Name _____________________________
Solar System Worksheet
http://teach.fcps.net/trt8/SolarSystem/Planets.htm
Click on the picture of Mercury.
1. List three important facts about this planet that you read from the title page.
A. planet nearest to the sun
B. smallest planet in the solar system
C. surface is covered with craters
Click on Planetary Facts to answer the following:
A. Diameter:
____3030 miles___________
B. Density:
______5427kg/^3_________
C. Minimum distance from earth: ____48 million___________ (in miles)
D. Number of satellites/rings:
________0_______
Click on the Back button and then click on Discover Mercury to answer the following:
A. Why is Mercury difficult for us to see? Orbit is so close to the sun
B. How many earth days equal a Mercury day? 59
C. What spacecraft visited Mercury? Mariner 10
Click on the Back button and then click on Image Archive to check out the pictures.
Click on the Back button and visit other links on this page to find four new and important
facts about this planet.
A. ____________doesnt have any rings or moons______
B. ___temperature can reach over 800 degree f_____________
C. __rotates very slowly___________________________________________
D. _________t has lots of craters__________________________________
Click on the Back button until your get back to the Solar System WebQuest. Click on the
picture of Venus.
1. List three important facts about this planet that you read from the title page.
A. earth sister planet
B. 2nd planet from the sun
C. slightly smaller than the earth
Click on Planetary Facts to answer the following:
A. Diameter:
__7522miles_____________
B. Density:
____5243kg/m^3___________
C. Minimum distance from earth: ________25million_______ (in miles)
D. Number of satellites/rings:
_0______________
Click on the Back button and then click on Discover Venus to answer the following:
A. Why is Venus normally visible on earth?
B. What two times of the day should you look in the sky to see Venus?
C. Why does the Sun rise in the west and set in the east on Venus?
D. Describe the atmosphere and surface of Venus.
Click on the Back button and then click on Image Archive to check out the pictures.
Click on the Back button and visit other links on this page to find four new and important
facts about this planet.
A. __covered with thick clouds____________
B. _________sister to earth_________________________
C. ______it Greek name is Aphrodite____________________________
D. ___its tilt of axis is 177-178degree_______________________________
Click on the Back button until your get back to the Solar System WebQuest. Click on the
picture of Earth.
1. List three important facts about this planet that you read from the title page.
A. our home planet
B.3rd planet from the sun
C. only planet that has life on it
Click on Planetary Facts to answer the following:
A. Diameter:
_7926miles______________
B. Density:
___5515kg/m^3____________
C. Minimum distance from earth: _______________ (in miles)
D. Number of satellites/rings:
________1_______
Click on the Back button and then click on Interior and Surface to answer the following:
A. When was the earth formed? 4.5 billion years ago
B. What is unique about the earth’s surface? Only planet that has large amounts of water
C. What is the term for the slow movement of the Earth’s outer layer. Plate techtonis
Click on the Back button and then click on Image Archive to check out the pictures.
Click on the Back button and visit other links on this page to find four new and important
facts about this planet.
A. ______largest inner planet_______
B. ____it has radiation belts ______
C. ___only planet we know that has life_
D. __permafrost causes positive feedback to global warmin
Click on the Back button until your get back to the Solar System WebQuest. Click on the
picture of Mars.
1. List three important facts about this planet that you read from the title page.
A. ___________4th planet from sun____________________________________
B. ________has huge volcanoes_______________________
C. __color is caused by rust in the soil___________________________________
Click on Planetary Facts to answer the following:
A. Diameter:
____4217miles___________
B. Density:
__3933kg/m^3_____________
C. Minimum distance from earth: ___35million____________ (in miles)
D. Number of satellites/rings:
____2___________
Click on the Back button and then click on Discover Mars to answer the following:
A. Why was Mars named after a god of war? Reddish color reminded people of war
B. Describe the largest volcano on Mars. it could cover up missouri
C. What are the names of this planet’s two moons? phobos and deimos
Click on the Back button and then click on Image Archive to check out the pictures.
Click on the Back button and visit other links on this page to find four new and important
facts about this planet.
A. ___its volcanos name is olympus mons __
B. _____volcano was discover in 1659________
C. _ it was discovered by Christian huygens________
D. __mars greek names is ares_____________
Click on the Back button until your get back to the Solar System WebQuest. Click on the
picture of Jupiter.
1. List three important facts about this planet that you read from the title page.
A. largest planet in our solar system
B. ___it has a great red spot____________________________________________
C. ___site of comets____________________________________________
Click on Planetary Facts to answer the following:
A. Diameter:
__88736miles_____________
B. Density:
__________1326kg/m^3_____
C. Minimum distance from earth: ____365million___________ (in miles)
D. Number of satellites/rings:
____63/1___________
Click on the Back button and then click on Discover Jupiter to answer the following:
A. What is the most famous feature on Jupiter, and what is it really? THE GREAT RED
SPOT, a violent storm
B. Why could we not breathe the air on Jupiter? Cause it is made of hydrogen and helium
C. What spacecraft have we sent to Jupiter? Pioneer 10&11 and voyager 1 &2
Click on the Back button and then click on Image Archive to check out the pictures.
Click on the Back button and visit other links on this page to find four new and important
facts about this planet.
A__revolution around sun_is 12 years______
B. _____tilt of axis is 3.1degrees_
C. .its greek name is zeus
D. __rotation period is 9.8 hr_______________
Click on the Back button until your get back to the Solar System WebQuest. Click on the
picture of Saturn.
1. List three important facts about this planet that you read from the title page.
A. _______6th planet from sun______________
B. _________beautiful lights called aurora______________________________________
C. _the aurora has been seen at both poles_________________________________
Click on Planetary Facts to answer the following:
A. Diameter:
___74500miles____________
B. Density:
___687kg/m^3________
C. Minimum distance from earth: _______746million________ (in miles)
D. Number of satellites/rings:
__________62 moons many rings_____
Click on the Back button and then click on Discover Saturn to answer the following:
A. What did the two humps observed by Galileo turn out to be? rings
B. What spacecraft is supposed to visit Saturn this year?cassini
C. What is the name of Saturn’s largest moon? titan
Click on the Back button and then click on Image Archive to check out the pictures.
Click on the Back button and visit other links on this page to find four new and important
facts about this planet.
A. ________greek name is cronus_________________
B. ______rotation period 10.67 hr__________________
C. ____revolution around sun 29.5 years____________
D. _______________tilt of axis 26degree 42
‘’_____________________________________________
Click on the Back button until your get back to the Solar System WebQuest. Click on the
picture of Uranus.
1. List three important facts about this planet that you read from the title page.
A. ____________________7th planet from sun___________________________
B. ___has unusual seasons____________________________________________
C. ____________________has a faint ring___________________________
Click on Planetary Facts to answer the following:
A. Diameter:
_______32000miles________
B. Density:
________1270kg/m^3_______
C. Minimum distance from earth: __1.6billion_____________ (in miles)
D. Number of satellites/rings:
_________27moons, faint ring______
Click on the Back button and then click on Discover Uranus to answer the following:
A. What is unusual about the north and south pole and why is this so? The north and south
pole are on its side
B. What are two important facts about the moons of Uranus? Is has 27 moons largest
number for any planet
C. What made Uranus appear to blink? band rings
Click on the Back button and then click on Image Archive to check out the pictures.
Click on the Back button and visit other links on this page to find four new and important
facts about this planet.
A. _____rotation period 17.24 hr_______
B. ____revolution period 84 years
C. ________________greek name is uranus________________
D. __________________tilt of axis is 98 degree________
Click on the Back button until your get back to the Solar System WebQuest. Click on the
picture of Neptune.
1. List three important facts about this planet that you read from the title page.
A. ___8th planet from sun____________________________________________
B. ___has 13 moons____________________________________________
C. __its very cold_____________________________________________
Click on Planetary Facts to answer the following:
A. Diameter:
_______30760miles________
B. Density:
_____1638kg/^3__________
C. Minimum distance from earth: ____2.68billion___________ (in miles)
D. Number of satellites/rings:
_____13 moons__________
Click on the Back button and then click on Discover Neptune to answer the following:
A. What was first used to discover Neptune? math
B. What made the scientist think that Neptune must exist? they had trouble figuring out
Uranus’ orbit
C. Click on most of the time and figure out in what year Neptune will become the ninth
planet again February 11th.
D. What is the name of Neptune’s largest moon?triton
Click on the Back button and then click on Image Archive to check out the pictures.
Click on the Back button and visit other links on this page to find four new and important
facts about this planet.
A. __________rotation__17.24hr____
B. ____________revolution 165 years________
C. _____greek name is__poseidon___
D. __tilt of axis_ 29 degree 36’’___
Click on the Back button until your get back to the Solar System WebQuest. Click on the
picture of Pluto.
1. List three important facts about this planet that you read from the title page.
A. ________________fringed ball of ice and rocks_______________________________
B. _______has 3 moons________________________________________
C. ______discovered 1930_________________________________________
Click on Planetary Facts to answer the following:
A. Diameter:
_______________
B. Density:
_______________
C. Minimum distance from earth: _______________ (in miles)
D. Number of satellites/rings:
_______________
Click on the Back button and then click on Discover Pluto to answer the following:
A. How is Pluto’s discovery similar to that of Neptune?
B. What three facts made Pluto difficult to find?
C. Click on isn’t a planet at all and explain the controversy about Pluto.
Click on the Back button and then click on Image Archive to check out the pictures.
Click on the Back button and visit other links on this page to find four new and important
facts about this planet.
A. ____________now a dwarf planet________
B. _______it has 3 moons_________________________________________________
C. _________not a planet any more__
D. ___it was discovered in
1930________________________________________________________