WorksheetsOur Place in the Solar System Test Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 18mins
The idea that the solar system formed out of a solar nebula is known as...
Solar Nebula Theory
Nebula Theory
Collision Theory
Big Bang Theory
The Universe is Older and Smaller than the Solar System.
True
False
Earth is the Largest Planet
Earth is the Largest Terrestrial Planet
Jupiter is the Largest Terrestrial Planet
Mars is bigger than Saturn
What is the Order of the Terrestrial Planets, starting from closest to the Sun
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
Mars, Venus, Earth, Mercury
Mercury, Mars, Venus, Earth
Why is Earth the only planet in our solar system that contains all four spheres: atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere?
Location, Location, Location
Just Lucky
Our Moon
the Solar Nebula
Indicate NM (New Moon), 1Q (First Quarter), FM (Full Moon) and 3Q (Third/Last Quarter) on the diagram.
Indicate WAXC (Waxing Crescent), WAXG (Waxing Gibbous), WANC (Waning Crescent), WAG (Waning Gibbous)
Why don't we see a lunar eclipse every Full Moon?
They only happen during New Moon
The moon takes too long to orbit
the plane of the moon's orbit is tilted
Why doesn't Earth, Mars, Venus, or Mercury have higher levels of helium and hydrogen?
Their gravity holds the lighter elements.
Inner planets have a gaseous exterior.
The Sun's energy has burned the lighter elements.
Outer planets have a lower specific gravity.
Mark all correct descriptions of Venus
Terrestrial Planet
almost the same size of Earth
atmosphere is mostly carbon dioxide
extremely high surface temperatures (730K)
Has a retrograde direction of rotation
Why is water present as a solid, a liquid, and a gas on Earth?
Earth's close proximity to the sun
Clouds forming in the atmosphere
Ocean Salinity
Comets brought it here
Which two planets have a shorter day than Earth?
Jupiter
Saturn
Mercury
Venus
Mars
Which planet has a rotation that is almost equal to its revolution?
Venus
Earth
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Outer Planets
Mostly Hydrogen and Helium with a small rocky core
Inner Planets
Metal core with a rocky crust
Moon
Orbits around a planet
Meteor
Burns up in the atmosphere
Asteroid Belt
Found between Mars and Jupiter
Why was Pluto reclassified as a Dwarf Planet?
Rocky or Gaseous composition
extreme oval shaped orbit
near circular shaped orbit
it has not cleared its orbital path of other objects
icy body, similar to the Kuiper Belt objects
Solar wind blows away a comet's dust causing
a tail to point away from the Sun
a tail that points toward the Earth
the comet to "go out" and die
Comets hang out in the
Kuiper Belt
Oort Cloud
Asteroid Belt
Near Earth
During the Summer Solstice for Hampton
the northern hemisphere is pointed toward the Sun
the southern hemisphere is pointed toward the Sun
both northern and southern hemispheres have equal exposure to the Sun
A spacecraft has been launched to explore Saturn, what does the spacecraft pass along the way?
Venus
Asteroid Belt
Jupiter
Neptune
Mars
All planets in our solar system have the same direction of revolution.
True
False
