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Our Solar System

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many planets does our solar system has?

a)

8

b)

9

c)

10

d)

23

2.

What keeps the planets in their orbits?

a)

Their rotation movement

b)

The revolution movement

c)

The sun's gravity

d)

The orbit they follow

3.

_____________ is the force that pulls objects toward each other.

a)

light

b)

speed

c)

gravity

d)

I don't know

4.

A planet's orbit is shaped like an ________.

a)

circle

b)

square

c)

elipse

d)

triangle

5.

What's a planet?

a)

A very large, round object that moves around a star.

b)

A ball of gas

c)

A ball of ice

d)

A small ball that moves around its moons

6.

Which dwarf planet was once considered the ninth planet?

a)

Ceres

b)

Makemake

c)

Haumea

d)

Pluto

7.

What's an asteroid?

a)

A rocky object that orbits the sun but it is too small to be called a planet

b)

A frozen object that orbits the sun

8.

What's a comet?

a)

A rocky object that orbits the sun but it is too small to be called a planet

b)

A frozen object that orbits the sun

9.

This is the correct order of the planets in our solar system: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.

a)

correct

b)

incorrect

10.

The inner planets are:

a)

Mars, Earth, Venus and Saturn

b)

Jupiter, Uranus, Saturn and Neptune

c)

Uranus, Mars, Neptune and Earth

d)

Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars

11.

The outer planets are:

a)

Jupiter, Uranus, Saturn and Neptune

b)

Earth, Mars, Jupiter and Uranus

c)

Mercury, Mars, Earth and Venus

d)

Neptune, Pluto, ceres and Mars

12.

This planet is the closest to the sun:

a)

Mercury

b)

Mars

c)

Jupiter

d)

Saturn

13.

Which planet is about the same size as Earth?

a)

Jupiter

b)

Mars

c)

Venus

d)

Saturn

14.

Which planet has liquid water on its surface?

4 lines
15.

How many moons does Mars have?

a)

3

b)

4

c)

1

d)

2

16.

Which is the fifth planet from the sun?

a)

Mars

b)

Jupiter

c)

Saturn

d)

Venus

17.

Planet in our solar system with rings:

a)

Uranus

b)

Neptune

c)

Saturn

d)

Jupiter

18.

Why does Uranus look blue-green?

a)

Because of its sky

b)

Because it's very cold

c)

Because of a gas in its cloudy atmosphere

d)

Because it's its favorite color

19.

Neptune is:

a)

cold, cloudy and rainy

b)

warm, sunny and nice

c)

mild with winds

d)

windy, stormy and cold

20.

How many moons does Jupiter have?

a)

At least 3

b)

At least 23

c)

At least 63

d)

At least 102