Solar System Quiz

What is the closest age to our solar system?

• 450,000 years

• 4.5 million years

• 450 million years

• 4.5 billion years

What force pulled the solar system together out of a cloud of gas and dust?

• The strong force

• Gravity

• Electrical Force

• Magnetic Force

Which term best describes how the solar system formed?

• Gradually

• Rapidly

• Electrically

• Chemically

Which of the following is a terrestrial planet?

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• Mercury

• Neptune

Where can you find the asteroid belt?

• Between Earth and Mars

• Between Venus and Earth

• Between Mars and Jupiter

• Between Saturn and Uranus

How is Venus different from Jupiter?

• Jupiter is a gas giant, Venus is a terrestrial planet

• Jupiter is a planet, Venus is a large asteroid

• Jupiter is a terrestrial planet, Venus is a gas giant

• Jupiter has no moons, Venus has two moons.

What does Jupiter have in common with Neptune?

• They're both red in color

• They're both terrestrial planets

• They both have exactly three moons

• They both have large storm "spots"

In terms of orbit, the Earth is to the sun as what is to the Earth?

• Mars

• The moon

• A comet

• Venus

How might Mars be different if its surface did not contain so much iron?

• It would be lighter

• It would be a different color

• It would be a gas planet

• Its orbit would be different

The solar system is made up of:

• The moon and objects that orbit around it

• The sun and all the objects that orbit it

• stars, suns and asteroids