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The Prodigious Place live in ~ Our Solar System

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The only planet that supports life. (at least for now)

a)

Pluto

b)

Mars

c)

Earth

d)

Mercury

2.

The rings of Saturn are mostly made of...

a)

Gases

b)

Ice

c)

Plasma

d)

Rainbows

3.

If you were to conduct an experiment using a ball, a flashlight, and a dark room, what would you be investigating?

a)

The speed of light

b)

Why there are dark spots on the sun

c)

The atmosphere of Earth

d)

The phases of the moon

4.

The planet made up of mostly hydrogen and helium?

a)

Venus

b)

Jupiter

c)

Neptune

d)

Earth

5.

How is Earth different from all the other planets in our solar system?

a)

It is the only planet with its own moon.

b)

It has storms in the atmosphere.

c)

It has liquid water that allows plants and animals to live.

d)

It is close enough to the sun to get heat energy.

6.

The length of a year on a planet is based on which action of the Earth?

a)

The planet rotating on its axis

b)

The Sun rotating on its axis

c)

The revolution around the Sun

d)

The seasons

7.

Saturn is the only planet with a ring system.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Which element makes up the most composition of the Sun?

a)

Helium

b)

Oxygen

c)

Hydrogen

d)

Carbon

9.
The spinning of an object on its axis is called______
a)
orbit
b)
rotation
c)
revolution
d)
tide
10.
Earth and the other planets closest to the Sun are made mostly of _______
a)
gas
b)
metal
c)
water
d)
rock
11.
Planets that are closer to the sun
a)
take more time to orbit
b)
take less time to orbit
12.

Which is the correct order of the planets?

a)

Mercury, Venus, Mars, Earth, Saturn, Jupiter, Neptune, Uranus

b)

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Saturn, Neptune

c)

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

d)

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Jupiter, Saturn, Mars, Uranus, Neptune

13.
A force of attraction between any two objects is called _____________.
a)
static electricity 
b)
rotation
c)
gravity
d)
orbit
14.
How long does it take Earth to complete one revolution around the Sun?
a)
24 hours
b)
one week
c)
one month
d)
one year
15.
Earth completes one full ___________ on its axis every 24 hours.
a)
rotation
b)
revolution
c)
resolution
d)
reservation