Science Test: Solar System
VOCABULARY:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Gravity
Revolution
Waxing
Rotation
Waning
.
.
.
.
.
A. When the moon is getting
BIGGER
B. The force that holds everything
together
C. The Earth’s trip around the Sun
D. When the moon is getting
SMALLER
PUT THE PLANETS IN ORDER:
(Draw line from number to planet)
E. The Earth spinning on its axis
1,
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
URANUS
MERCURY
JUPITER
EARTH
MARS
SATURN
VENUS
NEPTUNE
Bonus what used to be the 9th planet in
the solar system and is now known as a
dwarf planet?:
MULTIPLE CHOICE:
1. This planet has a moon called Triton and is named after the Roman god of the
sea.
a. Pluto
b. Neptune
c. Sun
2. The sun is so big
a. 1 hundred
Earth’s could fit inside it.
b. 1 thousand
c. 1 million
3. The sky is always
a. Black
b. Red
on the planet Mercury.
c. Blue
4. People can live on Mars because “Martians” live there.
a. TRUE
b. FALSE
5. The weather on Uranus is
and
a. Hot, humid b. windy, cold
6. The Earth is the
a. 1st
b. 2nd
.
planet from the sun.
c. 3rd
d. 4th
7. Poisonous clouds on Venus make it very
a. HOT
b. COLD
c. MILD
!
8. Uranus is the only planet named after a
.
a. Roman god b. Greek god
c. Mythology
9. The Volcano on Mars called Olympus Mons is
miles high. (It’s 3
times taller than Everest, and the base of the volcano is the size of Missiouri)
a. 4
b. 14
c. 44
d. 400
10. Mercury is the hottest planet.
a. TRUE
b. FALSE
11. Nuclear reactions in the suns core are what give the sun its energy.
a. TRUE
b. FALSE
12. Earth and Neptune have
a. Atmosphere b. Temperature
13. Earth is rotating at
a. 1,000
14.
b. 25,000
in common.
c. Gravity
miles per hour.
c. 75,000
Is known as Earth’s twin because they are about the same size and
have about the same amount of gravity.
a. Saturn
b. Venus
c. Jupiter
15. Scientists think Uranus rotates on its side because it was hit by another large
object, like an asteroid, that knocked its axis over.
a. TRUE
b. FALSE
16. It is
a. 100
degree Fahrenheit on the surface of the sun.
b. 1,000
c. 10,000
d. 1 million
17. People can walk on the surface of Neptune.
a. TRUE
b. FALSE
18. Venus is the
a. 1st
b. 2nd
brightest object in the sky.
c. 3rd
19. It takes
a. Mercury
88 days to revolve around the sun.
b. Venus
c. Earth
20. The three primary layers of the Earth’s crust are:
a. Core, Crust, Mantle
b. Center, Rock, Liquid
c. Fire, Water, Ice
BONUS:
Draw a picture of your favorite thing in the solar system and explain why you like it.