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WorksheetsSolar System
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Which planet is the closest to the sun?
Mars
Earth
Mercury
Pluto is a planet
Which is the most massive planet?
Jupiter
Saturn
Earth
Pluto is a planet
Which planets are most dense?
Terrestrial
Jovian
Kuiper Belt Objects
Pluto is a planet!
Which planet is hottest due to the greenhouse effect?
Earth
Mars
Venus
Mercury
Which is a Jovian Planet characteristic? (pick all that apply)
Many Moons
Lots of rings
High density
Made of rocks
Which type of planet is found closest to the sun?
Jovians
Kuiper Belt Objects
Terrestrials
Asteroids
What did Johannes Kepler contribute to Astronomy? (pick all that apply)
A law on how the orbital period of a planet relates to its distance from the Sun
He had a magnificaent observatory on an Island!
A law about the shape of a planets’ orbit around the Sun
A law about planets sweeping equal areas in equal time in orbit
The following are all characteristics of planets EXCEPT
They can only reflect light from the sun.
They can have moons.
They can shine with their own light.
They can have rings.
Where do comets come from?
The Kuiper Belt
The Oort Cloud
Comet Machines
The Asteroid Belt
According to Kepler’s First Law of Planetary Motion, the orbits of the planets are perfect circles.
True
False
What is the best theory about how the Moon was formed?
The Big Bang
The Big Whack
Co-accretion
There is no theory
What is the theory of how the solar system formed?
The Solar System Theory
The Nebular Theory
The Big Bang theory
The Grand Unified theory
What did Tycho Brahe contribute to Astronomy?
A law on how the orbital period of a planet relates to its distance from the Sun
Data about the orbits of the planets
A law about gravity
A Golden Nose
Which planet has been studied most by orbiters, rovers and from the earth?
Venus
Mars
Jupiter
Mercury
What is Pluto part of?
Pluto is a planet!
P;luto is part of the Kuiper Belt
Pluto is part of the Oort Cloud
Pluto is part of a joke!
