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Questions about the #planets for 8th grade students at Hallie Wells Middle School
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What is the tilt of the axis of Uranus?
84°
23.5°
98°
365°
2
This planet has a the greatest range of temperatures.
Uranus
Venus
Mercury
Mars
3
I have a great "hurricane" that's 3 times the size of Earth and has been raging for 300+ years
Neptune
Venus
Saturn
Jupiter
4
My atmosphere has wind speeds that can reach 1,500 mph
Venus
Saturn
Neptune
Mars
5
I am the second smallest planet.
Venus
Neptune
Mercury
Mars
6
Which planets are known as the twin ice giants?
Earth and Venus
Neptune and Uranus
Mercury and Mars
Jupiter and Saturn
7
This planet is sometime called a "failed star", but it's really a super planet!
Mars
Uranus
Jupiter
Neptune
8
This planet has a rotation period longer than its revolution around the sun.
Venus
Earth
Jupiter
Uranus
9
Which of the following doesn't have an atmosphere?
Venus
Mars
Mercury
Titan
10
This planet has clouds that rain sulfuric acid.
Neptune
Venus
Uranus
Mars
11
The methane in the atmospheres of Uranus and Neptune absorbs _____ light and reflects _____.
Blue / Red
Green / Yellow
Yellow / Green
Red / Blue
12
Venus is the _______ planet in our solar system.
most distant
largest
smallest
hottest
13
I have rings.
Uranus
Jupiter
Saturn
All of the above
14
This is the smallest of the gas giants.
Saturn
Uranus
Mars
Neptune
15
This planet's axis is tilted 23.5°.
Uranus
Saturn
Venus
Earth
16
I am named for the Roman god of war.
Jupiter
Mercury
Mars
Neptune
17
What is the coldest object in our solar system?
Neptune
Europa
Triton
Uranus
18
How thick are Saturn's rings?
10 meters
1,000 miles
100 kilometers
10 miles
19
If an object weighs 100 pounds on Earth, how many pounds would it weigh on Mercury?
104.5
88
38
45
20
This planet is named after the messenger of the gods in Roman mythology.
Saturn
Uranus
Venus
Mercury
21
I am the densest planet.
Mercury
Mars
Earth
Jupiter
22
The red color of Mars is due to the presence of _____ in the surface rocks.
copper
nickel
iron
steel
23
What may collide with Mars in approximately 50 million years?
Deimos
Earth
The Sun
Phobos
24
The solar year of this planet is 88 days.
Mars
Jupiter
Mercury
Venus
25
Cryo-volcanic eruptions on this body supply materials that form Saturn's rings.
Titan
Jupiter
Io
Enceladus
26
The north and south poles of this planet are flipped.
Jupiter
Saturn
Mercury
Venus
27
This planet has a 3,000 kilometer canyon that's 10 times deeper than Earth's Grand Canyon.
Mars
Venus
Mercury
Jupiter
28
Which of Saturn's moons might be able to sustain life?
Tethys
Titan
Hyperion
Rhea
29
What is Earth’s core made out of?
Steel and Metal
Nitrogen and Oxygen
Water and Gas
Iron and Nickel
30
What makes up the rings of Saturn and the other gas giants?
ice crystals
all of the above
rock particles
comet fragments
31
I discovered Uranus with a homemade telescope.
Johann Gottfried Galle
William Herschel
Galileo Galilei
Clyde Tombaugh
32
This planet may have been able to support life in the past.
Mars
All of the above
Venus
Earth
33
I am the second largest planet.
Neptune
Uranus
Saturn
Jupiter
34
This planet has the shortest rotation period.
Venus
Jupiter
Earth
Uranus
35
The dark spot is a storm that appears on which planet?
Neptune
Saturn
Uranus
Mars
36
I was discovered by a mathematical equation related to gravity.
Uranus
Saturn
Neptune
Pluto
37
This body is home to the largest impact crater in the solar system.
Titania
Mercury
Io
Callisto
38
Earth is the ______ largest planet in our solar system.
5th
4th
7th
3rd
39
The ice caps on this body indicate that it has seasons like Earth.
Neptune
Io
Titan
Mars
40
This planet has a mass and volume closest to that of Earth.
Mars
Neptune
Uranus
Venus
41
This planet has an atmosphere that contains mostly nitrogen gas.
Mars
Earth
Saturn
Venus
42
This planet has only revolved around the sun one time since it was discovered in 1846.
Jupiter
Neptune
Uranus
Mars
43
This planet has a rotation (day) closest to that of Earth.
Saturn
Mars
Venus
Neptune
44
How many confirmed moons orbit Uranus?
2
13
27
53
45
This is our solar system's largest moon.
Callisto
Titan
Ganymede
Miranda
46
This is the largest of the terrestrial planets.
Mars
Venus
Mercury
Earth
47
What is the density of Saturn?
5.51 g/cm3
0.687 g/cm3
1.33 g/cm3
1.27 g/cm3
48
This planet has retrograde rotation.
Saturn
Jupiter
Venus
Mars
49
What are the names of the moons of Mars?
Phineas and Ferb
Tom and Jerry
Deem and Silvio
Phobos and Deimos
50
This is the most volcanically active body in our solar system.
Io
Callisto
Triton
Mars
