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