WorksheetsEarth, Space and Time
Total questions: 43
Worksheet time: 27mins
Which planets have more moons, inner or outer planets?
inner planets
outer planets
Which planet is about the size of Earth?
Mercury
Jupiter
Venus
Neptune
Which planet is the largest?
Mars
Neptune
Jupiter
Saturn
Which planet has a thin atmosphere?
Saturn
Venus
Earth
Mars
Which is the smallest planet?
Earth
Mars
Neptune
Mercury
We have 8 planets, how many have a thick atmosphere?
1
3
4
6
Which of these planets has the most moons?
Mercury
Jupiter
Saturn
Neptune
Which planet has two moons?
Mars
Neptune
Venus
Saturn
Which planets have rings?
inner planets
outer planets
Which planets have no rings?
inner planets
outer planets
Which of these planets has almost the same number of moons as Saturn?
Mars
Neptune
Uranus
Jupiter
Which planet has the shortest year?
Mercury (88 Days)
Earth (365 Days)
(Jupiter 4,329 Days)
Uranus (30,660 Days)
Which planet has the longest year?
Mercury (88 days)
Neptune (60,152 Days)
Venus (224.7 Days)
Saturn (10,752 Days)
Which of these planets has temperatures that drastically varies?
Mercury
Venus
Mars
Jupiter
Which of these planets has a year that is about 4,329 Earth days long?
Mars
Venus
Uranus
Jupiter
Think about the orbits of the planets around the Sun. If a planet is farther from the Sun, will its orbit be longer or shorter?
Shorter
Longer
How does distance from the Sun help determine temperatures of the planets?
The farther away planets are from the sun the colder the planet is.
The farther away a planet is from the sun the hotter it is.
Why does are sun look like the biggest star in the sky?
Because it is the biggest star in the galaxy
Because its the smallest star in the sky
Because it is the closest star to Earth.
Because it is the farthest star from Earth.
Our star is ...
the biggest star in the galaxy
the biggest planet in the solar system
a star of mid - size that emits heat and light energy.
Planets are ...
large bodies in space that orbit a star and do not produce their own light
stars that emit light and heat
objects that are made of ice and when close to the sun, they start to form a tail.
There are four inner planets between the asteroid belt and the sun. In order of increasing distance from the Sun are the inner planets....
Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Outside the asteroid belt are four more planets (outer planets) ...
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
What are consetellations?
Patterns of stars that appears to shiftacross the sky nightly. Different stars can be seen indifferent seasons.
Objects in space that produce their own heat and light. Stars come in different sizes
A star that emits energy. It appears as a big star because it is nearest to Earth.
The name of our galaxy.
What is the milky way?
Patterns of stars that appears to shiftacross the sky nightly. Different stars can be seen indifferent seasons.
Objects in space that produce their own heat and light. Stars come in different sizes
A star that emits energy. It appears as a big star because it is nearest to Earth.
The name of our galaxy.
What are stars?
Patterns of stars that appears to shiftacross the sky nightly. Different stars can be seen indifferent seasons.
Objects in space that produce their own heat and light. Stars come in different sizes
A star that emits energy. It appears as a big star because it is nearest to Earth.
The name of our galaxy.
What is the sun?
Patterns of stars that appears to shiftacross the sky nightly. Different stars can be seen indifferent seasons.
Objects in space that produce their own heat and light. Stars come in different sizes
A star that emits energy. It appears as a big star because it is nearest to Earth.
The name of our galaxy.
What is a rotation?
The spinning of Earth on its axis
Objects in space that produce their own heat and light. Stars come in different sizes
A star that emits energy. It appears as a big star because it is nearest to Earth.
The name of our galaxy.
What is a revolution?
The spinning of Earth on its axis
The movement of an object around another object.
A star that emits energy. It appears as a big star because it is nearest to Earth.
The name of our galaxy.
How long does it take for Earth to complete one revolution around the sun?
The spinning of Earth on its axis
The movement of an object around another object.
One Year (365 Days)
The name of our galaxy.
What is an axis?
The spinning of Earth on its axis
The movement of an object around another object.
One Year (365 Days)
An imaginary line that an object spins around.
How long does it take for Earth to complete one revolution around the sun?
The spinning of Earth on its axis
The movement of an object around another object.
One Year (365 Days)
The name of our galaxy.
What is an orbit? (Red line in picture shows Earth's oribt around Sun)
The path an object follows as it moves around another object.
The movement of an object around another object.
One Year (365 Days)
An imaginary line that an object spins around.
What are moon phases?
The path an object follows as it moves around another object.
The movement of an object around another object.
The changing appearances of the Moon as seen from Earth.mo
An imaginary line that an object spins around.
A large system of billions of stars is called a
solar system
galaxy
black hole
constellation
Of the billions of stars in our galaxy, why is the Sun the only star in the galaxy that supplies energy to Earth?
The sun is the closest star
The sun is the hottest star
The Sun is the biggest star
The sun is the oldest star
Which of the following is a reason life in the outermost planets is less likely than life on planets nearer the Sun?
They have too little mass
They have too much mass
Their surfaces are extremely hot
Their surfaces are extremely cold.
Kevin is observing the sky on a clear night. With the unaided eye he is able to see Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. Why would Venus appear to be brighter than other planets?
It reflects the most sunlighted toward Earth
It is hotter than the other planets
It is larger than the other planets
It is closest planet to the Sun.
Which fact best explains why there is life on Earth but not on the Moon?
The moon has no gravity
The moon does not go around the Sun
The moon has little water and oxygen
The moon is much smaller than Earth
Which planet orbits the Sun between Mars and Saturn?
Venus
Jupiter
Earth
Neptune
Which statement describes a characteristic shared by the Sun and Earth?
The Sun and Earth each have bodies of liquid water
The Sun and Earth each make their own light
The Sun and Earth both have rocky surfaces
The Sun and Earth both rotate on an axis
Which statement correctly describes a physical characteristic of the Moon?
The moon is made of hot gases
The moon is covered with many craters
The Moon has many bodies of liquid water
The moon has the ability to give off its own light
Randy studies some objects in the solar system. The sun is what type of object?
star
moon
planet
comet
Marty learned about the solar system. Which statement best describes how the planets in the solar system are the same?
All planets orbit the sun
All the planets have many moons
All the planets are about the same size
All the planets have similar temperatures
