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Chapters 3-4—The Inner Planets/The Outer Planets

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why are the 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐬 called '𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒍' 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐬? 𝐀𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫: 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒂𝒓𝒆 _____

a)

small

b)

solid

c)

icy

d)

rocky

2.

Which of the 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐬 has the 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐭 around the 𝐒𝐮𝐧?

a)

Mercury

b)

Venus

c)

Earth

d)

Mars

3.

𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞: 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐬 is 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 with 𝐡𝐮𝐠𝐞 _____ that 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐰 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐠𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬.

a)

craters

b)

asteroids

c)

clouds

d)

volcanoes

4.

𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞: (a)   𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝟕𝟏 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 of the 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡'𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞. (𝟏)

5.

𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞: 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐬 looks 𝐫𝐞𝐝 in the 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐬𝐤𝐲 because it has a lot of (a)   𝐨𝐱𝐢𝐝𝐞 in its 𝐬𝐨𝐢𝐥. (𝟏)

6.

What are the 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬 of the 𝐉𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐬 made of?

a)

rock

b)

ice

c)

gas

d)

desert

7.

𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞: The 𝑮𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝑹𝒆𝒅 𝑺𝒑𝒐𝒕 is a 𝐡𝐮𝐠𝐞 (a)   in 𝐉𝐮𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫'𝐬 𝐚𝐭𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞. (𝟏)

8.

𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞: The (a)   around 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 are made of 𝐢𝐜𝐞 and 𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐤. (𝟏)

9.

𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞: _____ doesn't 𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 like the other 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐬 do. It 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐬 on its 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞.

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Uranus

d)

Neptune

10.

𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞: A 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝 of 𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭 and 𝐠𝐚𝐬 in 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 is called a _____.

a)

solar system

b)

geyser

c)

star

d)

nebula