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Solar System Quiz Middle School #solarsystem
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1
An astronomical unit is:
distance from Earth of Sun
used to measure distance in the solar system
150 million km
all of the above
2
What reaction takes place in the center of the Sun?
nuclear fusion
nuclear fission
3
The largest planet in the solar system is?
Uranus
Saturn
Jupiter
Earth
4
Large planet that has a storm that has been raging for over 300 years:
Saturn
Jupiter
Neptune
Mars
5
What object is the center of our solar system?
sun
moon
earth
6
This planet has the extremely hot temperatures due to green house gases:
mars
uranus
venus
neptune
7
Which planet has toxic sulfuric acid clouds?
Mercury
Earth
Jupiter
Venus
8
Planet that is furthest planet from the sun and is blue:
uranus
earth
pluto
neptune
9
What is an asteroid composed of?
aster
a piece of irregular rock
rock dust
frozen gas
10
This planet is the only planet where water exists in solid, liquid and gas form:
Jupiter
Uranus
Earth
Venus
11
Which planet's have atmosphere contains methane?
Neptune and Uranus
Mercury and Venus
Jupiter and Saturn
Earth and Mars
12
Which space object would have hit Earth's surface?
meteor
meteoroid
meteorstike
meteorite
13
Which planet has the most moons
Mercury
Saturn
Neptune
Jupiter
14
Pluto was reclassified as a dwarf planet because...
it did not clear it's orbit of debris
it was not a sphere
it had too many moons
of the discovery of other larger space objects
15
Who observed Jupiter's moons?
Albert Einstein
Galileo Galilei
James Hutton
Nicolaus Coppernicus
16
_________ is the center of the universe in the Geocentric model.
Sun
Moon
Earth
17
Which planet has the most complex ring system?
Sircular
Uranus
Neptune
Saturn
18
Where are asteroids mostly located?
between Mercury and Venus
beyond Neptune
between Mars and Jupiter
between Saturn and Uranus
19
Which are terrestrial planets?
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
Ceres, Pluto, Eres, Makemake
20
Which planet has dark colored storms in its atmosphere?
Mars
Uranus
Neptune
Saturn
21
More than 99% of the Solar System's mass is contained in...
Jupiter
8 planets
the Asteroid Belt
the Sun
22
This planet rotates on it's side:
Neptune
Pluto
Uranus
Saturn
23
Which planet has polar ice caps?
Saturn
Mercury
Neptune
Mars
24
What happens to a comet as it approaches the Sun?
ices vaporize, forming a tail that points away from the Sun
ices vaporize, forming a tail that points toward the Sun
ices solidify forming a tail that points away from the Sun
rock vaporizes forming a tail that separates near the Sun
25
The sun, the eight planets, and many other smaller objects make up the:
Milky Way galaxy
Solar System
star cluster
solar wind
26
This planet is known as the "red planet" due to iron oxide in its soil.
Mercury
Venus
Saturn
Mars
27
Planet with no atmosphere:
mars
ceres
venus
mercury
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In order to be a planet, an object must meet this criteria:
dominate its own orbit
be bigger than the Moon
have an ellipitical orbit
orbit the Earth