- 1. How many inner planets are there?
A) six B) four C) five D) three
- 2. The planet closest to the sun is......?
A) Mercury B) Earth C) Venus D) Mars
- 3. This inner planet has two moons.
A) Earth B) Mars C) Mars D) Venus
- 4. Which planet is known as the "Red Planet?"
A) Mars B) Earth C) Mars D) Venus
- 5. Venus has yellow-white clouds of _________.
A) salt B) acid C) water D) liquid
- 6. ______ is the only planet with life.
A) Earth B) Mars C) Earth D) Venus
- 7. What planet had a storm of winds called the Great Red Spot?
A) Saturn B) Uranus C) Neptune D) Jupiter
- 8. Which planet is the farthest from the sun?
A) Uranus B) Pluto C) Neptune D) Mercury
- 9. ___________ has rings and 8 moons.
A) Neptune B) Saturn C) Jupiter D) Uranus
- 10. Astronomers call most of the outer planets ________.
A) giants B) ring planets C) gasses D) cold
A) Saturn B) Uranus C) Jupiter D) Pluto
- 12. What planet has the most moons?
A) Jupiter B) Neptune C) Saturn D) Uranus
- 13. What planet comes after Jupiter
A) Uranus B) Saturn C) Neptune D) Mars
- 14. What are icy objects that orbit the sun in long paths shaped like ovals?
A) comets B) asteroids C) meteoroids
- 15. What are huge pieces of rock or metal that orbit the sun?
A) comets B) meteoroids C) asteroids
- 16. What are shooting stars?
A) asteroids B) comets C) meteors
- 17. What are meteors called with they enter the Earth's atmosphere and burn up?
A) comets B) meteoroids C) asteroids
- 18. What planets is the asteroid belt located?
A) Uranus and Pluto B) Earth and Mars C) Jupiter and Mars D) Jupiter and Saturn
- 19. Astromoers sometimes call ___________ "dirty snowballs."
A) meteors B) comets C) asteroids
- 20. When at meteoroid falls to the ground, it is called a ____________.
A) meteorite B) meteoroidite C) asteroid D) meteor
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