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Grade-6 The earth in the solar system

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which planet is called blue planet

a)

Venus

b)

Earth

c)

Uranus

d)

Mars

2.

The planet closest to the Sun

a)

Venus

b)

Mercury

c)

Earth

d)

Mars

3.

Asteroids are found between the orbits of

a)

Mars and saturn

b)

Saturn and Jupiter

c)

Mars and Jupiter

d)

Venus and Mars

4.

What is at the centre of our Solar System?

a)

Moon

b)

Sun

c)

Earth

5.

What is at the centre of our Solar System?

a)

Moon

b)

Sun

c)

Earth

6.

Mars is called the ________ planet.

a)

green

b)

blue

c)

red

d)

yellow

7.

Saturn is famous for its _____________.

a)

rings

b)

gas

c)

colour

d)

moons

8.

How many planets are in our Solar System?

a)

6

b)

7

c)

8

d)

9

9.

Which planet is closest to the Sun?

a)

Mercury

b)

Venus

c)

Earth

d)

Mars

10.

The Sun is a ___________.

a)

planet

b)

star

c)

moon

d)

meteor

11.

Which is the third nearest planet to the Sun?

a)

Venus

b)

Earth

c)

Mercury

12.

The Pole star indicates the direction to the

a)

South

b)

North

c)

East

13.

Which one of the following is a galaxy?

a)

Akash Ganga

b)

Big bear

c)

Saptarishi

d)

Asteroids

14.

Which of the following is the nearest planet of the Sun?

a)

Earth

b)

Mercury

c)

Venus

d)

Saturn

15.

Which one of the following terms is used for the Full Moon night?

a)

Amavasya

b)

Poornima

c)

Equinox

d)

Winter Solstice

16.

Which of the following is made up of millions of galaxies?

a)

World

b)

Sun

c)

Solar system

d)

Universe

17.

The largest planet of Solar system is -

a)

Earth

b)

Jupiter

c)

Saturn

d)

Venus

18.

Full moon is visible on the night of

a)

Amavasya

b)

Poornima

c)

New moon night

d)

None of these

19.

___________ was once considered a full planet but was redefined as a dwarf planet in 2006.

a)

Pluto

b)

Mars

c)

Ceres

d)

MakeMake

20.

Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars are known as _____________ planets.

a)

rocky

b)

gaseous

21.

The earth________ around it's axis (another word for spin)?

a)

Revolves

b)

Jumps

c)

Rotates

d)

Skips

22.
What is the Moon?
a)
It is a planet
b)
It is a satellite
c)
It is a star
d)
It is a comet