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Skipcha Investigating the Solar System

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the largest planet in the solar system?

a)

Venus

b)

Earth

c)

Jupiter

d)

Neptune

2.

Compared to Earth, the Sun is

a)

a planet.

b)

faster in rotation.

c)

larger in size.

d)

cooler in temperature.

3.

What is the term that describes the path the Moon travels around Earth?

a)

Phase

b)

Year

c)

Orbit

d)

Rotation

4.

What is a star in our solar system?

a)

Jupiter

b)

The moon

c)

Milky way

d)

The sun

5.

One Earth rotation is

a)

60 minutes.

b)

1 year.

c)

24 hours.

d)

30 days.

6.

What is the name of the planet closest to the sun?

a)

Earth

b)

Jupiter

c)

Mars

d)

Mercury

7.

What is the biggest similarity between the sun, the moon, and the Earth?

a)

Their color

b)

Their temperature

c)

Their shape

d)

Their size

8.

What is true about the Sun and Earth?

a)

The sun only gives light energy to Earth.

b)

The sun gives light and heat energy to the Earth.

c)

The Earth gives light and heat to the Sun.

d)

The Earth gives only light to the sun.

9.

What planet is furthest away from the sun?

a)

Neptune

b)

Saturn

c)

Mercury

d)

Uranus

10.

A model of the Earth would be different from a model of the moon in that the Earth should

a)

have a smoother surface than the moon.

b)

have fewer impact craters on the surface.

c)

be a different shape than the moon.

d)

be bigger than the moon.

11.

What is the 2nd planet from the sun?

a)

Venus

b)

Mercury

c)

Mars

d)

Earth

12.

What is the term that is used when describing how the Earth orbits arouns the Sun?

a)

Revolution

b)

Rotation

c)

Day

d)

Orbit

13.

What is the fifth planet from the sun?

a)

Jupiter

b)

Mars

c)

Saturn

d)

Uranus

14.

What is true?

a)

The sun is the same size as Earth.

b)

The sun is larger than the Earth.

c)

Earth is larger than the sun.

15.

Which planet is a Gas Giant?

a)

Mercury

b)

Neptune

c)

Mars

d)

Venus

16.

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, and Jupiter are the inner planets.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

How long does it take Earth and the moon to return to their same positions on their orbit?

a)

1 year

b)

30 days

c)

10 years

d)

24 hours

18.

How many planets are in our solar system?

a)

9

b)

7

c)

8

d)

10

19.

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are considered gas giants.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

Earth is the third planet from the sun.

a)

True

b)

False