

b)

drop to 184 degrees Celsius

5.

Mercury

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
6.

How big is Mercury?

a)

huge planet

b)

the largest planet in the solar system

c)

a happy medium planet

d)

the smallest planet in the solar system

7.

Prograde rotation

a)

counterclockwise spin of a planet about its axis

b)

clockwise spin of a planet about its axis

8.

Retrograde rotation

a)

counterclockwise spin of a planet about its axis

b)

clockwise spin of a planet about its axis

9.

Venus orbits around the sun slower than it spins on its axis in a day.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

What rotation does Venus have?

a)

prograde

b)

retrograde

11.

What is on the surface of Venus?

a)

thousands of canyons

b)

thousands of volcanoes

c)

thousands of rivers

d)

thousands of species

12.

Different from Earth, Venus is

a)

temperate

b)

mountainous

c)

cold

d)

toxic

13.

Which planet is the hottest of the Terrestrial Planets?

a)

Mars

b)

Mercury

c)

Venus

d)

Earth

14.

Which planet is ideal for life?

a)

Mercury

b)

Venus

c)

Earth

d)

Mars

15.

How many species reside on planet Earth?

a)

between 5 million and 30 million

b)

between 5 billion and 30 billion

c)

between 15 million and 30 million

d)

between 50 million and 3 billion

16.

Which Terrestrial planet has tectonic plates?

a)

Mercury

b)

Venus

c)

Earth

d)

Mars

17.

Where have humans traveled to in our solar system?

a)

Jupiter

b)

Venus

c)

Earth

d)

Mars

e)

The Moon

18.

Which planet is the best known in our solar system, other than Earth?

a)

Mercury

b)

Jupiter

c)

Neptune

d)

Mars

e)

Uranus

19.

Mars is covered in...

a)

rocks and boulders

b)

a powdery dust

c)

water

d)

orange-red colored soil

20.

Which planet is home to Olympus Mons, the largest volcano in the solar system?

a)

Mercury

b)

Jupiter

c)

Earth

d)

Mars

e)

Neptune

21.

Which planet has a thin atmosphere, composed mostly of carbon dioxide?

a)

Mercury

b)

Venus

c)

Neptune

d)

Mars

e)

Saturn

22.

Mars northern polar ice cap changes ________ with the seasons.

a)

color

b)

size

c)

location

23.

Which planet has the fastest rotation?

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Uranus

d)

Neptune

24.

Which planet has a blue-green tint due to the absorption of red light by methane gas?

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Uranus

d)

Neptune

25.

Which planet has high surface gravity and wind speeds?

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Uranus

d)

Neptune

26.

Which planet has a warm interior?

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Uranus

d)

Neptune

27.

Which planet has a ring system made up of icy particles?

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Uranus

d)

Neptune

28.

Which planet has a blue tint due to the absorption of red light by methane gas?

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Uranus

d)

Neptune

29.

Which planet spins on its side while orbiting the sun?

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Uranus

d)

Neptune

30.

Which planet is the largest in the solar system?

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Uranus

d)

Neptune

31.

Which planet’s moon has water geysers?

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Uranus

d)

Neptune

32.

These planets have deep, massive atmospheres, made up mostly of hydrogen and helium.

a)

Terrestrial

b)

Gas Giants

33.

These planets are small and dense rocky bodies.

a)

Terrestrial

b)

Gas Giants

34.

Jupiter rotates the __________ of the Gas Giants.

a)

fastest

b)

slowest

35.

What is the name of the most well known storm on Jupiter?

a)

Great Brown Spot

b)

The Great Spot

c)

Jupiter's Spot

d)

Great Red Spot

36.

Saturn's southern pole is home to

a)

an aurora of dancing, glowing light

b)

geysers

c)

volcanoes

37.

Gas Giants

a)
b)
38.

Jupiter

a)
b)
c)
d)
39.

Saturn

a)
b)
c)
d)
40.

Uranus

a)
b)
c)
d)
41.

Neptune

a)
b)
c)
d)
42.
a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Uranus

d)

Neptune

43.

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Uranus

d)

Neptune

44.
a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Uranus

d)

Neptune

45.

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Uranus

d)

Neptune

46.

Terrestrial planets

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
47.

Gas giants

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
48.

Venus

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
49.

Mars

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
50.

Order the planets, starting with closest to the sun first

(a)  

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