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Solar System Quiz-8th grade

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which two elements make up the Sun?

a)

Hydrogen and helium

b)

Hydrogen and oxygen

c)

Carbon and nitrogen

d)

Oxygen and carbon

2.
What is at the center of the Solar System?
a)
Earth
b)
Moon
c)
Sun
d)
Jupiter
3.

How old is the Sun?

a)

about 2018 years old

b)

about 5 billion years old

c)

about a gazillion years old

d)

about 5 million years old

4.

How long does it take light from the Sun to get to Earth?

a)

about 8 minutes

b)

about 8 seconds

c)

about 8 hours

d)

about 8 days

5.

How far away is the sun from our planet?

a)
150 million miles (240 million kilometers)
b)
50 million miles (80 million kilometers)
c)
200 million miles (320 million kilometers)
d)
93 million miles (150 million kilometers)
6.

Which of the following describes a solar system?

a)
A solar system consists of a single planet and its moons.
b)
A solar system is a group of stars without any orbiting bodies.
c)

A solar system is a star and a collection of planets

d)
A solar system is a collection of planets only.
7.

It contains more than ________ of the mass of the whole solar system.

a)
95%
b)
85%
c)

100%

d)

99%

8.

Describe the planet Mercury

a)
Mercury is the only planet with rings in the solar system.
b)

Mercury is a small, rocky planet closest to the Sun, and it is the fastest planet.

c)
Mercury has a temperate climate and abundant water sources.
d)
Mercury is a large gas giant with a thick atmosphere.
9.

Venus is _________

a)
the third planet from the Sun
b)

the same size as the planet Earth, and has a lake of lava as big as the U.S.A.

c)
the largest planet in the solar system
d)
a gas giant
10.

Earth is the planet______

a)

is made up of oxygen, nitrogen and carbon dioxide

b)
that has no atmosphere
c)
that is made of gas
d)
that is the hottest planet
11.

Mars is _________

a)
a gas giant
b)
the second planet from the Sun
c)
the largest planet in the solar system
d)

the red planet and the most visited planet.

12.

Jupiter is called _______

a)

the King planet an has more than 50 moons.

b)

the Rocky Planet and 5 moons

c)

the Ice Gianta and has 100 moons

d)

the Red Planet and has 35 moons.

13.

Saturn is called_______

a)
the Dwarf Planet
b)
the Ice Planet
c)
the Gas Giant
d)

Jewel of the Solar System

14.

Uranus is he only planet that ________

a)
has the most moons
b)
is the hottest planet
c)
rotates on its side
d)
is the smallest planet
15.

Neptune is ______

a)

the windiest planet

b)
closest planet to the Sun
c)
largest moon of Saturn
d)
fifth planet from the Sun
16.

Kuiper Belt contains________

a)
comets and asteroids
b)

asteroids and the dwarf planets

c)
gas giants
d)
large rocky planets
17.

The asteroid belt is between ____ and ______.

a)
Saturn and Uranus
b)
Mercury and Neptune
c)
Mars and Jupiter
d)
Earth and Venus
18.

The outer planets are________and the inner planets are________.

a)
The outer planets are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune and the inner planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars.
b)
The outer planets are Saturn, Jupiter, Earth, and Mars and the inner planets are Neptune, Uranus, Venus, and Mercury.
c)
The outer planets are Earth, Mars, Venus, and Mercury and the inner planets are Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Jupiter.
d)
The outer planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars and the inner planets are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
19.
The order of the planets is:
a)
Mars,Venus,Earth,
Mercury,Saturn
Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune
b)
Earth,Venus,Mars
Jupiter, Neptune,
Mercury,Saturn,
Uranus
c)
Mercury,Venus,Earth
Mars,Jupiter,
Saturn,Uranus
Neptune
20.

The inner planets are made of _______and the outer planets are made of_________.

a)
plasma and rocks
b)
rock and metal; gases and ices
c)
water and dust
d)
ice and metal
21.

The inner planets are the ________and the outer planets are the ________.

a)

Terrestrial and gas planets

b)

best and worst planets

c)

Asteroid and Kuiper planets