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Which of Jupiter's moons has extremely active sulfur volcanoes?
Europa
Callisto
Io
Ganymede
2
From the sun outward, which planet is third?
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
3
Which has the most irregular, elongated elliptical orbit tilted at 17 degrees.
Mercury
Pluto
Saturn
Uranus
4
Which planet has just about no atmosphere so it has a cold side?
Venus
Earth
Mars
Mercury
5
Which term represents the idea that the earth was the center of the solar system?
Astrocentric
Ptolemic
Heliocentric
Geocentric
6
Which planet has a stable water cycle?
Earth
Mercury
Mars
Venus
7
Which planet has Triton as its largest moon?
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
8
Which moon has methane lakes?
Ganymede
Triton
Europa
Titan
9
Who figured out the "Laws of Planetary Motion"?
Copernicus
Pascal
Sir Isaac Newton
Johannes Kepler
10
Which planet has Titan as its largest moon?
Uranus
Neptune
Jupiter
Saturn
11
From the sun outward, which planet is fourth?
Venus
Earth
Mercury
Mars
12
What does trans-neptunian mean?
Beyond the Kuiper belt
Beyond the asteroid belt
Beyond the Oort Cloud
Beyond Neptune
13
What do faster rotational speeds, like Jupiter's and Saturn's, cause? Choose all that apply.
Faster wind speeds
Longer day lengths
Slower wind speeds
Shorter day lengths
14
From the sun outward, which planet is first?
Mercury
Mars
Venus
Earth
15
Which planet has no atmosphere?
Venus
Earth
Mercury
Mars
16
Which planet has a lot of rust in its crust?
Mercury
Mars
Earth
Venus
17
What theory is Nicholas Copernicus famous for?
Astrocentric
Geocentric
Ptolemic
Heliocentric
18
Which planet has a thin, mostly CO2 atmosphere?
Earth
Mars
Mercury
Venus
19
Which planet has the most craters, so it looks the most like our own moon?
Mercury
Venus
Mars
Earth
20
What is the name of the eighth (major, not minor) planet?
Neptune
Jupiter
Uranus
Saturn
21
Which planet has a thick, mostly CO2 atmosphere with Sulfuric Acid clouds?
Venus
Earth
Mars
Mercury
22
Which planet has the most numerous active volcanoes known?
Venus
Earth
Mercury
Mars
23
What is the name of the seventh (major, not minor) planet?
Saturn
Neptune
Jupiter
Uranus
24
Which planet or planets are "terrestrial" ? Choose all that apply.
Mars
Venus
Mercury
Earth
25
Which planet has the largest volcano in the solar system?
Mars
Earth
Io
Venus
26
What does the term "terrestrial" mean? Choose all that apply.
Extra Terrestrial ET
Alien
Rocky
Earth-like
27
Why does the moon have more visible craters than the Earth? Choose all that apply.
No atmosphere, so meteors don't burn up
No atmosphere, so no erosion
Moon has more gravity
Earth's magnetosphere protects us from meteors
28
This planet has a very thick, high pressure carbon dioxide atmosphere with sulfuric acid clouds
Mercury
Venus
Mars
Saturn
29
What is the name of the sixth (major, not minor) planet?
Jupiter
Uranus
Neptune
Saturn
30
Which planet is the hottest?
Venus
Mercury
Mars
Saturn
31
Where is the asteroid belt?
Between Neptune and Pluto
Between Mars and Jupiter
Between earth and Mars
Between Jupiter and Saturn
32
Which planet Has the largest canyon found, the Valles Marineris?
Saturn
Mars
Venus
Mercury
33
Which planet does NASA hope to send a manned mission to in about twenty years?
Mars
Earth
Venus
Mercury
34
Which planet was demoted to minor in the mid-2000's?
Ceres
Mercury
Pluto
Ganymede
35
From where do the "dirty snow balls" in the solar system come?
Plutoids
Oort cloud
Asteroid belt
Kuiper belt
36
Where is Pluto located? Choose all that apply.
Always between Uranus and Neptune
Usually between Neptune and the Kuiper belt
Always in the Kuiper belt
Sometimes between Uranus and Neptune
37
Which planet has a tilt of 98 degrees?
Venus
Uranus
Pluto
Mercury
38
From the sun outward, which planet is second?
Venus
Earth
Mercury
Mars
39
Which planet Has the Great Red Spot?
Mars
Jupiter
Mercury
Venus
40
What is the name of the fifth (major, not minor) planet?
Jupiter
Saturn
Venus
Mars
41
Which planet has Ganymede as its largest moon?
Uranus
Saturn
Neptune
Jupiter
42
What are Saturn's rings thought to be mostly comprised of?
Dust
Water Ice
Metal
Stones
43
What are "dirty snow balls"?
Comets
Meteors
Meteroids
Asteroids
44
Where is the dwarf planet Ceres?
In the Asteroid belt
Past Neptune, in the Kuiper belt
Between Mars and the Asteroid belt
Between the Asteroid belt and Jupiter
45
What is the name of Pluto's moon?
Eris
Luna
Charon
Sharon
46
Which term represents the idea that the sun is the center of the solar system?
Ptolemic
Heliocentric
Astrocentric
Geocentric
47
What is the name of the largest volcano in the solar system?
Mount Everest
Olympus Mons
Mega Pyrotechnic
Vesuvius
48
Which planet has 4 large moons called the Gallelian moons?
Saturn
Mars
Jupiter
Uranus
49
How far back do Chinese records of observing the great red spot go?
100 years
1000 years
200 years
300 years
50
Which planet is the second most habitable?
Earth
Mercury
Mars
Venus
51
What is the shape of the hurricane at Saturn's north pole?
oval
hexagon
circle
ellipse