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Outer Planets

Total questions: 117

Worksheet time: 5hrs 1mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune?

a)

The Sun

b)

The Asteroid Belt

c)

The Outer Planets

d)

The Inner Planets

2.

What are belts?

a)

Something that holds up your pants

b)

The wide band surrounding the planet Jupiter

c)

A gas

d)

The narrow bands surrounding the planet Jupiter

3.

What are zones?

a)

The wide bands surrounding the planet Jupiter

b)

Something that holds up your pants

c)

The narrow bands surrounding the planet Jupiter

d)

A gas

4.

What makes the Outer Planets different than the Inner Planets?

a)

They're made of rock and move slow

b)

They don't exsist

c)

They're made of gas and move fast

d)

They're made of gas and rock and move fast

5.

What separates the Inner Planets and Outer Planets?

a)

Mars

b)

Asteroid Belt

c)

Nothing

d)

Jupiter

6.

What is the fifth planet from the Sun (and the biggest planet)?

a)

Earth

b)

Jupiter

c)

Pluto

d)

Mercury

7.

What do scientists think the red spot in a zone of Jupiter is?

a)

Just a spot

b)

Land

c)

A giant gas storm

d)

Place for humans to live

8.

What is Saturn known for?

a)

Rings made of diamonds

b)

Moons

c)

Lightning

d)

Rings made of ice and dust and rock

9.

How was Uranus discovered?

a)

Scientists found it using a telescope

b)

They just saw it in the sky

c)

We flew past it

d)

It wasn't discovered

10.

Why does Uranus look blue-green?

a)

Rocks

b)

It just does

c)

Methane Gas

d)

We don't know

11.

How does Uranus spin?

a)

Normally like Earth

b)

On it's side

c)

Upside down

d)

Backwards

12.

How was Neptune found?

a)

Scientists just looked up

b)

It wasn't

c)

Scientists looked in a telescope

d)

Scientists were looking to see if another planet rotated like Uranus

13.

What is Neptune's moon Triton known for?

a)

Spinning really fast

b)

Raining diamonds

c)

Having geysers that shoot up super-heated vapors

d)

Spinning upside down

14.

Why is Pluto no longer a planet?

a)

It's too tiny

b)

We didn't like it anymore

c)

It's just a rock

d)

It's too large

15.

How is Pluto different than Gas Giants?

a)

It's small

b)

It's made of rock and not gas like the others

c)

It's made of way too much gas

d)

They're the same

16.
What is Jupiter's largest moon?
a)
Ganymede 
b)
Io
c)
Europa
d)
Callisto
17.

What is a planetary ring?

a)

A thin disk of small particles of ice and rock

b)

What you wear on your finger

c)

The noise your cell phone makes when you get a call

d)

A layer of helium surrounding the atmosphere

18.

Uranus is blue/green because of traces of ___________ in its atmosphere.

a)

oxygen

b)

methane

c)

helium

d)

hydrogen

19.

The great red spot on Jupiter is

a)

A storm

b)

A red dot

c)

Lightning

d)

rusty dirt

20.

What is the second largest planet in our solar system?

a)

Neptune

b)

Jupiter

c)

Uranus

d)

Saturn

21.

Which planet in our solar system is the largest?

a)

Mercury

b)

Neptune

c)

Jupiter

d)

Uranus

22.
________ has the most spectacular rings.
a)
Neptune
b)
Jupiter
c)
Uranus
d)
Saturn
23.

All of the outer planets are known as the _________.

a)

terrestrial giants

b)

titanium planets

c)

helium giants

d)

gas giants

24.
What is Pluto now classified as?
a)
a star
b)
a minor planet
c)
dwarf planet
25.

This planet rotates on its side.

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Uranus

d)

Neptune

26.
Which planet is this? 
a)
Venus
b)
Saturn
c)
Neptune
d)
Jupiter
27.
This planets is farthest from the sun
a)
Neptune
b)
Jupiter
c)
Saturn
d)
Mars
28.
This planet has the most moons because of its size and gravitational pull
a)
Saturn
b)
Neptune
c)
Jupiter
d)
Uranus
29.
The gas giants have so much mass, they exert a much stronger gravitational force.True or False
a)
True
b)
False
c)
Neither
d)
Both
30.
Neptune is twice as far from the sun as Saturn, so it is much warmer. True or False
a)
True
b)
False
c)
Neither
d)
Both
31.
Which of Jupiter's moon has an ICY crust and is believed to have an ocean of fresh water underneath it.
a)
Callisto
b)
Io
c)
Ganymede
d)
Europa
32.

What is the giant red spot on Jupiter?

a)

A tornado

b)

A hurricane

c)

A sand storm

d)

All of the above

33.

What is Jupiter mostly made of?

a)

Nitrogen and Oxygen

b)

Oxygen

c)

Hydrogen and Helium

34.

Which planets have rings?

a)

Saturn

b)

All the gas giants

c)

Saturn and Uranus

d)

Saturn and Neptune

35.

What are Saturns rings made of?

a)

Helium and hydrogen

b)

Ice and rock

c)

Oxygen and methane

d)

Methane

36.

What color is Uranus?

a)

Orange

b)

Yellow

c)

Blue

d)

Red

37.

How does Uranus rotate?

a)

Upright

b)

On its side

38.

What is the 5th planet from the Sun?

a)

Mars

b)

Neptune

c)

Jupiter

d)

Saturn

39.

What is the least dense planet?

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Uranus

d)

Neptune

40.

What is the largest planet in our solar system?

a)

Saturn

b)

Neptune

c)

Uranus

d)

Jupiter

41.

7th planet from the sun. It orbits on its side.

a)

Jupiter

b)

Neptune

c)

Uranus

d)

Saturn

42.

Which planet has the Great Red Spot?

a)

Saturn

b)

Neptune

c)

Uranus

d)

Jupiter

43.

6th planet from the sun. Known for its rings.

a)

Saturn

b)

Uranus

c)

Neptune

d)

Jupiter

44.

Which planet is Saturn?

a)

5

b)

6

c)

7

d)

8

45.
The least dense planet in the solar system is
a)
Jupiter
b)
Saturn
c)
Neptune
d)
Earth
46.

Which planets have rings?

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Uranus

d)

Neptune

47.

Which gas giant has the most noticeable rings?

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Uranus

d)

Neptune

48.

Which gas giant has the Great Dark Spot?

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Uranus

d)

Neptune

49.
The outer planets are known as the gas giants.
a)
True
b)
False
50.
What is the correct order of the outer planets?
a)
Neptune, Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus
b)
Uranus, Neptune, Saturn and Jupiter
c)
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune
d)
Neptune, Uranus, Saturn and Jupiter
51.

This planet rotates the fastest.

a)

Neptune

b)

Saturn

c)

Uranus

d)

Jupiter

52.

This planet was discovered using mathematics.

a)

Neptune

b)

Uranus

c)

Saturn

d)

Jupiter

53.

What planet is squished like a balloon because it spins so fast?

a)

Neptune

b)

Jupiter

c)

Uranus

d)

Saturn

54.

What planet takes the longest to orbit the sun?

a)

Uranus

b)

Jupiter

c)

Neptune

d)

Saturn

55.

5th planet from the sun. Has 67 moons

a)

Saturn

b)

Uranus

c)

Neptune

d)

Jupiter

56.

The Outer Planets are extremely

a)

Cold

b)

Hot

57.

What planet is no longer a planet?

a)

Jupiter

b)

Neptune

c)

Pluto

d)

Saturn

58.

This planet has the most moons in our solar system.

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Uranus

d)

Neptune

59.

This planet has the strongest winds in our solar system.

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Neptune

d)

Uranus

60.

Has the shortest day of all planets

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Uranus

d)

Neptune

61.

Has the largest moon in the Solar System

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Uranus

d)

Neptune

62.

Flattest planet

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Uranus

d)

Neptune

63.

Largest planet

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Uranus

d)

Neptune

64.

Has a Great Red spot

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Uranus

d)

Neptune

65.

Has 150 moons

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Uranus

d)

Neptune

66.

Tipped over on it's side

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Uranus

d)

Neptune

67.

Known as the gas giant

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Uranus

d)

Neptune

68.

"Ice Giant" planet

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Uranus

d)

Neptuen

69.

Has the coldest temperatures of all planets

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Uranus

d)

Neptune

70.

Most distant planet in the Solar System

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Uranus

d)

Neptune

71.

Know for it's extensive rings

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Uranus

d)

Neptune

72.

smallest gas giant

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Uranus

d)

Neptune

73.

Named after the Roman god of the sea

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Uranus

d)

Neptune

74.

One of the largest storms ever recorded here

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Uranus

d)

Neptune

75.

Has a tilted axis of rotations so it spins on its side

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Uranus

d)

Neptune

76.

A thin disk of small particles of ice and rock.

a)

Ring

b)

Jovian Planet

c)

Terrestrial Planet

77.

The four large outer planets, they do not have solid surfaces, also known as Gas Giants

a)

Terrestrial Planets

b)

Ring

c)

Jovian Planets

78.

Cold, blue planet, whose atmosphere contains visible clouds

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Neptune

d)

Uranus

79.

The largest and most massive planet, Great Red Spot

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Uranus

d)

Neptune

80.

Second largest planet in our solar system, has many rings

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Uranus

d)

Neptune

81.

The outer planets, also known as the gas giants, are primarily made of ________________

a)

hydrogen and helium

b)

hydrogen and oxygen

c)

helium and oxygen

d)

helium and nitrogen

82.

The interiors of the outer planets are mainly ____________.

a)

solid

b)

gas

c)

liquid

83.

The outer planets are _________ compared to the inner planets

a)

small

b)

large

c)

planets

d)

dwarfs

84.

___________ is the largest planet in the solar system

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Uranus

d)

Neptune

85.

Jupiter has more moons than any other planet

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Potato

86.

The four largest moons of Jupiter—

Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto—are known as the ____________ moons

a)

Aristotle

b)

Galilean

c)

Copernicus

d)

Pythagoras

87.

__________ is the sixth planet from the Sun. It rotates rapidly and has horizontal bands of clouds.

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Uranus

d)

Neptune

88.

Saturn has an outer gas layer, a thick layer of liquid hydrogen, and a __________ core

a)

gas

b)

liquid

c)

solid

d)

nucleic

89.

Saturn has ________ bands of rings, each containing thousands of narrower ringlets

a)

one

b)

two

c)

seven

d)

one hundred

90.

What are Saturn's rings mostly made of?

a)

Ice

b)

Water

c)

Fire

d)

Clouds

91.

What is the only Moon in the solar system with a dense atmosphere?

a)

Earth's Moon

b)

Titan

c)

Naruto

d)

Europa

92.

___________ is the seventh planet from the Sun, with a system of narrow, dark rings and a diameter about four times that of Earth

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Uranus

d)

Neptune

93.

Uranus has an atmosphere with a small amount of __________, in addition to hydrogen and helium?

a)

methane

b)

oxygen

c)

carbon

d)

Uranus

94.

Beneath Uranus’s atmosphere is a thick, slushy layer of _________, ammonia, and other materials

a)

carbon monoxide

b)

rocks

c)

water

d)

oxygen

95.

Neptune’s interior is also like Uranus’s, made of partially frozen water and ammonia with a _______________ core.

a)

liquid

b)

gas

c)

nucleic

d)

rock and iron

96.

Neptune has a faint, dark ring system

a)

True

b)

False

97.

Which outer planet is the smallest in diameter?

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Uranus

d)

Neptune

98.

Which planet has a "Great Red Spot", which is a giant storm that is twice as wide as Earth?

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Uranus

d)

Neptune

99.

First new planet discovered

a)

Uranus

b)

Jupiter

c)

Neptune

d)

Saturn

e)

Venus

100.

Planet discovered mathematically

a)

Neptune

b)

Jupiter

c)

Uranus

d)

Saturn

e)

Mercury

101.

Largest planet in the solar system

a)

Neptune

b)

Jupiter

c)

Uranus

d)

Saturn

e)

Mercury

102.

Largest moon in the solar system

a)

Ganymede

b)

Cordelia

c)

Io

d)

Luna

e)

Titan

103.

Most volcanically active body in the solar system

a)

Ganymede

b)

Cordelia

c)

Io

d)

Luna

e)

Titan

104.

Only moon in the solar system with a thick atmosphere

a)

Ganymede

b)

Cordelia

c)

Io

d)

Luna

e)

Titan

105.

What function do Saturn's shepherd moons perform?

a)

circulating the planet's gases

b)

Keeping the rings in place

c)

forming the planet's belts

d)

releasing particles of ice

106.

What keeps Saturn's rings in place?

a)

the planet's shepherd moons

b)

the planet's gases

c)

the planet's belts

d)

the particles of ice

e)

the planet's atmosphere

107.

What characteristics gives Uranus its unusual day and night cycle?

a)

gaseous rings

b)

axial tilt

c)

large moons

d)

retrograde rotation

108.

Which of the following is a Galilean satellite?

a)

Enceladus

b)

Ganymede

c)

Oberon

d)

Triton

109.

All four the solar system's outer planets are called the ___ ______

(a)  

110.

The second brightest planet that can be seen from Earth is

(a)  

111.

The planet that has the fastest rotation

a)

Venus

b)

Mercury

c)

Jupiter

d)

Uranus

e)

Neptune

112.

Which planet has a storm called "The big red spot"

a)

Venus

b)

Mercury

c)

Jupiter

d)

Uranus

e)

Neptune

113.

Saturn's winds are 4 1/2 times stronger than Earth's

a)

True

b)

False

114.

Saturn's largest moon is

a)

Titan

b)

Ganymede

c)

Callisto

d)

Enceladus

115.

Which two planets have a retrograde rotation?

a)

Venus

b)

Neptune

c)

Uranus

d)

Jupiter

e)

Saturn

116.

Uranus also has rings made of dust, making them much harder to see than Saturn's icy rings.

a)

True

b)

False

117.

Which planet has liquid nitrogen volcanos that spew ice when it erupts?

a)

Neptune

b)

Jupiter

c)

Mars

d)

Uranus

e)

Saturn

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