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Solar system review
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1
Jupiter is about ____ times bigger than earth.
11
300
22
3
2
The temperature of the centre of the sun is
500 deg. C
15 million deg. C
100 000 deg. C
6000 deg. C
3
The distance from the sun to the earth is ____ AU
10
0.01
149.6
1
4
If the sun were the size of Globen in Stockholm, Saturn would be
at Kiruna
at Uppsala
at Arlanda airport
at Morby centrum
5
Mercury is
the hottest planet
the smallest planet
the planet closest to the sun
not a planet
6
If the sun were the size of a basketball, earth would be
a grain of sand
a pea
a sesame seed
a ping pong ball
7
The asteroid belt is
something in outer space
used to keep your planets up
a large number of rocks in orbit around the sun
a belt made of rocks
8
Jupiter's four largest moons
are called Ares, Io, Erato and Callisto
are named after Greek gods
were discovered by Copernicus
are called the Galilean moons
9
The centre of our solar system is
a planet
a ball of burning gas
the sun
a star
10
Saturn's rings are
made of gas
made of rocks
an optical illusion
made of ice
11
If the sun were the size of Globen in Stockholm, Neptune would be
25 cm in diameter
25 m in diameter
2.5 m in diameter
25 mm in diameter
12
Jupiter has ____ moons.
63
66
23
46
13
Neptune
has no moons
is the largest planet
was discovered in the 1900s
was predicted based on Uranus' gravitational effect
14
Uranus
has rings
has only two moons
cannot be seen with the naked eye
is the second biggest planet
15
On Mars, there is proven evidence of
liquid water
life
Martians
volcanoes
16
There are ____ planets in our solar system.
10
9
8
7
17
Venus is known as
the red planet
a dwarf planet
the morning star
the evening star
18
AU are
used to confuse students
pointless
used to make it easier to calculate large distances
used so the public won't know what astrophysicists are doing
19
Crater size is determined by
the velocity (speed) of the impactor
the mass of the impactor
none of the above
the angle at which the impactor hits
20
Uranus
has rings around it
is the 7th planet in the solar system
is the same size as earth
is a funny word
21
Comets are
chunks of space rock
mostly made of ice and dust
balls of fire
enter our atmosphere and burn up
22
Craters are caused by
meteorites
asteroids
meteors
comets
23
The sun accounts for ____% of the mass of the entire solar system.
90
99
99.9
78
24
Mars
is red in colour
is named after the Roman god of war
is the fourth planet from the sun
is the second smallest planet
25
The planet closest in size to earth is
Venus
Pluto
Mercury
Mars
26
Meteors
are also known as shooting stars
are rocky space junk
are the same as meteoroids
are the same as comets
27
The unit of measurement AU is short for
astrological unit
astronomical unit
astrophysics unit
Africa union
28
The 4 outermost planets are called
the biggest planets
rocky planets
planets
gas giants
29
The temperature on Mercury
is the hottest of the planets
can range in temp from -180 deg. C to 400 deg. C
is always the same
is always over 400 deg. C
30
Saturn's moon Titan
is bigger than earth
is the only moon with an atmosphere
is its only moon
is one of two moons
