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WorksheetsThe Solar System
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 24mins
eight planets, including Earth, and many smaller objects that orbit the sun.
The Solar System
The Great Red Spot
Pluto
a giant high-pressure storm in Jupiter’s atmosphere.
The Solar System
The Great Red Spot
Pluto
A dwarf planet beyond Neptune
The Solar System
The Great Red Spot
Pluto
The closest planet to the Sun, the smallest planet.
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
The second planet from the Sun, similar to Earth in mass & size
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
The third planet from the Sun, has an atmosphere that protects life and surface temperatures that allow water to exist as a solid, liquid, and gas.
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
The fourth planet from the Sun, red appearance.
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
The fifth planet from the Sun, largest planet, has storms of high-pressured gas.
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
The sixth planet from the Sun, has a complex ring system
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
The seventh planet from the Sun, blue-ish green color.
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
The eighth planet from the Sun, also has a blue-ish green color.
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
composed of dust and rock particles mixed with frozen water, methane, and ammonia.
Comet
Meteoroid
Meteor
Meteorite
Asteroid
Pieces of dust and rock
Comet
Meteoroid
Meteor
Meteorite
Asteroid
A meteoroid that burns up in Earth’s atmosphere
Comet
Meteoroid
Meteor
Meteorite
Asteroid
A meteoroid large enough to not burn up completely in the atmosphere and strikes Earth.
Comet
Meteoroid
Meteor
Meteorite
Asteroid
a piece of rock similar to the material that formed into planets.
Comet
Meteoroid
Meteor
Meteorite
Asteroid
Who proposed a Sun-centered solar system?
Ptolemy
Copernicus
Kepler
Oort
What is the shape of planetary orbits?
Circles
Ellipses
Squares
Rectangles
In what direction do comet tails point?
Toward Earth
Toward the Sun
Away from the Sun
Away from the Oort Cloud
Which planet has abundant surface water and is known to have life?
Mars
Jupiter
Neptune
Earth
What objects gravity holds the planets in orbit?
Gaspra
Earth
Mercury
The Sun
Which planet will likely be visited by humans in the future?
Mars
Venus
Jupiter
Neptune
Who discovered that planets have elliptical orbits?
Galileo
Kepler
Copernicus
Einstein
Why do we think there might be life on Mars?
The water at the poles
The atmosphere
The temperatures
We've found little green martian men
