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Solar System

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

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Class
Date
1.

What do Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars all have in common?

a)

They are all very cold planets.

b)

They are considered terrestrial planets, that is rocky or have metals with hard surface.

c)

They are about the same size.

d)

They are considered gas giants

2.

The four inner planets are rocky and small. Which description best fits the next four outer planets?

a)

They are also rocky and small.

b)

They are very large and has no moons

c)

They are small and made of ice.

d)

They are very large, made of gases with no solid surface

3.
What is the Sun?
a)
It is a satellite
b)
It is a Star
c)
It is a comet
d)
It is a planet
4.

Which planet is the largest planet in the solar system and is the fifth planet?

a)

the sun

b)

Uranus

c)

Jupiter

d)

Earth

5.

Which planet has 83 moons?

a)

Saturn

b)

Earth

c)

Neptune

d)

Mars

6.

Which planet is home to the tallest mountain , has the largest dust storms in the solar system and is also known as the 'Red Planet' because of the presence of iron oxide in it's rock.

a)

Earth

b)

Venus

c)

Jupiter

d)

Mars

7.

What is the object that all planets in our solar system orbit?

a)

The moon

b)

The sun

c)

The Milky Way

d)

Mercury

8.

A cloud of gas and dust is called a....

a)

Solar System

b)

Nebula

c)

Galaxy

d)

Red Giant

9.

What is the correct order of the planets in the Solar System, starting closest to the Sun?

a)

Mars, Mercury, Earth, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune,

b)

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

c)

Mercury, Mars, Venus, Earth, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune,

d)

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Neptune, Uranus, Saturn

10.
A force of attraction between any two objects is called _____________.
a)
static electricity 
b)
rotation
c)
gravity
d)
orbit