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Solar System - Criterion A Practice - Year 7

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many planets are in our solar system?

a)

4

b)

9

c)

8

d)

11

2.

Which of these are also found in our solar system?

a)

Asteroids

b)

Dwarf planets

c)

Comets

d)

Stars

3.

Which of these does not orbit the Sun.

a)

Asteroids

b)

Moon

c)

Comet

d)

Dwarf planet

4.

Why are diagrams of the solar system often inaccurate? (2 answers)

a)

Distances between objects are too big

b)

Distances between objects are too small

c)

Planet size is too big

d)

Planet size is too small

5.

Moons are an example of a natural...

a)

Planet

b)

Dwarf planet

c)

Satellite

d)

Asteroid

6.

Which type of satellite orbit allows it to cover/view the entire Earth's surface?

a)

Geostationary

b)

Polar

c)

Non-Polar

d)

Artificial

7.

How much of the solar systems mass is found in the Sun?

a)

99%

b)

99.8%

c)

90%

d)

50%

8.

Match these asteroid clusters to their locations

a)

Asteroid Belt

1.

Between Mars and Jupiter

b)

Kuiper Belt

2.

Beyond Neptune

c)

Oort Cloud

3.

The edge of the solar system

9.

Order these planets in terms of their distance from the Sun

a)

Venus

b)

Mars

c)

Jupiter

d)

Uranus

e)

Neptune

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
10.

Order these planets in size order, from smallest to largest

a)

Mercury

b)

Mars

c)

Earth

d)

Neptune

e)

Uranus

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)