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11.1 Planets and Dwarf Planets
11.1 Planets and Dwarf Planets
Pupil Worksheet
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2. The image shows an artist’s impression of one of the giant planets in the Solar System.
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x A asteroid
x B comet
x C meteorite
x D Trans-Neptunian Object
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Questions 6 - 9. The table (taken from GCSE (9-1) Astronomy: A Guide for Pupils and
Teachers 5th edition) shows some data for the planets in the Solar System.
diameter mass /
planet T/°C atmosphere rings ? moons
/1000 km Earth mass
Mercury 4.9 0.055 170 tenuous x 0
Venus 12.1 0.82 470 dense CO2 x 0
Earth 12.8 1.00 15 N2, O2 & H2O x 1: the Moon
Mars 6.9 0.11 -50 thin CO2 x 2
Jupiter 143 318 -150 H2 & He >60
Saturn 121 95 -180 H2 & He >60
Uranus 51 15 -210 H2 & He >25
Neptune 50 17 -220 H2 & He >12
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9. Which two planets in the Solar System have atmospheres that are largely comprised of
carbon dioxide?
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Dougie: Most dwarf planets are Farah: Most dwarf planets are
located between the orbits of located outside the orbit of the
the planets Saturn and Uranus. planet Neptune.
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12. Which of the following dwarf planets orbits the Sun in the Asteroid Belt?
x A Ceres
x B Eris
x C Makemake
x D Quaoar
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Faraz: All the gas giant planets Nina: Only two of the gas giants
in the Solar System have large in the Solar System have large
numbers of satellites. numbers of satellites.
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Solutions
1. Mercury (1 mark)
2. Jupiter (1)
3. Jupiter (1)
4. Ceres (1)
5. C (1)
6. 1.21 x 105 km (1)
7. Venus (1)
8. Saturn (1)
9. Venus (1) and Mars (1)
10. Neptune (1)
11. Farah (1)
12. A (1)
13. Venus (1)
14. Faraz (1)
Your score: / 15