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Solar System Worksheet
Click on the picture of Mercury.
1. List three important facts about this planet that you read from the title page.
A. _________planet closest to the sun______________________________________
B. _______________smallest planet in the solar system__________________________
C. ____has volcanoes ___________________________________________
Click on Planetary Facts to answer the following:
A. Diameter:
_____4,878km__________
B. Density:
______5,427kg_________
C. Minimum distance from earth: _______48 million________ (in miles)
D. Number of satellites/rings:
_______0________
Click on the Back button and then click on Discover Mercury to answer the following:
A. Why is Mercury difficult for us to see? Orbit is close to the sun
B. How many earth days equal a Mercury day? 59 earth days
C. What spacecraft visited Mercury? Mainer 10
Click on the Back button and then click on Image Archive to check out the pictures.
Click on the Back button and visit other links on this page to find four new and important
facts about this planet.
A. _________god of
games___________________________________________________
B. _____god of story
telling_______________________________________________________
C. ____________messenger god of
Jupiter________________________________________________
D. __________god of
business__________________________________________________
Click on the Back button until your get back to the Solar System WebQuest. Click on the
picture of Venus.
1. List three important facts about this planet that you read from the title page.
A. _________second from the sun______________________________________
B. _____________earth closest neighbor in the solar
system________________________________
C. _______brightest object in the sky________________________________________
Click on Planetary Facts to answer the following:
A. Diameter:
_____12,104km__________
B. Density:
____5,243kg___________
C. Minimum distance from earth: ____25 million___________ (in miles)
D. Number of satellites/rings:
______0_________
Click on the Back button and then click on Discover Venus to answer the following:
A. Why is Venus normally visible on earth? Brightest object in the sky
B. What two times of the day should you look in the sky to see Venus? When the sun rises
and sets
C. Why does the Sun rise in the west and set in the east on Venus? Rotates backwards
D. Describe the atmosphere and surface of Venus. Dense atmosphere 900degees
Click on the Back button and then click on Image Archive to check out the pictures.
Click on the Back button and visit other links on this page to find four new and important
facts about this planet.
A. ____hottest planet in solar
system________________________________________________________
B. ________high ground____________________________________________________
C. __________rugged around the
poles__________________________________________________
D. ___________don’t have
oceans_________________________________________________
Click on the Back button until your get back to the Solar System WebQuest. Click on the
picture of Earth.
1. List three important facts about this planet that you read from the title page.
A. _______________third planet from earth________________________________
B. _________________largest of the inner planets______________________________
C. ___________only planet with water__________________________________
Click on Planetary Facts to answer the following:
A. Diameter:
____12,753km___________
B. Density:
_____5,515kg__________
C. Minimum distance from earth: _______91 million________ (in miles)
D. Number of satellites/rings:
_____1__________
Click on the Back button and then click on Interior and Surface to answer the following:
A. When was the earth formed? 4.5 billion years ago
B. What is unique about the earth’s surface? Has water
C. What is the term for the slow movement of the Earth’s outer layer. Plate tectonics
Click on the Back button and then click on Image Archive to check out the pictures.
Click on the Back button and visit other links on this page to find four new and important
facts about this planet.
A. __________70 percent water______________________________________
B. ___________30 percent land_____________________________________
C. ______________fourth planet for
sun___________________________________________
D. _______________earths outer
neighbor_____________________________________________
Click on the Back button until your get back to the Solar System WebQuest. Click on the
picture of Mars.
1. List three important facts about this planet that you read from the title page.
A. _________fourth from sun______________________________________
B. _______________bright in the sky________________________________
C. __________earth outer part_____________________________________
Click on Planetary Facts to answer the following:
A. Diameter:
_____6,785km__________
B. Density:
____3,933kg___________
C. Minimum distance from earth: _____35 million__________ (in miles)
D. Number of satellites/rings:
_______2________
Click on the Back button and then click on Discover Mars to answer the following:
A. Why was Mars named after a god of war? Because it’s hot
B. Describe the largest volcano on Mars. Their big and have dust storms
C. What are the names of this planet’s two moons? Phoebes and demos
Click on the Back button and then click on Image Archive to check out the pictures.
Click on the Back button and visit other links on this page to find four new and important
facts about this planet.
A. _____atmosphere is thicker than earths___________________________________
B. ___axis tilts 25 degrees_____________________________________
C. __has little water_____________________________________________
D. _______________in winter temperature drops to -150 degees
________________________________________
Click on the Back button until your get back to the Solar System WebQuest. Click on the
picture of Jupiter.
1. List three important facts about this planet that you read from the title page.
A. _______largest planet in solar system________________________________________
B. _____has red spots__________________________________________
C. _________Magnetosphere is the biggest thing in the entire solar system
______________________________________
Click on Planetary Facts to answer the following:
A. Diameter:
_____142,800km__________
B. Density:
_____1,326kg__________
C. Minimum distance from earth: _____365 million__________ (in miles)
D. Number of satellites/rings:
_______1________
Click on the Back button and then click on Discover Jupiter to answer the following:
A. What is the most famous feature on Jupiter, and what is it really?
B. Why could we not breathe the air on Jupiter? It’s all gas
C. What spacecraft have we sent to Jupiter? 10 and 11, voyager 1 and 2
Click on the Back button and then click on Image Archive to check out the pictures.
Click on the Back button and visit other links on this page to find four new and important
facts about this planet.
A. ___________has 4 large moons_________________________________________
B. _______tilted about 3degrres
_____________________________________________________
C. _______spins faster than any other
planet_____________________________________________________
D. _______it’s not solid rock like earth it’s a ball of gasses and
liquids_____________________________________________________
Click on the Back button until your get back to the Solar System WebQuest. Click on the
picture of Saturn.
1. List three important facts about this planet that you read from the title page.
A. ______has 62 moons_________________________________________
B. ________has the largest ring system in the solar system_______________________
C. _Saturn biggest moon is called the titan
______________________________________________
Click on Planetary Facts to answer the following:
A. Diameter:
_____119,871km__________
B. Density:
____687kg___________
C. Minimum distance from earth: _____746 million__________ (in miles)
D. Number of satellites/rings:
_____62__________
Click on the Back button and then click on Discover Saturn to answer the following:
A. What did the two humps observed by Galileo turn out to be? Telescope
B. What spacecraft is supposed to visit Saturn this year? Voyager
C. What is the name of Saturn’s largest moon? The titan
Click on the Back button and then click on Image Archive to check out the pictures.
Click on the Back button and visit other links on this page to find four new and important
facts about this planet.
A. _______the moons are icy moons_______________________________
B. __moons are odd______________________________________________
C. ____Saturn is different from other planets_____________________________________
D. _______the poles(titan) is very cold_________________________________
Click on the Back button until your get back to the Solar System WebQuest. Click on the
picture of Uranus.
1. List three important facts about this planet that you read from the title page.
A. ___seventh planet from the sun____________________________________________
B. _______has 27 known moons________________________________________
C. _____has unusual seasons __________________________________________
Click on Planetary Facts to answer the following:
A. Diameter:
____51,488km___________
B. Density:
______1,273kg_________
C. Minimum distance from earth: _______1.6 billion________ (in miles)
D. Number of satellites/rings:
________27_______
Click on the Back button and then click on Discover Uranus to answer the following:
A. What is unusual about the north and South Pole and why is this so? It has a faint ring
system
B. What are two important facts about the moons of Uranus? The face of Uranus is covered
with clouds
C. What made Uranus appear to blink? The tilt
Click on the Back button and then click on Image Archive to check out the pictures.
Click on the Back button and visit other links on this page to find four new and important
facts about this planet.
A. ______this planet is bigger than earth__________________________________
B. __has 27 moons and a ring system_____________________________________
C. __people are not sure why Uranus is tilted______________________________
D. ____it takes 84years for Uranus to orbit the sun___________________________
Click on the Back button until your get back to the Solar System WebQuest. Click on the
picture of Neptune.
1. List three important facts about this planet that you read from the title page.
A. _______the strips on this planet are a pattern_____
___________________________________
B. _____has 13 moons __________________________________________
C. ____ _it’s a very cold planet________________________________
Click on Planetary Facts to answer the following:
A. Diameter:
______49,493km_________
B. Density:
______1,638kg_________
C. Minimum distance from earth: __ ___2.6 billion__________ (in miles)
D. Number of satellites/rings:
__0____________
Click on the Back button and then click on Discover Neptune to answer the following:
A. What was first used to discover Neptune? math
B. What made the scientist think that Neptune must exist? There may be water under
tritons atmosphere
C. Click on most of the time and figure out in what year Neptune will become the ninth
Planet again. 2002
D. What is the name of Neptune’s largest moon? Triton
Click on the Back button and then click on Image Archive to check out the pictures.
Click on the Back button and visit other links on this page to find four new and important
facts about this planet.
A. __________don’t have any layers_____________________________________
B. _____the rings are darker__________________________________________
C. ______geryers shot ice 8km into triton atmosphere
_______________________________________
D. __rocks and dark don’t reflect much light_________________________________
Click on the Back button until your get back to the Solar System WebQuest. Click on the
picture of Pluto.
1. List three important facts about this planet that you read from the title page.
A. ___has 3 known moons____________________________________________
B. _______the surface is made of ice and rock_____________________________
C. _______discovered in 1930________________________________________
Click on Planetary Facts to answer the following:
A. Diameter:
_____2,390km________
B. Density:
_______1,750kg________
C. Minimum distance from earth: _______2.66 billion________ (in miles)
D. Number of satellites/rings:
______3_________
Click on the Back button and then click on Discover Pluto to answer the following:
A. How is Pluto’s discovery similar to that of Neptune? Because they look the same
B. What three facts made Pluto difficult to find? It’s not a planet any more, it has no water.
C. Click on isn’t a planet at all and explain the controversy about Pluto. Pluto is no longer a
planet, because it got lost in the sky a long time ago and now they don’t know where it’s at.
Click on the Back button and then click on Image Archive to check out the pictures.
Click on the Back button and visit other links on this page to find four new and important
facts about this planet.
A. ____in 2006 this planet became dwarf planet__________________________
B. ________has 3 moons____________________________________________________
C. _______farthest planet from the sun
D. _________every 248 earth years this planet swings out of orbit
__________________________________________________