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Solar system y 7

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which planet is the largest?

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Neptune

d)

Pluto

2.

Which planet is farthest from the sun?

a)

Pluto

b)

Saturn

c)

Uranus

d)

Neptune

3.

Choose the correct order of the first 4 planets

a)

Mercury, Earth, Venus, Mars

b)

Mars, Earth, Venus, Mercury

c)

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

d)

Mercury, Mars, Venus, Pluto

4.

Choose the correct order of the outer gas giants

a)

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

b)

Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus

c)

Uranus, Neptune, Saturn, Jupiter

d)

Jupiter, Saturn, Neptunr, Pluto

5.

A giant cloud of dust and gas formed out solar system.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Our solar system began as a ________.

a)

quasar

b)

neutron star

c)

nebula

d)

atom

7.

Which planet is Red in color?

a)

Earth

b)

Mars

c)

Venus

d)

Mercury

8.

The ________________ seperates the inner planets from the outer planets.

a)

Kuiper Belt

b)

comets

c)

asteroid belt

d)

gases

9.

What is most likely to be found in a nebula?

a)

planets

b)

asteroids

c)

stars

d)

gas clouds

10.

What are Nebular Clouds?

a)

an interstellar cloud of dust, hydrogen, helium and other ionized gases

b)

an increase (or decrease) in the frequency of sound, light, or other waves

c)

the galaxy that contains our Solar System

d)

a particle attracts every other particle in the universe

11.

Which statement is true?

a)

An object will have the same mass on different planets but a different weight

b)

An object will have a different mass on different planets but the weight will stay the same

c)

An object will have the same mass and weight on different planets

12.

What planet is closest to the sun?

a)

Neptune

b)

Earth

c)

Mercury

d)

Venus

13.

How many planets orbit around the sun?

a)

7

b)

9

c)

8

d)

10

14.

The sun is at the centre of our solar system, it is a ....

a)

planet

b)

star

c)

galaxy

d)

moon

15.

What unit is weight measured in?

a)

Grams

b)

Kilograms

c)

Newtons

d)

N/Kg

16.
The force of gravity acting on an object is the object's ______.
a)
mass
b)
matter
c)
weight 
d)
friction 
17.

What unit is mass measured in?

a)

Grams

b)

Kilograms

c)

Newtons

d)

N/Kg

18.
The amount of matter in an object is 
a)
pressure
b)
weight
c)
mass
d)
force
19.
A person would weigh less on on the Moon than on the Earth because . . .
a)
Moon has more mass, and therefore more gravity
b)
Moon has less mass, and therefore more gravity
c)
Moon has more mass, and therefore less gravity
d)
Moon has less mass and therefore less gravity
20.
What is gravity?
a)
A force
b)
Energy
c)
A push
d)
All of them
21.
If an object mass =30 Kg on the Earth, what would be it's weight on Earth?
a)
30 N
b)
300 kg
c)
3000N
d)
300 N
22.

What is missing?

a)

D

b)

N

c)

W

d)

L

23.

Weight is constant.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

What do you use to measure the weight of an object?

a)
b)
c)
d)