Rocky Planets
  • 1. Our solar system is made up of mostly _____ _____.
A) asteroids
B) empty space
C) comets
D) planets
  • 2. Which of these is NOT part of our solar system?
A) rocky planets
B) watery planets
C) undiscovered planets
D) gas giant planets
  • 3. How many categories of planets are there?
A) 8
B) 3
C) 2
D) 4
  • 4. These planets are all part of the _____ category: Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars.
A) Gas Giant
B) Undiscovered
C) Watery
D) Rocky
  • 5. Which planet is closest to the sun?
A) Mercury
B) Earth
C) Venus
D) Mars
  • 6. How many days does it take to revolve around the sun?
A) 88
B) 58
C) 50
D) 365
  • 7. Which planet has the greatest temperature difference from daytime to nighttime?
A) Mars
B) Venus
C) Earth
D) Mercury
  • 8. Which planet is very similar to Earth?
A) Venus
B) Mercury
C) Mars
D) Earth
  • 9. Venus rotates in the ________ direction as Earth.
A) alike
B) fast
C) same
D) opposite
  • 10. The surface of Venus has ______ ______.
A) smooth ridges
B) volcanic ridges
C) tall, sharp cliffs
D) lakes and rivers
  • 11. Which planet is third from the sun?
A) Mars
B) Mercury
C) Venus
D) Earth
  • 12. Earth is the only planet known to have ______.
A) life
B) volcanoes
C) cliffs
D) sunlight
  • 13. Because Earth has so much water it is known as the ____ planet.
A) blue
B) green
C) watery
D) smallest
  • 14. Tectonic activity is the Earth's ______.
A) water always evaporating
B) trees constantly changing color
C) plates constantly in motion
D) temperature always changing
  • 15. Earth revolves around the sun in _____.
A) half a day
B) 24 hours
C) 6 months
D) 365 1/4 days
  • 16. The Earth's _____ causes changes in seasons.
A) water cycle
B) tilt
C) tectonic activity
D) rotation
  • 17. What planet is known as the red planet?
A) Earth
B) Venus
C) Mars
D) Mercury
  • 18. How many moons does Mars have?
A) 2
B) 4
C) 8
D) 3
  • 19. What does the wind on Mars cause?
A) hurricanes
B) dust storms
C) seasons
D) rocks
  • 20. Even though no water has been found on Mars, scientists have discovered _____.
A) polar bears and penguins
B) iron
C) ice caps at the poles
D) constant wind
  • 21. What is the difference between the two hemispheres on Mars?
A) one gets rain; one does not get rain
B) one rotates faster than the other
C) one has life; one does not have life
D) one is a flat, plains area; one has craters and highlands
  • 22. Mars' rate of rotation is _____ Earth's.
A) warmer than
B) opposite of
C) colder than
D) similar to
  • 23. Our group of rocky planets are ______.
A) closest to the sun.
B) moving away from the sun.
C) moving closer to the sun.
D) the farthest from the sun
  • 24. The fastest orbiting planet is _____.
A) Venus
B) Earth
C) Mars
D) Mercury
  • 25. Which planet do we live on?
A) Mercury
B) Mars
C) Earth
D) Venus
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