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A Quiz about the planets and other objects in our solar system
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Which one has a "greater density"?
an outer planet
an inner planet
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This planet is tilted on its side so it has an ambiguous rotation
Saturn
Pluto
Uranus
Neptune
3
Jupiter's Great Red Spot is...
a giant rock
a huge storm
a crater
an icy ocean
4
This planet is tilted on its side about 90 degrees so its direction of rotation is not know.
Venus
Neptune
Uranus
Mercury
5
This planet has rings that are less than 1 km thick.
Jupiter
Uranus
Neptune
Saturn
6
The major objects in our solar system were finally in place about...
6.4 billion years ago
4.6 billion years ago
7.8 billion years ago
10.5 billion years ago
7
Mars is known as the Red Planet because...
of its atmosphere
of the iron in the soil
of the sunset
of the sunrise
8
This planet rotates clockwise once every 243 days.
Earth
Saturn
Mars
Venus
9
This planet is sometimes the farthest from the Sun
Uranus
Neptune
Hydra
Saturn
10
The Oort Cloud is a shell of icy objects that surrounds...
the entire solar system
the area beyond Pluto
the inner planets
the outer planets
11
The Sun is made up of mostly...
Hydrogen and Nitrogen
Hydrogen and Helium
Hydrogen, Helium, Methane
Helium and Nitrogen
12
This is an example of a/an ______________ galaxy.
Irregular
Spiral
Peculiar
Elliptical
13
This is an example of a/an ___________ galaxy.
Spiral
Irregular
Peculiar
Elliptical
14
The Kuiper Belt is a comet rich area which begins at the orbit of which planet?
Jupiter
Saturn
Neptune
Uranus
15
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are also known as
Outbacks
Gas Giants
Terrestrial Planets
Galaxies
16
This planet was demoted to dwarf planet.
Pluto
Charon
Nix
Mercury
17
"Rocky, few moons, no rings, spins slowly on its axis" are characteristics of the...
Inner planets
Outer Planets
18
The three types of galaxies are...
Milky Way, Elliptical, Spiral
None of these choices
There are only two types of galaxies
Irregular, Elliptical, Spiral
19
The four Galilean moons of Jupiter are...
Phobos, Deimos, Titan, and Triton
Callisto, Ganymede, Europa and Hydra
Io, Callisto, Ganymede, and Europa
Io, Calllisto, Phobos and Deimos
20
The Asteroid belt is located between what two planets?
Mars and Jupiter
Earth and Mars
Jupiter and Saturn
Earth and the Moon
21
This planet has NO atmosphere
Mars
Mercury
Earth
Neptune
22
The largest moon orbiting Saturn is....
Mimas
Titan
Triton
Janus
23
This is an example of a/an ______________ galaxy.
Irregular
Spiral
Peculiar
Elliptical
24
The Sun and most of the planets spin in a (an)
Counterclockwise direction
Clockwise and Counterclockwise direction
Ambiguous direction
Clockwise direction
25
This planet has two moons, Phobos and Deimos
Uranus
Venus
Mars
Neptune
26
Another name for the inner planets is
rock planets
terrestrial planets
gas giants
mountain planets
27
Which is the correct order of the planets?
Mercury, Venus, Earth,Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Mercury, Earth, Venus,Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Mercury, Venus, Earth,Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus
Mercury, Venus, Mars, Earth,Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
28
Uranus and Neptune gets its bluish color from the gas
butane
methane
mutane
marine
29
The only planet known to sustain life at the present moment.
Mars
Earth
Mercury
Jupiter
30
"Orbits the Sun slowly" is a characteristic of...
an outer planet
an inner planet
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This planet is closest to the sun but not the hottest.
Mars
Mercury
Venus
Pluto
