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Solar System

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which planet is the closest to the sun?

a)

Mars

b)

Earth

c)

Mercury

d)

Pluto is a planet

2.

Which is the most massive planet?

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Earth

d)

Pluto is a planet

3.

Which planets are most dense?

a)

Terrestrial

b)

Jovian

c)

Kuiper Belt Objects

d)

Pluto is a planet!

4.

Which planet is hottest due to the greenhouse effect?

a)

Earth

b)

Mars

c)

Venus

d)

Mercury

5.

Which is a Jovian Planet characteristic? (pick all that apply)

a)

Many Moons

b)

Lots of rings

c)

High density

d)

Made of rocks

6.

Which type of planet is found closest to the sun?

a)

Jovians

b)

Kuiper Belt Objects

c)

Terrestrials

d)

Asteroids

7.

What did Johannes Kepler contribute to Astronomy? (pick all that apply)

a)

A law on how the orbital period of a planet relates to its distance from the Sun

b)

He had a magnificaent observatory on an Island!

c)

A law about the shape of a planets’ orbit around the Sun

d)

A law about planets sweeping equal areas in equal time in orbit

8.

The following are all characteristics of planets EXCEPT

a)

They can only reflect light from the sun.

b)

They can have moons.

c)

They can shine with their own light.

d)

They can have rings.

9.

Where do comets come from?

a)

The Kuiper Belt

b)

The Oort Cloud

c)

Comet Machines

d)

The Asteroid Belt

10.

According to Kepler’s First Law of Planetary Motion, the orbits of the planets are perfect circles.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

What is the best theory about how the Moon was formed?

a)

The Big Bang

b)

The Big Whack

c)

Co-accretion

d)

There is no theory

12.

What  is the theory of how the solar system formed?

a)

The Solar System Theory

b)

The Nebular Theory

c)

The Big Bang theory

d)

The Grand Unified theory

13.

What did Tycho Brahe contribute to Astronomy?

a)

A law on how the orbital period of a planet relates to its distance from the Sun

b)

Data about the orbits of the planets

c)

A law about gravity

d)

A Golden Nose

14.

Which planet has been studied most by orbiters, rovers and from the earth?

a)

Venus

b)

Mars

c)

Jupiter

d)

Mercury

15.

What is Pluto part of?

a)

Pluto is a planet!

b)

P;luto is part of the Kuiper Belt

c)

Pluto is part of the Oort Cloud

d)

Pluto is part of a joke!