WorksheetsPlanets
Total questions: 136
Worksheet time: 3hrs 40mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The order of the planets is:
a)
Mars,Venus,Earth,
Mercury,Saturn
Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune
Mercury,Saturn
Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune
b)
Earth,Venus,Mars
Jupiter, Neptune,
Mercury,Saturn,
Uranus
Jupiter, Neptune,
Mercury,Saturn,
Uranus
c)
Mercury,Venus,Earth
Mars,Jupiter,
Saturn,Uranus
Neptune
Mars,Jupiter,
Saturn,Uranus
Neptune
2.
Which planet is the largest?
a)
Jupiter
b)
Saturn
c)
Uranus
d)
Neptune
3.
Day and night is caused by the _____________ of earth on its axis.
a)
revolution
b)
orbit
c)
rotation
4.
What are the reasons for the seasons?
a)
Earth's tilt and rotation.
b)
Earth's rotation and revolution.
c)
Earth's tilt and revolution.
d)
Earth's tilt and resolution
5.
How many outer planets are there?
a)
4
b)
8
c)
9
d)
20
6.
What planet has the biggest volcano?
a)
Mars
b)
Jupiter
c)
Earth
d)
Venus
7.
Which is hotter: Venus or Mercury?
a)
Venus
b)
Mercury
c)
They are exactly the same.
d)
Sun
8.
Which planet still has a great spot?
a)
Jupiter
b)
Neptune
c)
Mars
d)
The Moon
9.
What is Earth's nickname?
a)
The Blue Planet
b)
The Green Planet
c)
The Life Planet
d)
The Big Bang
10.
What is the sixth planet from the sun?
a)
Saturn
b)
Uranus
c)
Neptune
d)
Asteroid Belt
11.
Which planet has the longest day?
a)
Mercury
b)
Venus
c)
Jupiter
d)
Saturn
12.
Which planet has the longest year?
a)
Venus
b)
Mars
c)
Jupiter
d)
Neptune
13.
Which planet has the shortest day?
a)
Mercury
b)
Earth
c)
Saturn
d)
Jupiter
14.
Which planet has the most moons?
a)
Mars
b)
Jupiter
c)
Saturn
d)
Neptune
15.
Which planet has a big red spot?
a)
Mars
b)
Jupiter
c)
Earth
d)
Saturn
16.
Which planet appears brightest in our night sky?
a)
Mercury
b)
Venus
c)
Mars
d)
Jupiter
17.
Which planet has surface temperatures closest to Earth's?
a)
Venus
b)
Mars
c)
Neptune
d)
Mercury
18.
Which planet has gravity closest to Earth's?
a)
Venus
b)
Neptune
c)
Mars
d)
Uranus
19.
Which planet is the mother goddess?
a)
Mars
b)
Venus
c)
Mercury
d)
Earth
20.
Which planet is the messenger god?
a)
Neptune
b)
Jupiter
c)
Mars
d)
Mercury
21.
Which planet is the father god?
a)
Earth
b)
Jupiter
c)
Saturn
d)
Neptune
22.
Which planet is the grandfather god?
a)
Venus
b)
Neptune
c)
Saturn
d)
Uranus
23.
Which planet is the smallest planet?
a)
Venus
b)
Mercury
c)
Mars
d)
Earth
24.
Which planet is the god of war?
a)
Mercury
b)
Venus
c)
Mars
d)
Saturn
25.
Which planet is the goddess of beauty?
a)
Saturn
b)
Earth
c)
Uranus
d)
Venus
26.
Name the largest planet
a)
Neptune
b)
Jupiter
c)
Earth
27.
The only planet that has life
a)
Mercury
b)
Saturn
c)
Earth
28.
The hottest planet
a)
Mars
b)
Venus
c)
Mercury
29.
Planet closest to the Sun
a)
Mars
b)
Venus
c)
Mercury
30.
Name the planet that has no atmosphere
a)
Earth
b)
Mercury
c)
Venus
31.
Name the rocky planets
a)
Mars, Mercury, Earth, Venus
b)
Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune
32.
Name the Gas giants
a)
Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus
b)
Mercury, Earth, Mars, Venus
33.
Name a planet known for its Great Red Spot
a)
Earth
b)
Jupiter
c)
Saturn
34.
The coldest planet
a)
Jupiter
b)
Neptune
c)
Saturn
35.
The brightest planet
a)
Venus
b)
Earth
c)
Saturn
d)
Sun
36.
Dwarf Planet
a)
Pluto
b)
Mercury
c)
Mars
d)
Earth
37.
The only planet that rotates the opposite direction to most other planets.
a)
Mercury
b)
Mars
c)
Venus
d)
Neptune
38.
The red planet
a)
Earth
b)
Mars
c)
Jupiter
d)
Venus
39.
The most distant planet
a)
Neptune
b)
Saturn
c)
Jupiter
d)
Uranus
40.
Other than Mercury, name another planet that has no moons.
a)
Venus
b)
Earth
c)
Jupiter
41.
What is the fourth planet from the sun?
a)
Mercury
b)
Mars
c)
Earth
d)
Venus
42.
What is the third planet from the sun?
a)
Earth
b)
Venus
c)
Mars
d)
Neptune
43.
What is the eighth planet from the sun?
a)
Venus
b)
Saturn
c)
Neptune
d)
Uranus
44.
What is the sixth planet from the sun?
a)
Saturn
b)
Uranus
c)
Neptune
d)
Jupiter
45.
What is the second planet from the sun?
a)
Mars
b)
Venus
c)
Mercury
d)
Earth
46.
What is the seventh planet from the sun?
a)
Saturn
b)
Jupiter
c)
Uranus
d)
Neptune
47.
What is the fifth planet from the sun?
a)
Saturn
b)
Neptune
c)
Mercury
d)
Jupiter
48.
Which planet is not a gas giant?
a)
Saturn
b)
Jupiter
c)
Neptune
d)
Venus
49.
Is this the correct order of the planets from the sun: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Saturn, Neptune?
a)
Yes
b)
No
50.
What is the closest planet to the sun?
a)
Jupiter
b)
Neptune
c)
Mars
d)
Mercury
51.
Which planets are small and rocky?
a)
outer planets
b)
inner planets
52.
Which planet is Earth's sister planet?
a)
Mercury
b)
Venus
c)
Earth
d)
Mars
53.
Which planet has the biggest rings?
a)
Jupiter
b)
Saturn
c)
Uranus
d)
Neptune
54.
What force keeps the planets orbiting the sun?
a)
Gravity
b)
Magnetism
c)
Electricity
d)
Friction
55.
The order of the planets is:
a)
Mars,Venus,Earth,
Mercury,Saturn
Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune
Mercury,Saturn
Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune
b)
Earth,Venus,Mars
Jupiter, Neptune,
Mercury,Saturn,
Uranus
Jupiter, Neptune,
Mercury,Saturn,
Uranus
c)
Mercury,Venus,Earth
Mars,Jupiter,
Saturn,Uranus
Neptune
Mars,Jupiter,
Saturn,Uranus
Neptune
56.
The earth orbits around...
a)
the sun.
b)
the moon
c)
other planets
d)
the Milky Way
57.
What is at the center of the Solar System?
a)
Earth
b)
Moon
c)
Sun
d)
Jupiter
58.
When the Earth travels all the way around the Sun, it is called a . . .
a)
Day
b)
Rotation
c)
Year
d)
Spin
59.
When the Earth spins around its own axis one whole time, it is called a ....
a)
Year
b)
Day
c)
Hemisphere
d)
Seasons
60.
The surface of this planet appears red due to rusting iron in the rocks.
a)
Mercury
b)
Mars
c)
Pluto
d)
Venus
61.
This is the smallest planet in the solar system
a)
Mercury
b)
Venus
c)
Earth
d)
Mars
62.
Only planet known to have life
a)
Earth
b)
Mars
c)
Venus
d)
Mercury
63.
This is the only planet in the solar system with oceans of liquid water.
a)
Mercury
b)
Mars
c)
Venus
d)
Earth
64.
This gas giant has a large storm in its atmosphere known as The Red Spot
a)
Jupiter
b)
Saturn
c)
Uranus
d)
Neptune
65.
Most likely due to a massive collision, this planet rotates from top to bottom.
a)
Saturn
b)
Venus
c)
Neptune
d)
Uranus
66.
What divides the inner planets from the outer planets?
a)
Kuiper Belt
b)
Oort Cloud
c)
Asteroid Belt
67.
Which of the following orbits the sun?
a)
asteroids
b)
comets
c)
planets
d)
all of the above
68.
The earth revolves around...
a)
The sun.
b)
the moon
c)
other planets
d)
the Milky Way
69.
Which planet is Mercury?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
70.
This is the largest planet in the solar system.
a)
Saturn
b)
Jupiter
c)
Uranus
d)
Venus
71.
Which planet has the most moons? (HINT: It has 69!)
a)
Earth
b)
Mars
c)
Jupiter
d)
Neptune
72.
The greater mass a planet has,
a)
the greater the gravitational force it has
b)
the less gravitational force it has
c)
gravitational force does not depend on mass
73.
Gas giants
a)
Inner planets
b)
Outer planets
c)
Both
d)
Venus
74.
which planet is the third from the sun?
a)
Mercury
b)
Neptune
c)
Pluto
d)
Earth
75.
Which planet is the largest?
a)
Jupiter
b)
Saturn
c)
Uranus
d)
Neptune
76.
The spinning of an object on its axis is called______
a)
orbit
b)
rotation
c)
revolution
d)
tide
77.
The earth orbits around...
a)
the sun.
b)
the moon
c)
other planets
d)
the Milky Way
78.
Compared to the inner planets, the outer planets are...
a)
larger
b)
warmer
c)
denser
d)
better
79.
Which planet is known for it's red, rust covered surface?
a)
Venus
b)
Mercury
c)
Mars
d)
Jupiter
80.
Which is the hottest planet?
a)
Mercury
b)
Venus
c)
Earth
d)
Neptune
81.
Saturn is known for it's _______.
a)
rings
b)
atmopshere
c)
moons
d)
temperature
82.
Saturn's rings are made of chunks of
a)
volcanoes
b)
ice and rock
c)
nitrogen and helium
d)
ice and
83.
Uranus is different that other planets because it rotates on it's side.
a)
True
b)
False
84.
The inner planets are also called...
a)
terrestrial planets
b)
gas giants
85.
The red planet
a)
Earth
b)
Mars
c)
Jupiter
d)
Venus
86.
Which is the farthest planet from the sun?
a)
Neptune
b)
Saturn
c)
Jupiter
d)
Uranus
87.
Which planet was once known as the ninth planet?
a)
Pluto
b)
Mercury
c)
Mars
d)
Earth
88.
What are the four terrestrial (inner) planets?
a)
Earth, Uranus, Mercury, Venus
b)
Mercury Venus Earth Saturn
c)
Mars, Earth , Mercury, Venus
d)
Mars, Earth, Neptune, Mercury
89.
Which two facts describe Earth?
a)
largest inner planet
b)
outer planet
c)
terrestrial planet
d)
gas giant
90.
Which is the smallest planet?
a)
Mercury
b)
Mars
c)
Earth
d)
Venus
91.
The order of the planets is:
a)
Mars,Venus,Earth,
Mercury,Saturn
Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune
Mercury,Saturn
Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune
b)
Earth,Venus,Mars
Jupiter, Neptune,
Mercury,Saturn,
Uranus
Jupiter, Neptune,
Mercury,Saturn,
Uranus
c)
Mercury,Venus,Earth
Mars,Jupiter,
Saturn,Uranus
Neptune
Mars,Jupiter,
Saturn,Uranus
Neptune
92.
Which planet is the largest?
a)
Jupiter
b)
Saturn
c)
Uranus
d)
Neptune
93.
Which planet is fifth from the sun?
a)
Saturn
b)
Jupiter
c)
Mars
d)
Earth
94.
Which planet is seventh from the sun?
a)
Saturn
b)
Earth
c)
Venus
d)
Uranus
95.
which planet is the third from the sun?
a)
Mercury
b)
Neptune
c)
Pluto
d)
Earth
96.
Which is the fourth planet from the sun?
a)
Mars
b)
Saturn
c)
Earth
d)
Jupiter
97.
Which is the second closest planet to the sun?
a)
Earth
b)
Saturn
c)
Venus
d)
Mercury
98.
Which Planet comes after Earth in the solar system?
a)
Mercury
b)
Mars
c)
Venus
d)
Eros
99.
Which Planet comes after Earth in the solar system?
a)
Mercury
b)
Mars
c)
Venus
d)
Eros
100.
The spinning of an object on its axis is called______
a)
orbit
b)
rotation
c)
revolution
d)
tide
101.
Day and night is caused by the _____________ of earth on its axis.
a)
revolution
b)
orbit
c)
rotation
102.
The earth orbits around...
a)
the sun.
b)
the moon
c)
other planets
d)
the Milky Way
103.
What are the reasons for the seasons?
a)
Earth's tilt and rotation.
b)
Earth's rotation and revolution.
c)
Earth's tilt and revolution.
d)
Earth's tilt and resolution
104.
When the Northern Hemisphere of Earth is Leaning away from the Sun, What season is the Southern Hemisphere experiencing?
a)
Summer
b)
Winter
c)
Spring
d)
Fall
105.
How long does it take the Earth to make one REVOLUTION around the Sun?
a)
12 hours
b)
24 hours
c)
365 days
d)
29.5 days
106.
How long does it take for Earth to complete on full rotation?
a)
365 days
b)
23 hours
c)
24 hours
d)
1 month
107.
Planets that are closer to the sun
a)
take more time to orbit
b)
take less time to orbit
108.
What are the Inner Planets?
a)
Mercury, Mars, Earth, and Venus
b)
Earth, the Moon, Mars
c)
Neptune, Pluto, Earth
d)
:)
109.
The motion of a body orbiting another body in space is called _____.
a)
revolution
b)
period of revolution
c)
rotation
d)
period of rotation
110.
The greater mass a planet has,
a)
the greater the gravitational force it has
b)
the less gravitational force it has
c)
gravitational force does not depend on mass
111.
Gas giants
a)
Inner planets
b)
Outer planets
c)
Both
d)
Venus
112.
Located between the inner and outer planets.
a)
Sun
b)
Asteroid belt
c)
Uranus
d)
Moons
113.
Solid, rocky surface
a)
Inner planets
b)
Outer planets
c)
Both
d)
Saturn
114.
Gravity attracts all objects towards one another.
a)
False
b)
True
c)
It depends
115.
As distance between two objects increase the pull of gravity
a)
Increases
b)
Decreases
c)
Stays the same
116.
All the inner planets are
a)
Jovian planets because they are made up of gases.
b)
Terrestrial planets because they are rocky.
117.
The inner planets are closer to the sun so
a)
they take longer to orbit the sun.
b)
they orbit the sun faster.
118.
The inner planets are also called...
a)
terrestrial planets
b)
gas giants
119.
The order of the planets is:
a)
Mars,Venus,Earth,
Mercury,Saturn
Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune
Mercury,Saturn
Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune
b)
Earth,Venus,Mars
Jupiter, Neptune,
Mercury,Saturn,
Uranus
Jupiter, Neptune,
Mercury,Saturn,
Uranus
c)
Mercury,Venus,Earth
Mars,Jupiter,
Saturn,Uranus
Neptune
Mars,Jupiter,
Saturn,Uranus
Neptune
d)
Mercury, Earth, Venus, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Neptune, Uranus
120.
The spinning of an object on its axis is called______
a)
orbit
b)
rotation
c)
revolution
d)
tide
121.
The distance is greater between the inner planets than the distance between the outer planets.
a)
True
b)
False
122.
The distance between the planets is all the same.
a)
True
b)
False
123.
Which planet is closest to the sun?
a)
Earth
b)
Venus
c)
Mercury
d)
Mars
124.
The order of the planets is:
a)
Mars,Venus,Earth,
Mercury,Saturn
Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune
Mercury,Saturn
Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune
b)
Earth,Venus,Mars
Jupiter, Neptune,
Mercury,Saturn,
Uranus
Jupiter, Neptune,
Mercury,Saturn,
Uranus
c)
Mercury,Venus,Earth
Mars,Jupiter,
Saturn,Uranus
Neptune
Mars,Jupiter,
Saturn,Uranus
Neptune
125.
Which planet is fifth from the sun?
a)
Saturn
b)
Jupiter
c)
Mars
d)
Earth
126.
Which planet is seventh from the sun?
a)
Saturn
b)
Earth
c)
Venus
d)
Uranus
127.
which planet is the third from the sun?
a)
Mercury
b)
Neptune
c)
Pluto
d)
Earth
128.
Which is the fourth planet from the sun?
a)
Mars
b)
Saturn
c)
Earth
d)
Jupiter
129.
Which is the second closest planet to the sun?
a)
Earth
b)
Saturn
c)
Venus
d)
Mercury
130.
Which Planet comes after Earth in the solar system?
a)
Mercury
b)
Mars
c)
Venus
d)
Eros
131.
Saturn is known for it's _______.
a)
rings
b)
atmopshere
c)
moons
d)
temperature
132.
Which planet is the smallest?
a)
Mercury
b)
Venus
c)
Mars
d)
Earth
133.
Which planet is the biggest? It has a "great red spot".
a)
Uranus
b)
Saturn
c)
Jupiter
134.
Pluto is not a planet. It is actually a
a)
meteorite
b)
dwarf planet
c)
asteroid
d)
comet
135.
Our sun is a
a)
yellow dwarf
b)
red giant
c)
blue giant
d)
white dwarf
136.
Which planet is the largest?
a)
Jupiter
b)
Saturn
c)
Uranus
d)
Neptune
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