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Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 3hrs 36mins
What is a meteoroid that has hit Earth's surface?
Meteor
Asteroid
Comet
Meteorite
Which planet is NOT one of the
"Gas Giants"?
Uranus
Venus
Neptune
Saturn
Which outer planets have rings?
Just Saturn
Saturn and Jupiter
Jupiter, Neptune, and Saturn
all 4 of the outer planets
This table shows the rotation period and revolution period for 6 planets, and Earth’s moon, all relative to Earth’s periods. Which 2 planets have shorter days than Earth?
Jupiter and Saturn
Venus and Mercury
Mars and Jupiter
Saturn and Moon
a small rocky body orbiting the sun, ranging from the size of a small house to dust particles
nebula
terrestrial planets
collision
asteroids
the astronomical model in which the Earth and planets revolve around the Sun at the center of the Solar System.
Aristarchus
accretion
nebula
heliocentric system
The coldest planet is?
Neptune
Earth
Mercury
Jupiter
Which planet is Red in color?
Earth
Mars
Venus
Mercury
What does a comet look like?
Which object used to be the 9th planet, but isn't any more.
Comet
Pluto
Ceres
Sedna
Which planet is the hottest planet (860 degrees F)!
Venus
Mercury
Earth
Mars
What's the brightest planet in the solar system?
Venus
Earth
Uranus
Jupiter
What's this?
meteor
solar system
venus
universe
What is the Earth's nickname?
The Red Planet
The Blue Planet
The Big Planet
The Water Planet
A student made a model of how the planets orbit the sun. She used a tennis ball to represent the sun. She used ping-pong balls to represent each planet and painted each one a different color. Then, she placed all the ping-pong balls equal distances apart in a line extending out from the sun.
What are two limitations of the student's model? (Limitations are things about the model that limit its accuracy.)
She used the same size balls to represent the planets.
She made planets orbit the sun.
The planets are not the correct distances from the sun.
The solar system can't be modeled using actual objects.
Why is making a model of the solar system difficult?
Don't have the right materials
The solar system is so big and the objects in it are so small in comparison
There are too many parts in a model
Because the science concepts are too difficult
Which planet in the Solar system orbits the sun in the shortest amount of time?
Mercury
Earth
Jupiter
Neptune
If you were going to make a scale model of the Solar system what planet should be the second largest?
Jupiter
Saturn
Earth
Uranus
What planet is spinning the fastest on its axis?
Mercury
Jupiter
Venus
Earth
What planets year (Period of Revolution) is shorter than its day (Period of Rotation)?
Venus
Jupiter
Earth
Uranus
Imagine that a new object is found in our solar system. It is small and made of rock and orbits the dwarf planet Eris. How would scientists classify this object?
A moon
A comet
An asteroid
A meteoroid
Which of the following bodies in our solar system orbit the sun? (Select all that are correct)
Meteoroids
Moons
Dwarf Planets
Comets
Asteroids
