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Planets and Space Rocks

Total questions: 48

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The earth is located between which 2 planets?
a)
Jupiter & Saturn
b)
Mercury & Venus
c)
Venus & Mars
d)
Saturn and Uranus
2.
The "red planet" is
a)
Venus
b)
Uranus
c)
Mars
d)
Saturn
3.
What planet has the Great Red Spot?
a)
Mercury
b)
Jupiter
c)
Venus
d)
Neptune
4.
There are nine planets.
a)
True
b)
False
5.
What is the closest planet to the Sun?
a)
Mercury
b)
Mars
c)
Venus
d)
Earth 
6.
Does Venus have a moon?
a)
Yes
b)
No
7.
Which planet in the solar system has a significant ring system?
a)
Neptune
b)
Mars
c)
Saturn
8.
Which planet in the solar system is the largest?
a)
Earth
b)
Uranus
c)
Jupiter
9.

What are large chunks of rocks and metal in space?

a)

Earth

b)

comet

c)

asteroids

d)

gibbous

10.

This is the eighth (last) planet from the Sun; it is deep dark blue in color.

a)

Earth

b)

Neptune

c)

Mercury

d)

Jupiter

11.

These are the 4 planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars) are known as

a)

terrestrial planets

b)

gas giants

c)

dwarf planets

d)

solar planets

12.

These are the four planets the Sun; Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are classified as

a)

terrestrial planets

b)

gas giants

c)

solar planets

d)

the best planets

13.

Where is the Asteroid Belt located in the Solar System?

a)

near Neptune

b)

between Mercury and Venus

c)

between Mars and Jupiter

d)

around the Sun

14.

What planet is the same size as earth?

a)

Saturn

b)

Jupiter

c)

Venus

d)

Mars

15.

Which is the smallest planet?

a)

Neptune

b)

Jupiter

c)

Mercury

d)

Mars

16.

Which of the following lists the correct order of the planets from the sun?

a)

Mercury, Venus, Mars, Earth, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

b)

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

c)

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, Pluto

d)

Mars, Venus, Earth, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

17.

This planet is also called as “The Windy Planet”.

a)

Mercury

b)

Earth

c)

Jupiter

d)

Neptune

18.

One of the main differences between the outer and inner planets is __________.

a)

the inner planets all have water

b)

the inner planets are much bigger than the outer planets

c)

the outer planets are gas planets

d)

the outer planets have do not have rings and the inner planets do

19.

Which property makes Earth unique compared to other planets in the solar system?

a)

It orbits the Sun.

b)

It is a rocky planet

c)

It has liquid water

d)

It rotates on its axis.

20.

Which planet has extreme temperatures because it has no atmosphere?

a)

Earth

b)

Jupiter

c)

Saturn

d)

Mercury

21.

What do Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars all have in common?

a)

They are all very cold planets.

b)

They are considered terrestrial planets, that is rocky or have metals with hard surface.

c)

They are about the same size.

d)

They are considered gas giants

22.

The four inner planets are rocky and small. Which description best fits the next four outer planets?

a)

They are also rocky and small.

b)

They are very large and has no moons

c)

They are small and made of ice.

d)

They are very large, made of gases with no solid surface

23.

Which of the following is ordered from largest to smallest?

a)

Universe -> Galaxy -> Solar System -> Planet

b)

Planet -> Galaxy -> Solar System -> Universe

c)

Planet -> Solar System -> Galaxy -> Universe D.) Universe

d)

Universe -> Solar System -> Galaxy -> Planet

24.

Which planet is home to the tallest mountain , has the largest dust storms in the solar system and is also known as the 'Red Planet' because of the presence of iron oxide in it's rock.

a)

Earth

b)

Venus

c)

Jupiter

d)

Mars

25.

A student is looking at a model of the solar system noted there is a belt of objects in orbit in between Mars and Jupiter. What are these orbiting objects?

a)

Comets

b)

Moons

c)

Asteroids

d)

Pluto

26.

Which of the these planets would have the greatest gravitational pull on a nearby object?

a)

Mars

b)

Mercury

c)

Jupiter

d)

Neptune

27.
Most likely due to a massive collision, this planet rotates from top to bottom.
a)
Saturn
b)
Venus
c)
Neptune
d)
Uranus
28.
What is true of all planets in our Solar System?
a)
They are large bodies in space that orbit the Sun
b)
Planets do not move, only stars move
c)
Planets make their own light
d)
Planets are larger than stars
29.

How many known planets are in our solar system?

a)

4

b)

7

c)

8

d)

9

30.

Because Pluto has not cleared its orbital path of debris, it was reclassified from a planet to a . . .

a)

asteroid.

b)

meteor.

c)

moon.

d)

dwarf planet.

31.

Which planet is the brightest planet?

a)

Mars

b)

Saturn

c)

Venus

d)

Jupiter

32.
How many asteroids have been discovered to date?
a)
450
b)
thousands
c)
tens of thousands
d)
hundreds of thousands
33.

Check all the following statements that are TRUE

a)

Asteroids are made of rock and metal

b)

Comets are made of ice, rock, and dust

c)

Comets can be found in the Oort Cloud

d)

All the above

34.

Asteroids can range in size from 1 meter to 1000Km

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

35.

Comets make there way around the sun in an elliptical orbit.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

36.

Nickname for Comets--

a)

Rocks that glow

b)

rock "stars"

c)

dirty snowballs

37.

As comets approach the sun they travel faster and have:

a)

shorter tails

b)

medium tails

c)

longer tails

d)

no tails due to solar winds

38.

As a meteor enters the earths atmosphere the pressure from the air molecules causes it to heat up

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

39.

A meteoroid is found

a)

in Space

b)

entering earths atmosphere

c)

impacting earths surface

40.

Meteor is also known as a shooting star

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

41.

What creates a bowl shaped hole known as a crater

a)

meteor

b)

meteorite

c)

meteoroid

42.

A high frequency of meteors entering Earth's atmosphere is called a

a)

meteor shower

b)

Constellation

43.
Made of ice, dust and gas
a)
asteroid
b)
meteoroid
c)
comet
d)
meteor
44.
Made of very dense rock and metal that is very different from the rocks that make up the inner planets.
a)
asteroid
b)
meteoroid
c)
comet
d)
meteor
45.
Made of rocks that are very similar to the rocks that make up the inner planets. 
a)
asteroids
b)
meteoroids
c)
comets
d)
meteors
46.
Ceres is the largest one of these. 
a)
asteroid
b)
meteoroid
c)
comet
d)
meteor
47.
I am a rock entering a planet's atmosphere.
a)
meteor
b)
meteorite
c)
asteroid
d)
comet
48.
One similarity between asteroids, comets and meteoroids is that they all:
a)
are made of rock
b)
come from the Asteroid Belt
c)
come from the Oort Cloud
d)
orbit the sun

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