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EARTH SCIE (SOLAR SYSTEM)

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the largest planet in our solar system?

a)

Jupiter

b)

Mars

c)

Saturn

d)

Earth

2.

Which planet is known as the "Red Planet"?

a)

Mars

b)

Jupiter

c)

Saturn

d)

Uranus

3.

Which planet has the most prominent set of rings in the solar system?

a)

Saturn

b)

Earth

c)

Mars

d)

Jupiter

4.

What is the closest star to Earth?

a)

Proxima Centauri

b)

Alpha Centauri (binary star)

c)

Barnard's Star

5.

What is the largest moon in the solar system?

a)

Ganymede

b)

Titan

c)

Callisto

6.

Which planet is known for its striking blue color due to the presence of methane in its atmosphere?

a)

Neptune

b)

Saturn

c)

Uranus

7.

Which planet has the most extreme temperatures, with scorching hot days and cold nights?

a)

Venus

b)

Mars

c)

Earth

8.

What is the largest asteroid in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter?

a)

Ceres

b)

Mathilde

9.

What is the name of the spacecraft that first landed humans on the Moon in 1969?

a)

APOLLO 11

b)

APOLLO 12

c)

APOLLO 01

d)

APOLLO 02

10.

Which planet is often referred to as Earth's "sister planet" due to its similar size and composition?

a)

VENUS

b)

MARS

c)

JUPITER

d)

URANUS

11.

What is the largest volcano in our solar system, located on Mars?

a)

Olympus Mons

b)

Olympus Moons

12.

Which gas is the most abundant in the atmosphere of both Earth and Venus?

a)

Nitrogen

b)

Oxygen

c)

Sulfur

d)

Hydrogen

13.

What is the name of the region beyond Neptune where many icy objects and dwarf planets are located?

a)

Kuiper belt

b)

Asteriod belt

14.

Which spacecraft provided the first close-up images of Pluto in 2015?

a)

New horizons

b)

Clyde Tombaugh

15.

What is the smallest planet in our solar system?

a)

Mercury

b)

Mars

c)

Uranus

d)

Earth

16.

Which moon of Saturn is known for its geysers of water ice erupting from its surface?

a)

Enceladus

b)

Insidious

17.

Which gas gives Uranus and Neptune their distinctive blue-green color?

(a)  

18.

What is the name of the spacecraft launched in 1977 that has now left the solar system and entered interstellar space?

(a)  

19.

Which planet has the Great Red Spot, a massive storm system that has been observed for centuries?

(a)  

20.

What is the name of the process by which stars, including our Sun, generate energy by fusing hydrogen into helium in their cores?

(a)