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Astronomy: Our Solar System - Do you know the Neighborhood?
Astronomy: Our Solar System - Do you know the Neighborhood?
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A #Astronomy quiz for students grades 1 - 6
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What is the hottest planet in our solar system?
Mercury
Venus
Jupiter
Mars
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Which planet is the only planet to revolve in a counter clockwise direction?
Jupiter
Venus
Mars
Saturn
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This planet has rings made of ice crystals small boulders and uneven & even broken in sections?
Jupiter
Neptune
Saturn
Uranus
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One of the most dangerous parts of visiting this planet is the massive dust storms, name it!
Mars
Jupiter
Venus
Mercury
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Jupiter's Ganymede is the largest moon in the solar system in fact it's so large that?
It's has it's own moons
It could break off and become a new planet
Effects the weather on Saturn
It's larger than the planet Mercury
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What has happened to Neptune's dark spot since this photo was taken?
Turned white
Got much bigger
Doubled
Cleared up
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This planet has 67 moons? Most notably & spherically: Io, Europa, Ganymede & Callisto?
Saturn
Jupiter
Mars
Neptune
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How many rings (not counting ringlets) does Saturn actually have?
12
15
7
9
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The asteroid belt, billions of rocks of all sizes, how many are at least 1/2 Mile in diameter?
200,000
1.9 million
500,000
1 million
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Lurking deep inside the asteroid belt is Ceres, which holds the astronomical classification of?
Asteroid Planet
Forbidden Planet
Rogue Planet
Dwarf Planet
11
This planet and its largest moon gets the prize for the coldest places in the solar system?
Saturn and Titon
Uranus and Callisto
Neptune & Triton
Jupiter & Io
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How many rings does Uranus have?
8
20
15
13
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How does the sun appear if you were standing on the surface of Mars?
Different sizes through its solar cycle
Hazy but same size
Very small in the sky
Larger in the sky
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Which planet has been turned on it's side as if something really big collided with it?
Venus
Saturn
Uranus
Jupiter
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Which planet has evidence of ancient canals and remnants of an ancient sea?
Jupiter
Pluto
Mars
Venus
16
What is the only other planet besides Earth that has polar ice caps?
Mars
Venus
Uranus
Neptune
17
What is Jupiter's Giant Red Spot actually?
An atmospheric weather pattern
A 300 years old mega storm of toxic gases
A planet winking at you
A great red sea
18
This is the most cratered planet in the solar system, can you name it?
Venus
The Moon
Mercury
Mars
19
Which planet has the shortest days, just under 10 hours for a full revolution on it's axes?
Uranus
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
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Since Cassini in 2004 we know that this planet has 150 satellites making it the Moon Master!
Uranus
Neptune
Saturn
Jupiter
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The largest mountain in the solar system is Olympus Mons (16 miles high), but on which planet?
Earth
Venus
Jupiter
Mars
