Exploring our Solar System

 

Watch the video and answer the questions below. Some are multiple-choice and others are open questions for which you need to write an answer. Do your answers on paper.

1. Where does the name for "the Solar System" come from? ________________

2. How much of the mass in the Solar System is made up by the Sun?

   a. Less than 9% b. Around 90% c. Over 99%

3. How many Earths would fit inside the Sun? ________________

4. What does the Sun give us? __________and__________

5. How many planets can we see from Earth using only our eyes? __________

6. True or false?

   a. Mercury is similar to the Moon. __________

   b. Both Mercury and the moon have lots of volcanoes. __________

   c. Neither Mercury nor the moon have air. __________

7. What is the hottest planet in the Solar System? ________________

8. Why is Earth called the "Goldilocks" planet? __________________________

9. True or false?

   a. Mars contains lots of iron oxide, giving it a green colour. __________

   b. Perhaps Mars's two moons were asteroids in the past. __________

   c. Mars has water ice and maybe humans could live there in the future. __________

10. What is Jupiter mostly made up of? __________________________

11. How many of Jupiter's 67 moons are around the size of Mercury? __________

12. What is the "great red spot"? __________________________

13. Would Saturn float or sink in a gigantic bath? __________________________

14. True or false?

    a. Neptune spins on its side. __________

    b. Uranus has blue clouds made of methane gas. __________

    c. Uranus and Neptune are quite similar. __________

    d. Neptune takes 164 years to go around the Sun. __________

15. What is Pluto classified as?

    a. A planet b. A dwarf planet c. An asteroid d. A moon