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Solar System and Beyond

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

_____ is the biggest planet.

a)

Mars

b)

Saturn

c)

Jupiter

d)

Pluto

2.

There are ___ planets in our solar system.

a)

8

b)

9

c)

4

d)

12

3.

A meteroid that has hit the earth's surface

a)

asteroid

b)

meteor

c)

comet

d)

meteorite

4.

Venus and Earth are similar in ____

a)

size

b)

color

c)

atmospheric composition

d)

name

5.

Saturn's _____ are made up of chunks of ice and rock.

a)

atmosphere

b)

moons

c)

rings

d)

neighbors

6.

What is the smallest terrestrial planet?

a)

Mercury

b)

Venus

c)

Earth

d)

Mars

7.

The sixth planet from the sun is

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Uranus

d)

Neptune

8.

Comets have an ______ orbit

a)

irregular

b)

elliptical

c)

small

d)

square

9.

Why is Uranus different than all the other planets?

a)

Comets come from it

b)

It is purple

c)

It is flat.

d)

It rotates on its side.

10.

This planet is the windiest.

a)

Mars

b)

Mercury

c)

Neptune

d)

Jupiter

11.

If we had a solar system sized pool, which planet would float?

a)

Saturn

b)

Mercury

c)

Jupiter

d)

Neptune

12.

The theory that astronomers developed to describe the formation of the universe is the

a)

Heliocentric Theory

b)

Super Nova

Theory

c)

Big Bang Theory

d)

Expansion Theory

13.

The asteroid belt is located

a)

Between Mars and Jupiter

b)

Between Jupiter and Saturn

c)

Behind Neptune

d)

Between the sun and Mercury

14.

Olympus Mons, located on Mars, is the solar system's largest

a)

Canyon

b)

Moon

c)

Volcano

d)

Comet

15.

Our Solar System is located in the _____ galaxy

a)

Sirius

b)

Andromeda

c)

Snickers

d)

Milky Way

16.

Where in the Milky Way galaxy is our solar system located?

a)

between two arms

b)

in the very center

c)

on an arm

d)

at the very end

17.

What two forces combine to keep a planet in its orbit?

a)

gravity and inertia

b)

gravity and mass

c)

mass and inertia

d)

rotation and revolution

18.

This theory says the sun is at the center of the solar system.

a)

Human-centric

b)

Geocentric

c)

Space-centric

d)

Heliocentric

19.

The tendency of a moving object to continue moving or a stationary object to remain in place is called

a)

orbital speed

b)

mass

c)

inertia

d)

gravity

20.

This planets rotates backwards

a)

Mercury

b)

Venus

c)

Earth

d)

Mars