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Atmospheres of the 9 Planets - Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Use the word bank (Inner planets, Outer planets, Jupiter, Neptune, Venus, Mercury, Saturn, Pluto, Mars, Earth, Uranus) to choose the best match: Planets made up mainly of light elements such as hydrogen and helium.

a)

Inner planets

b)

Outer planets

c)

Jupiter

d)

Earth

e)

Mars

2.

Use the word bank (Inner planets, Outer planets, Jupiter, Neptune, Venus, Mercury, Saturn, Pluto, Mars, Earth, Uranus) to choose the best match: No atmosphere; no weather.

a)

Venus

b)

Mercury

c)

Pluto

d)

Mars

e)

Earth

3.

Use the word bank (Inner planets, Outer planets, Jupiter, Neptune, Venus, Mercury, Saturn, Pluto, Mars, Earth, Uranus) to choose the best match: Unique because surface temperature allows water to exist as solid, liquid and gas.

a)

Earth

b)

Mars

c)

Venus

d)

Mercury

4.

Use the word bank (Inner planets, Outer planets, Jupiter, Neptune, Venus, Mercury, Saturn, Pluto, Mars, Earth, Uranus) to choose the best match: Thick clouds of sulfuric acid and carbon dioxide surround it and trap energy from the sun.

a)

Venus

b)

Mercury

c)

Earth

d)

Mars

5.

Use the word bank (Inner planets, Outer planets, Jupiter, Neptune, Venus, Mercury, Saturn, Pluto, Mars, Earth, Uranus) to choose the best match: Made of rock and ice.

a)

Pluto

b)

Neptune

c)

Mercury

d)

Saturn

6.

Use the word bank (Inner planets, Outer planets, Jupiter, Neptune, Venus, Mercury, Saturn, Pluto, Mars, Earth, Uranus) to select all that apply: 2 planets whose atmospheres contain the gases hydrogen and helium.

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Uranus

d)

Neptune

7.

Use the word bank (Inner planets, Outer planets, Jupiter, Neptune, Venus, Mercury, Saturn, Pluto, Mars, Earth, Uranus) to choose the best match: Solid, rocky bodies with a thin atmosphere compared to the outer planets.

a)

Inner planets

b)

Outer planets

c)

Jupiter

d)

Saturn

8.

Use the word bank (Inner planets, Outer planets, Jupiter, Neptune, Venus, Mercury, Saturn, Pluto, Mars, Earth, Uranus) to choose the best match: Atmosphere is made up mostly of carbon dioxide with some nitrogen and argon.

a)

Mars

b)

Venus

c)

Mercury

d)

Earth

9.

Use the word bank (Inner planets, Outer planets, Jupiter, Neptune, Venus, Mercury, Saturn, Pluto, Mars, Earth, Uranus) to select all that apply: 2 planets with atmospheres made mostly of hydrogen, helium and methane.

a)

Uranus

b)

Neptune

c)

Jupiter

d)

Saturn

10.

Compared to Neptune, Mars

a)

Is larger in size and takes longer to travel around the Sun.

b)

Is smaller in size and takes less time to travel around the Sun

c)

Is smaller in size and takes the same amount of time to travel around the Sun

d)

Takes the same amount of time to travel around the Sun and is the same size.

11.
What is similar about all of the inner planets?
a)
rocky
b)
gasses
c)
many moons
d)
takes a long time to revolve around the sun
12.

Planets that are closest to the Sun are identified as

a)

low-density jovian planets

b)

low-density terrestrial planets

c)

high-density jovian planets

d)

high-density terrestrial planets

13.

The 4 Rocky Planets are

a)

Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Mars

b)

Mercury, Venus, Mars, Saturn

c)

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

14.

Compared to the terrestrial planets, the Jovian

planets are

a)

(1) larger and less dense

b)

(2) smaller and more dense

c)

(3) closer to the Sun and less rocky

d)

(4) farther from the Sun and more rocky

15.

The Earth is the ________ largest planet in the solar system.

a)
fifth
b)
third
c)
largest
d)
second