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Objective – Watching a dvd, I can identify characteristics of the planets in the Solar System.
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Bill Nye – Planets Worksheet
1. Planets revolve around the Sun…
a. clockwise.
b. counterclockwise.
Match the planet with is scaled distance from the Sun.
_____2. Earth
A. 1,919 meters
_____3. Jupiter
B. 100 meters
_____4. Mars
C. 152 meters
_____5. Mercury
D. 3,006 meters
_____6. Neptune
E. 39 meters
_____7. Saturn
F. 520 meters
_____8. Uranus
G. 72 meters
_____9. Venus
H. 953 meters
10. Planets shine because they produce their own light.
a. True
Scoring Guide
95-100% – 4
90-94% – 3.5
85-89% – 3
75-84% – 2.5
65-74% – 2
55-64% – 1.5
45-54% – 1
1-44% – .5
b. False
11. All planetary orbits are…
a. circles.
b. ellipses.
12. _________________ makes the planets go around the Sun in the same direction.
a. Atomic forces
b. Gravity
c. Magnetism
13. Mars is called the…
a. green planet.
b. large planet.
c. red planet.
d. small planet.
14. Planets closer to the Sun move _________________ than those farther away.
a. faster
b. slower
15. Mercury takes _________________ days to revolve around the Sun. (Enter a number).
16. Pluto takes _________________ years to revolve around the Sun. (Enter a number)
Objective – Watching a dvd, I can identify characteristics of the planets in the Solar System.
Bill Nye – Planets Worksheet – Key I
1. Planets revolve around the Sun…
a. clockwise.
b. counterclockwise.
b. counterclockwise
1. b (2 choices)
Match the planet with is scaled distance from the Sun.
_____2. Earth
A. 1,919 meters
_____3. Jupiter
B. 100 meters
_____4. Mars
C. 152 meters
_____5. Mercury
D. 3,006 meters
_____6. Neptune
E. 39 meters
_____7. Saturn
F. 520 meters
_____8. Uranus
G. 72 meters
_____9. Venus
H. 953 meters
B 2. Earth
F 3. Jupiter
C 4. Mars
E 5. Mercury
D 6. Neptune
H 7. Saturn
A 8. Uranus
G 9. Venus
Objective – Watching a dvd, I can identify characteristics of the planets in the Solar System.
2. B (8 choices)
3. F (8 choices)
4. C (8 choices)
5. E (8 choices)
6. D (8 choices)
7. H (8 choices)
8. A (8 choices)
9. G (8 choices)
10. Planets shine because they produce their own light.
a. True
b. False
b. False
10. b (2 choices)
11. All planetary orbits are…
a. circles.
b. ellipses.
b. ellipses
11. b (2 choices)
12. _________________ makes the planets go around the Sun in the same direction.
a. Atomic forces
b. Gravity
c. Magnetism
b. Gravity
12. b (3 choices)
13. Mars is called the…
a. green planet.
b. large planet.
c. red planet.
13. c
c. red planet.
d. small planet.
Objective – Watching a dvd, I can identify characteristics of the planets in the Solar System.
14. Planets closer to the Sun move _________________ than those farther away.
a. faster
b. slower
a. slower
14. b (2 choices)
15. Mercury takes _________________ days to revolve around the Sun. (Enter a number).
88
15. 88
16. Pluto takes _________________ years to revolve around the Sun. (Enter a number)
248
16. 248
Objective – Watching a dvd, I can identify characteristics of the planets in the Solar System.
Bill Nye – Planets Worksheet – Key II
1. b (2 choices)
2. B (8 choices)
3. F (8 choices)
4. C (8 choices)
5. E (8 choices)
6. D (8 choices)
7. H (8 choices)
8. A (8 choices)
9. G (8 choices)
10. b (2 choices)
11. b (2 choices)
12. b (3 choices)
13. c
14. a (2 choices)
15. 88
16. 248
Objective – Watching a dvd, I can identify characteristics of the planets in the Solar System.
Bill Nye – Planets Worksheet
Scoring Guide
15-16 – 4
14 – 3.5
13 – 3
12 – 2.5
10-11 – 2
9 – 1.5
7-8 – 1
1-6 – .5
0–0
95-100% – 4
90-94% – 3.5
85-89% – 3
75-84% – 2.5
65-74% – 2
55-64% – 1.5
45-54% – 1
1-44% – .5