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Which planet is
NOT
one of the Jovian planets?
Uranus
Jupiter
Venus
Saturn
2
Two planets with no moons
Kucera and Uranus
Venus and Mercury
Uranus and Neptune
Earth and Mars
3
Space debris that orbits the Sun with a very elliptical orbit.
Meteor
Meteorite
Asteroid
Comet
4
Which planet has water frozen in ice caps at its north and south poles?
Earth
Venus
Mars
Saturn
5
Which planet has the most
extreme
temperatures (Very high and Very low temperatures)?
Earth
Venus
Mars
Mercury
6
__________has very special moons which are likely to contain oceans under their icy surfaces
Mars
Jupiter
Pluto
Saturn
7
Space debris that orbits the Sun between Mars and Jupiter.
Meteor
Meteorite
Comet
Asteroid
8
Which planet is tilted on its side?
Uranus
Saturn
Earth
Pluto
9
The name of our moon.
Kucera
Luda
Luna
The Moon
10
The “Great Red Spot” is observable on ____________.
Jupiter
Uranus
Mars
Neptune
11
Largest moon in the Solar System...
The Moon
Titan
Callisto
Ganymede
12
Space debris that burns up in our atmosphere.
Asteroid
Meteor
Comet
Meteorite
13
Largest of the Inner Planets....
Mars
Earth
Venus
Mercury
14
Which planet orbits the Sun the slowest?
Neptune
Mercury
Uranus
Earth
15
New Horizons has recently photographed this dwarf planet.
Venus
Mercury
Pluto
Earth
16
_____________looks much like our moon.
Kucera
Venus
Pluto
Mercury
17
Which planet is red because of iron oxide?
Neptune
Mars
Uranus
Jupiter
18
Meteors burn up due to intense....
Size
Friction
Kindness
Power
19
Inner planets in order....
Earth, Mars, Mercury, Venus
Mars, Venus, Earth, Mars
Venus, Earth, Mars, Mercury
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
20
Why is Venus called "Earth's Twin"?
Size
Atmosphere
Temperature
Moons
21
Characteristics of Inner Planets....
Rocky
Small
Many moons
Dense
22
Largest planet....
Earth
Venus
Jupiter
Saturn
23
Space debris that hits a planet.
Comet
Asteroid
Meteorite
Meteor
24
__________________ has a dark spot similar to Jupiter’s.
Earth
Neptune
Uranus
Kuceraville
25
Ganymede is a moon of which planet?
Saturn
Uranus
Kuceratown
Jupiter
26
The Great Red Spot is a....
Hurricane-like storm
Sunny area
Blizzard-like storm
27
A comet's tail always points ____________ from the Sun.
Kuceraways
Towards
Sideways
Away
28
Number of major planets.
7
8
6
9
29
Phobos and Deimos are moons of .......
Earth
Mercury
Mars
Venus
30
Dwarf planets....
Eris
Pluto
Makemake
Ceres
31
Smallest planet....
Mercury
Venus
Jupiter
Earth
32
Which model of our Solar System is most accurate?
Geocentric
Jupicentric
Heliocentric
Kucericentric
33
Methane, which absorbs red light, causes this planet to be a “blue-ish” color
Jupiter
Venus
Earth
Uranus
34
How many moons does Venus have?
1
0
2
3
35
Halley's comet will be seen again in what year?
2041
2081
2021
2061
36
Which planet is
not
one of the terrestrial planets (solid, dense, rocky)?
Mars
Earth
Venus
Saturn
37
Which planet orbits the Sun the quickest?
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Uranus
38
Why are Uranus and Neptune blue?
Oxygen
CO2
Methane
Nitrogen
39
Characteristics of Jovian planets....
Rings
Many moons
Gassy
Small
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Outer planets in order.
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Neptune, Jupiter, Uranus, Saturn
Jupiter, Uranus, Saturn, Neptune
Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Jupiter
41
All objects orbit with this shape....
Circle
Rhombus
Oval
Ellipse
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This 2
nd
planet’s thick atmosphere causes crushing pressures and extremely high temperatures.
Venus
Mercury
Kuceraland
Mars
43
No longer considered to be a major planet because of its size and orbit
Earth
Mercury
Mars
Pluto
44
This planet has the strongest winds in the solar system.
Earth
Mercury
Neptune
Jupiter
45
All of the gas giants have........
ring systems
All of these
multiple moons
thick atmospheres
