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6.3 The Solar System

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Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 48mins
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Instructor name: Nguyen Nga

1. Which planet is closest to the Sun?

a) Venus b) Mars
c) Jupiter d) Saturn

2. Identify the planet with the prominent ring system in the image of the solar system.

A B C D E

3. Which planet is closest to the Sun?

a) Venus b) Mars
c) Jupiter d) Saturn
4. Identify the planet with the prominent ring system in the image of the solar system.

A B C D E
5. Reorder the following
Arrange the inner planets from the one closest to the Sun to the one farthest away.

a) b)

mercury venus

c)

earth

1)

2)

3)

6. Which of the following planets have rings? Select all that apply.

a) Jupiter b) Earth
c) Saturn d) Mars
e) Neptune

7. Drag and drop the planets to categorize them as either inner or outer planets.​​
Inner​​(a) ​(b)
Outter​(c) ​(d)

Choose from the below words

Mercury Mars Jupiter Uranus

8. If the diameter of Jupiter is approximately 139,822 kilometers and the diameter of Earth is approximately
12,742 kilometers, what is the difference in their diameters(in km)?

9. Identify the gas giant planet on the image of the solar system.

A B C D E F G H

10. The second planet from the Sun is

Ans.
11. Match the planet with its number of moons.

Neptune 82 moons
Saturn 27 moons
Mars 14 moons
Uranus 2 moons

12. Which planet is famous for its Great Red Spot ​(a) ​?

Choose from the below words

Jupiter Mars Venus

13. Label the parts of a comet

Nucleus Coma Tail

b
a)

b)

c)

a c
14. Which planet is the fourth planet from the Sun?​​(a)

Choose from the below words

Venus Mars Earth Neptune

15. Match the planet with its distinctive rings.

Neptune No rings
Uranus dark band Rings
Jupiter Distinctive rings
Saturn Faint rings

16. The planet with the largest number of moons is

Ans.

17. If Mars is about 1.52 astronomical units (AU) away from the Sun and Earth is about 1 AU away, what is
the difference in their distances in AU?

18. Arrange the inner planets based on their average surface temperatures, from hottest to coolest.

a) Venus b) Earth
c) Mercury

1)

2)

3)
19. Draw a circle around the last quarter phase of the Moon

20. Compare and contrast the characteristics of Earth and Venus, focusing on their atmospheres and
surface conditions.

21. What is a moon?

a) an asteroid b) a space object that orbits around a planet

c) a space object that orbits around a star

22. About how long does it take the Earth's moon to complete a full cycle of moon phases?

a) one year b) one day

c) one month d) 12 hours
23. When the moon appears to be increasing in light, it is

a) waxing b) waning
c) crescent d) gibbous

24. True or False: The moon has no gravity.

a) True b) False

25. The moon gets its light from

a) the sun b) the Earth

c) itself d) aliens

26. We see all of the lighted side of the moon during

a) new moon b) crescent moon

c) gibbous moon d) full moon

27. We see none of the lighted side of the moon during

a) new moon b) crescent moon

c) gibbous moon d) full moon

28. We see less than half of the lighted side of the moon during

a) new moon b) crescent moon

c) gibbous moon d) full moon

29. We see more than half of the lighted side of the moon during

a) new moon b) crescent moon

c) gibbous moon d) full moon

30. The moon has its own light.

a) True b) False
31. What keeps the moon in its orbit?

a) The sun's gravity b) Itself

c) Gravity between the moon and Earth

32. What is called when the lighted half of the moon directly faces Earth?

a) full moon b) half moon

c) crescent moon

33. All the moon's shapes are called the phases of the moon.

a) True b) False

34. A high tide happens when....

a) The moon's gravity pulls on the water and b) The moon's gravity pulls weakly on the ocean.
makes a bulge on the side facing the moon.

35. The moon seems to change shape from day to day in a cycle that lasts about a month as it goes through
_.

a) revolutions b) phases
c) rotations d) eclipses

36. Which moon phase is when you can't see the moon at all?

a) Waning crescent b) Full moon

c) Waxing gibbous d) New moon
37.
Name the moon phase

a) waning crescent b) waxing crescent

c) waning gibbous d) waxing gibbous

38.
Name the moon phase

a) waning crescent b) waxing crescent

c) waning gibbous d) waxing gibbous
39.
Name the moon phase

a) waning crescent b) waxing crescent

c) waning gibbous d) waxing gibbous

40.
Name the moon phase

a) First Quarter b) Last Quarter

c) New Moon d) Full Moon
41.
Name the moon phase

a) First Quarter b) Last Quarter

c) New Moon d) Full Moon

42.
Name the moon phase

a) First Quarter b) Last Quarter

c) New Moon d) Full Moon
43.
Name the moon phase

a) First Quarter b) Last Quarter

c) New Moon d) Full Moon

44.
Name the phase of the moon for letter a

a) First Quarter b) Last Quarter

c) Waxing Gibbous d) Waning Gibbous
45.
Name the phase of the moon for letter f

a) Waning Gibbous b) Waxing Gibbous

c) Waning Crescent d) Waxing Crescent
Answer Keys

1. a) Venus 2.

3. a) Venus 4.

5. a, b, c 6. a) Jupiter , c) Saturn

7. Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Uranus 8.

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9. 10. Venus

11. Saturn - 82 moons, Uranus - 27 moons, 12. Jupiter

Neptune - 14 moons, Mars - 2 moons

13. 14. mars

 Coma

 Nucleus Tail

15. Jupiter - No rings, Uranus - dark band Rings, 16. jupiter

Saturn - Distinctive rings, Neptune - Faint rings

17. 18. a, b, c
0.52

19. n/a 20. n/a

21. b) a space object that orbits around a planet 22. c) one month

23. a) waxing 24. b) False

25. a) the sun 26. d) full moon

27. a) new moon 28. b) crescent moon

29. c) gibbous moon 30. b) False

31. c) Gravity between the moon and Earth 32. a) full moon

33. a) True 34. a) The moon's gravity pulls on the water and
makes a bulge on the side facing the moon.

35. b) phases 36. d) New moon

37. d) waxing gibbous 38. a) waning crescent

39. b) waxing crescent 40. c) New Moon

41. d) Full Moon 42. a) First Quarter

43. b) Last Quarter 44. a) First Quarter

45. a) Waning Gibbous