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Solar System Review- J2

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 39mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many planets are in our solar system?

a)

7

b)

8

c)

9

d)

10

2.

What is the largest planet in our solar system?

a)

Saturn

b)

Mars

c)

Venus

d)

Jupiter

3.

Which planet is the only planet to spin on its side?

a)

Uranus

b)

Venus

c)

Earth

d)

Mars

4.

What are the rings of Saturn made of?

a)

Rocks

b)

Rocks, ice crystals, frozen gas, and water

c)

ice crystals and water

d)

frozen gas and rocks

5.

The Sun is mostly made of this element.

a)

oxygen

b)

carbon

c)

nitrogen

d)

hydrogen

6.

What planet is the same size as Earth?

a)

Pluto

b)

Jupiter

c)

Venus

d)

Saturn

7.

The asteroid belt is located between the orbits of _______.

a)

Venus and Earth

b)

Earth and Mars

c)

Mars and Jupiter

d)

Uranus and Neptune

8.

The Earth takes ____ to revolve around the Sun.

a)

one year

b)

one day

c)

one month

d)

one hour

9.

Day and night on Earth occurs due to ____.

a)

the rotation of the Earth

b)

the tilt of the Earth's axis as it revolves around the Sun

c)

the revolution of the Moon around the Earth

d)

the rotation of the Moon

10.
Compared to Earth, does Saturn take a longer or shorter amount of time to orbit the sun?
a)
longer
b)
shorter
11.

A group of stars forms a pattern in the nightsky is called _______.

a)

a solar system

b)

a constellation

c)

a ball of hot gases

d)

a planet

12.

A chunk of rock that burns up upon entering a planet's atmosphere is called ________.

a)

Comet

b)

Meteor

c)

Meteoroid

d)

Asteroid

13.

A small, solid, rocky body that orbits the Sun is called_______.

a)

Asteroid

b)

Comet

c)

Meteoroid

d)

Meteor

14.
Name the planets in order from the one closet to the Sun
a)
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
b)
Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Earth, Venus, Mercury
c)
Mercury, Earth, Mars, Venus, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune
d)
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto
15.

Some of the dwarf planets in the Solar System are __________.

a)

Makemake, Ceres and Charon

b)

Pluto, Pallas and Eris

c)

Eris, Pluto and Nix

d)

Haumea, Pluto and Eris

16.

The outer planets are also called ________.

a)

gas giants

b)

terrestrial planets

c)

inner p[lanets

d)

smallest

17.
What is a planet?
a)
a group of stars that forms a pattern in the sky
b)
a large ball of hot gases that gives off heat and light
c)
a large ball of rock that moves around the sun
18.
True/False: The stars we see in each constellation are very close to us.
a)
True
b)
False
19.
People in the Northern Hemisphere do see the same constellations as the people in the Southern Hemisphere.
a)
True
b)
False
20.
The sky is divided into ____ constellations.
a)
11
b)
22
c)
44
d)
88
21.

Polaris always points____________.

a)

East 

b)

West

c)

North

d)

South