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Solar System

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

I am the fastest planet to orbit the sun.

a)

Venus

b)

Mercury

c)

Neptune

d)

Earth

2.

I am the brightest and hottest planet.

a)

Mars

b)

Jupiter

c)

Saturn

d)

Venus

3.

I am the only planet to have known life on it.

a)

Earth

b)

Mars

c)

Mercury

d)

Venus

4.

I am red because of the iron oxide that covers me.

a)

Mars

b)

Mercury

c)

Venus

d)

Saturn

5.

I get my color from methane gas.

a)

Neptune

b)

Uranus

c)

Jupiter

d)

Earth

6.

I am the third planet from the sun.

a)

Earth

b)

The Moon

c)

Venus

d)

Jupiter

7.

I take the longest to orbit the Sun.

a)

Neptune

b)

Uranus

c)

Saturn

d)

Jupiter

8.

It is freezing cold in the shade and really hot in the light on my surface.

a)

Mars

b)

Mercury

c)

Earth

d)

Venus

9.

I am the only planet to orbit on its side.

a)

Neptune

b)

Uranus

c)

Mars

d)

Mercury

10.

There are lots of storms on my planet.

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Mars

d)

Venus

11.

How long does Earth's orbit around the sun take?

a)

365 and 1/4 days

b)

360 days

c)

24 hours

d)

2 years

12.

Our sun is a medium-sized star compared to other stars.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

The HOTTEST stars are usually what color

a)

yellow

b)

orange

c)

blue

d)

pink

14.

What causes day and night here on our Earth?

a)

The different moon phases

b)

Asteroids

c)

The rotation of Earth

d)

Stars

15.

What causes our seasons here on Earth?

a)

Stars in our universe

b)

Our revolution around the moon

c)

Earth's tilted axis and our rotation

d)

The revolution of Earth around the sun and Earth's tilted axis

16.

This is the first planet from the Sun; it is very hot in the day and very cold in the night.

a)

Mercury

b)

Neptune

c)

Earth

d)

Jupiter

17.

What are large chunks of rocks and metal in space?

a)

Earth

b)

comet

c)

asteroids

d)

gibbous

18.

The fourth planet from the Sun; also known as the "red planet."

a)

Neptune

b)

Mercury

c)

Earth

d)

Mars

19.

The sixth planet from the Sun; known for its large rings.

a)

Saturn

b)

Mercury

c)

Earth

d)

Mars

20.

The fifth planet from the Sun; this is the LARGESTplanet in the Solar System.

a)

Jupiter

b)

Mercury

c)

Earth

d)

Neptune

21.

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

a)

Earth

b)

Neptune

c)

Mercury

d)

Jupiter

22.

These are the 4 planets closest to the sun (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars).

a)

inner planets

b)

outer planets

c)

dwarf planets

d)

solar planets

23.

This is the nearest star to Earth.

a)

the moon

b)

the planet of Mars

c)

the asteroid belt

d)

the sun

24.

These are the four planets FARTHEST from the Sun; Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.

a)

inner planets

b)

outer planets

c)

solar planets

d)

the best planets

25.

A group of stars that make a pattern in the night sky.

a)

planets

b)

comets

c)

asteroids

d)

constellation

26.

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

27.

This is the phase of the moon when the moon looks like a thin sliver (less than half of the moon's nearside is sunlit).

a)

crescent

b)

gibbous

c)

full

d)

new

28.

This is the phase of the moon where NONE of the moon's nearside is sunlit.

a)

crescent

b)

gibbous

c)

full moon

d)

new moon

29.

This is the phase of the moon that looks ALMOST full.

a)

crescent

b)

gibbous

c)

full moon

d)

new moon

30.

Stars DO NOT twinkle in the sky; only planets twinkle in the sky.

a)

True

b)

False