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All About Pluto

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What Year Was Pluto Discovered

a)

2000

b)

1950

c)

2006

d)

1930

2.

Who Discovered Pluto

a)

NASA

b)

Pluto from Mickey Mouse

c)

Clyde Tombaugh

d)

Edwin Hubble

3.

To be classified as a planet an object must:

a)

Orbit a star

b)

Be flat

c)

Have a spherical shape

d)

Clear the path around the Sun of other objects

4.

How many planets are there in the solar system?

a)

4

b)

12

c)

8

d)

9

5.

Which is true of the dwarf planets?

a)

more massive than nearby objects

b)

never have moons

c)

orbit near the Sun

d)

spherically shaped

6.

How many moons does Pluto have?

a)

0

b)

1

c)

5

d)

10

7.

How cold is it on Pluto?

a)

-386 Degrees Fahrenhiet

b)

-369 Degrees Fahrenhiet

c)

108 Degrees Fahrenheit

d)

-400 Degrees Fahrenheit

8.

What three gasses make up Pluto's atmosphere?

a)

Methane

b)

Carbon Monoxide

c)

Nitrogen

d)

Oxygen

9.

When compared to Earth, Pluto's path around the Sun is...

a)

Wobbly

b)

Tilted

c)

Shorter

d)

Pluto doesn't orbit the Sun.

10.

One year on pluto is almost ________ Earth years.

a)

100

b)

300

c)

1,000

d)

3,000

11.

True or False: Pluto is the only Dwarf Planet in our Solar System.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Select the larger object.

a)

Earth's Moon

b)

Pluto

13.

What type of planet is Pluto?

a)

A "regular" planet

b)

A dwarf planet

c)

An exoplanet

14.

Where is Pluto located?

a)

The Kuiper Belt

b)

The Asteroid Belt

15.

What Planet is Pluto after

a)

Mercury

b)

Saturn

c)

Earth

d)

Neptune

16.

What was the Main mission to Pluto

a)

Dwarf Planets

b)

Mission Artemis

c)

New Horizons

d)

Project Pluto

17.

What is Pluto MOSTLY made of

a)

carbon dioxide

b)

Nitrogin Ice

c)

methane

d)

carbon

18.

Pluto's largest moon is called. . . .

a)

Charon

b)

Sharon

c)

Chairon

d)

Clairon

19.

What was Pluto named after

a)

Pluto from Mickey Mouse

b)

The scientist who Discovered it

c)

A Greek God

d)

A inside joke by the discoverer

20.

Pluto has a nickname (The Dwarf Planet)

a)

True

b)

False

21.

What % of Pluto is water

a)

30%

b)

70%

c)

50%

d)

26.826%

22.

What is Pluto like

a)

Covered with ice and frozen gases

b)

icebergs/ cryovolcanoes

c)

freezing

d)

cold but it can sustain life

23.

Which one of Plutos moon is the smallest

a)

styx

b)

minimoon

c)

carbonx

d)

lxny

24.

How much would you weigh on Pluto if you were 100 lbs

a)

8

b)

7

c)

8.9

d)

9