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This #SolarSystem #Quiz was created for a #1stgrade classroom.
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This planet has the strongest wind speed, averaging up to 1200mph.
Uranus
Venus
Pluto
Neptune
2
What most likely caused Venus to rotate upside down?
Was done by artificial means
Collision with a large asteroid or another planet
a supernova
A powerful earthquake
3
This planet rotates on its side.
Uranus
Neptune
Pluto
Mercury
4
How did the planets form?
The sun made them
Made from gravity and leftover debris of the nebula
Jupiter created them
They came from other parts of galaxy
5
How did the Sun form?
Planets merging together
Nebula being condensed by gravity
Made artificially
6
_____ is the center of our Solar System.
Earth
Jupiter
The Sun
The Moon
7
Which of the following
cannot
have moons?
Asteroids
Planets
Stars
Dwarf Planets
8
Which of the following is true about Triton?
All of the above
Has cyrovolcanoes made of liquid/frozen nitrogen
Has a retrograde orbit
Largest moon of Neptune
9
Where does the other dwarf planet, Ceres lie?
Near Saturn
In the Asteroid belt (between Mars & Jupiter)
Beyond the orbit of Neptune
Near the Sun
10
What is the largest moon in the Solar System?
Titan
Io
Ganymede
Earth's moon
11
What most likely caused Uranus to rotate on its side?
a supernova
Collision with a large asteroid or another planet
Was done by artificial means
A powerful earthquake
12
Where do 4 of the 5 dwarf planets reside?
Near the Sun
Beyond the orbit of Neptune
In the Asteroid belt (between Mars & Jupiter)
Near Saturn
13
The area of rocky bodies between Mars and Jupiter is called _________.
Shooting Star Area
Dwarf Planets
The Asteroid Belt
The Milky Way
14
How many dwarf planets are there now currently?
1
1,000
1,000,000
5
15
Europa & Enceladus are?
Moons of Saturn
Dwarf planets
Icy moons with a subsurface liquid water ocean
Larger than Mercury
16
The Earth rotates.
True
False
17
______ is the biggest planet.
The Sun
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
18
Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars are ________.
Gas Giants
Terrestrial Planets
19
People can travel to outer space.
False
True
20
This planet rotates upside down and its year is longer than its day.
Venus
Jupiter
Earth
Neptune
21
_____ is the hottest planet.
Mercury
Venus
Neptune
Mars
22
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are _________.
Terrestrial Planets
Gas Giants
23
What is true about Titan?
Moon of Saturn
Has rivers/oceans of liquid methane
All of the above
Only moon with thick atmosphere
24
Which of the following is
not
a requirement to be considered a planet?
Must have a thick atmosphere
Must be spherical in shape
Must orbit a star
Must dominate its orbit gravitationally
25
Once the Sun formed, what happened to all the light elements?
They were destroyed
Solar winds pushed them to outer parts of Solar System
Stayed close to the Sun
Were sucked in by the Sun's gravity
26
People can float in space b/c there is no gravity
True
False
27
What most likely caused Mercury to be so small?
Was done by artificial means
A powerful earthquake
a supernova
Collision with a large asteroid or another planet
28
What planet prevents Jupiter from falling in towards the Sun and consuming all of Inner planets
Neptune
Saturn
Pluto
Mars
29
What are the
four
geologically active places in the Solar System?
Mars, Venus, Earth, Titan
Earth, Io, Enceladus, Triton
Io, Europa, Mars, Mercury
Sun, Mercury, Europa, Uranus
30
Which is true about Io?
Most volcanic place in Solar System
Moon of Saturn
Moon of Uranus
Made of ice
31
The Sun is not a star.
True
False
32
What is the coldest planet?
Uranus
Neptune
Earth
Jupiter
33
This planet orbits the fastest around the sun.
Earth
Neptune
The Moon
Mercury
34
This planet has rings that can be seen from Earth.
Neptune
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
35
We used to think Pluto was a planet, but it is actually a _____.
Dwarf Planet
Asteroid
Moon
Star
36
Which happened first in the formation of the Solar System?
Planets collide into each other
Planets form
Sun forms
Ancient star goes supernova, creating a nebula
37
This planet has water and living creatures.
Venus
Neptune
Mars
Earth
38
This planet has red soil and the largest mountain.
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Mercury
39
Which two planets have giant hurricane like storms?
Jupiter, Neptune
Venus, Mars
Mercury, Mars
Jupiter, Mars
40
What planet shields us from comets & asteroids?
Uranus
Mercury
Jupiter
Mars
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Without the sun, no people or animals could live on Earth.
True
False
