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Solar System

Total questions: 33

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

1. Which of the following planets is the nearest to the sun?

a)

A Earth

b)

B Neptune

c)

C Mercury

d)

D Jupiter

2.
How long does it take to the Earth to do the ROTATION MOVEMENT?
a)
365 days
b)
24 hours
c)
24 hours + 6 hours
d)
28 days
3.
What is the Moon?
a)
It is a planet
b)
It is a satellite
c)
It is a star
d)
It is a comet
4.
What is the Sun?
a)
It is a satellite
b)
It is a Star
c)
It is a comet
d)
It is a planet
5.
How many planets are there in the Solar System?
a)
eight
b)
three
c)
nine
d)
ten
6.

The types of planets are

a)

Rock, liquid and solid

b)

Gas, terrestrial and solid.

c)

Gas, terrestrial and dwarf.

d)

Gas, terrestrial and rock.

7.

What´s the red planet ?

a)

Mars

b)

Saturn

c)

Venus

8.

Mercury is the smallest planet in the Solar System.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Earth is colder than Mars.

a)

True

b)

False

10.
What does orbit mean?
a)
The path a planet takes around the sun.
b)
The spinning of the planet.
c)
When a rocket blasts into space.
d)
To fly into outer space.
11.
What is the name of the Dwarf Planet in our solar system?
a)
Pluto
b)
Earth's Moon
c)
Mercury
12.
Which four planets are considered gas giants?
a)
Jupiter, Pluto, Earth, Mars
b)
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
c)
Mercury, Earth, Mars, Venus
13.
Do all planets have moons.
a)
Yes they all have moons.
b)
No not all planets have moons.
14.
How many moons orbit the planet Earth?
a)
2 moons
b)
No moons
c)
1 moon
15.
What best describes the Asteroid Belt?
a)
A group of large rocks that are in outer space.
b)
The 8 planets that are in our solar system.
c)
A line of clouds in outer space.
16.
What are the 4 rocky planets in the Solar System?
a)
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
b)
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
c)
Pluto, Mars, Jupiter, Earth
17.
Which planet has the most rings?
a)
Uranus
b)
Earth
c)
Saturn
d)
Jupiter
18.
What is the only planet that has life on it?
a)
Earth
b)
Mars
c)
Venus
d)
Pluto
19.
What is the hottest planet in our Solar System?
a)
Venus
b)
Mercury
c)
Earth
d)
Mars
20.
How many moons orbit Jupiter?
a)
1 moon
b)
At least 63 maybe more.
c)
100 moons
d)
24 moons
21.
How many moons does the planet Mercury have? 
a)
0 moons
b)
1 moon
c)
3 moons
d)
2 moons
22.
Why are all the planets round in the solar system?
a)
The planets are round because of gravity.
b)
The planets are round because they orbit the sun.
c)
The planets spin and that makes them round.
d)
They are not round.
23.

Where is the asteroid belt found?

a)

Between Earth and Mars

b)

Between Uranus and Neptune

c)

Between Mercury and Venus

d)

Between Mars and Jupiter

24.

Which property makes Earth unique compared to other planets in the solar system?

a)

It orbits the Sun.

b)

It is a rocky planet

c)

It has liquid water

d)

It rotates on its axis.

25.

Which contributes to Earth’s ability to sustain life?

a)

The atmosphere allows all of the sun’s radiation to enter due to Earth’s distance from the sun.

b)

The atmosphere prevents all space debris from reaching the surface due to the ozone layer.

c)

The atmosphere is extremely thin due to the temperatures of the sun.

d)

The atmosphere is breathable due to the unique mixture of gases.

26.

What is the correct order of the planets in the Solar System, starting closest to the Sun?

a)

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

b)

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

c)

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

d)

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

27.

Which planet has extreme temperatures because it has no atmosphere?

a)

Earth

b)

Jupiter

c)

Saturn

d)

Mercury

28.

What do Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars all have in common?

a)

They are all very cold planets.

b)

They are considered terrestrial planets, that is rocky or have metals with hard surface.

c)

They are about the same size.

d)

They are considered gas giants

29.

Which planet is the largest planet in the solar system and is the fifth planet?

a)

the sun

b)

Uranus

c)

Jupiter

d)

Earth

30.

Which is the eighth planet from the Sun and orbits the Sun once every 164.8 years and is blue in color?

a)

Neptune

b)

Jupiter

c)

Saturn

d)

Mars

31.

A student is looking at a model of the solar system noted there is a belt of objects in orbit in between Mars and Jupiter. What are these orbiting objects?

a)

Comets

b)

Moons

c)

Asteroids

d)

Pluto

32.

What is the object that all planets in our solar system orbit?

a)

The moon

b)

The sun

c)

The Milky Way

d)

Mercury

33.

Which of the these planets would have the greatest gravitational pull on a nearby object?

a)

Mars

b)

Mercury

c)

Jupiter

d)

Neptune