Quiz about The Solar System

Question 1

Which planet has only one natural satellite?

Accepted Answer

Earth

Answer

Venus

Answer

Jupiter

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Mercury

Question 2

Which planet has the highest albedo of all the planets and is the brightest planet in the night sky?

Accepted Answer

Venus

Answer

Jupiter

Answer

Mars

Answer

Mercury

Question 3

Which planet is known as the "Red Planet" due to the iron content of its soil giving it a reddish appearance?

Accepted Answer

Mars

Answer

Venus

Answer

Jupiter

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Earth

Question 4

Which planet is the densest planet in our solar system?

Accepted Answer

Earth

Answer

Venus

Answer

Jupiter

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Mars

Question 5

Which planet has the largest day-night temperature difference of all the planets?

Accepted Answer

Mercury

Answer

Venus

Answer

Jupiter

Answer

Mars

Question 6

Which planet has a retrograde and a sideways rotation?

Accepted Answer

Uranus

Answer

Venus

Answer

Jupiter

Answer

Neptune

Question 7

Triton is the largest natural satellite of which planet?

Accepted Answer

Neptune

Answer

Venus

Answer

Jupiter

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Mercury

Question 8

Which planet has two irregularly-shaped natural satellites, Phobos and Deimos?

Accepted Answer

Mars

Answer

Jupiter

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Uranus

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Neptune

Question 9

Which of the following is the correct sequence of the planets in order from closest to farthest from the Sun?

Accepted Answer

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus. and Neptune

Answer

Mercury, Mars, Earth, Venus, Jupiter Saturn, Neptune, and Uranus

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Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, and Uranus

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Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Earth, Venus, and Mercury

Question 10

The most commonly-accepted theory about the origin of the Moon explains why

Accepted Answer

the Moon and Earth have similar compositions.

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the Moon has very little regolith.

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the Moon is so far away from the Earth.

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the same side of the Moon is always seen from Earth.

Question 11

The dark, smooth plains on the Moon are called

Accepted Answer

maria.

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highlands.

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regolith.

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terrae.

Question 12

The light-colored, mountainous regions on the Moon that are covered with craters are called

Accepted Answer

terrae.

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maria.

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seas.

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meteors.

Question 13

Which of the following are characteristics of Earth's Moon?

(Choose all that apply)

Accepted Answer

It's a quarter of Earth's size

Accepted Answer

It has a layered structure: a crust, an upper mantle, a lower mantle, and a core

Accepted Answer

It has no atmosphere

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It has erosional features that suggest liquid water once existed on the surface

Question 14

One of the reasons that Pluto is now classified as a dwarf planet is because

Accepted Answer

it is so similar to a comet

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it has such high density and large size

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it has volcanic activity

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it orbits Neptune.

Question 15

_______________________ is the largest moon of the solar system.

Accepted Answer

Ganymede

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Io

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Europa

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Callisto

Question 16

What is the biggest difference between the Geocentric Model and the Heliocentric Model?

Accepted Answer

the center of the solar system

Answer

the shape of the planets' orbits

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the movement of the moon

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the rotational period of the planets

Question 17

Ptolemy's geocentric model of the universe (choose all that apply)

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could not explain retrograde motion of planets with epicycles.

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had the Earth at the center of the solar system.

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used ellipses instead of circles.

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did not include the Earth at all.

Question 18

What are comets made of?

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Ice and rock

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Metals like iron and nickel

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Gas

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Hydrogen Gas

Question 19

In the diagram, a comet's tail always points where?

Accepted Answer

Away from the Sun

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Towards the Sun

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Towards Earth

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Away from Earth

Question 20

In the diagram, which part of the comet is B pointing to?

Accepted Answer

Coma

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Nucleus

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Dust tail

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Gas ion tail

Question 21

Which planet contains approximately 70% of all planetary matter in the solar system?

Accepted Answer

Jupiter

Answer

Mars

Answer

Neptune

Answer

Venus

Question 22

Interplanetary material that enters the Earth's atmosphere and collides with the ground rather than burning up is called a(n)

Accepted Answer

meteorite.

Answer

asteroid.

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comet.

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meteor.

Question 23

Which two gas giants appear blue because of the methane in their atmosphere?

Accepted Answer

Neptune

Accepted Answer

Uranus

Answer

Jupiter

Answer

Saturn

Question 24

Which of the following is the correct sequence of solar system formation?

Accepted Answer

(1) interstellar cloud collapses, (2) solar nebula forms, (3) planetesimals merge

Answer

(1) planetesimals merge (2) solar nebula forms, (3) interstellar cloud collapses

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(1) solar nebula forms, (2) interstellar cloud collapses, (3) planetesimals merge

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(1) solar nebula forms, (2) planetesimals merge, (3) interstellar cloud collapses

Question 25

The result when Earth intersects an interplanetary debris field is a(n)

Accepted Answer

meteor shower.

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asteroid shower.

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aurora borealis.

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loss of satellite communication.

Question 26

Who realized the planets moved around the Sun in ellipses, not circles?

Accepted Answer

Johannes Kepler

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Claudius Ptolemy

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Nicolaus Copernicus

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Tycho Brahe

Question 27

The Heliocentric model of the solar system suggests

Accepted Answer

the Sun is the center of the solar system.

Answer

the Earth is the center of the solar system.

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the Moon, Sun and stars are affixed to crystal spheres.

Answer

the Earth's shape is a plane or

disk.

Question 28

Which planets are found closer to the Sun?

Accepted Answer

terrestrial planets

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gas giants

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exoplanets

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helium planets

Question 29

Who's explanation of the motions of celestial bodies states "Every pair of bodies in the universe attracts each other with a force that is proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them"?

Accepted Answer

Isaac Newton

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Nicolaus Copernicus

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Tycho Brahe

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Johannes Kepler

Question 30

An irregularly-shaped (generally non-spherical) remnant of the formation of the solar system is a(n)

Accepted Answer

asteroid

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comet

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meteorite

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meteor

Question 31

Most asteroids (choose all that apply)

Accepted Answer

orbit the Sun in an area called the Main Asteroid Belt.

Accepted Answer

may have one or two companion moons.

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have a smooth, nearly round shape.

Question 32

Asteroids are believed to have played a major role in the evolution of life on Earth.

Accepted Answer

True

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False

Question 33

Which planets each have at least 79 natural satellites?

Accepted Answer

Jupiter and Saturn

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Neptune and Uranus

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Mercury and Mars

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Saturn and Uranus

Question 34

Which planets are surrounded by rings? (Choose all that apply)

Accepted Answer

Neptune

Accepted Answer

Uranus

Accepted Answer

Jupiter

Accepted Answer

Saturn

Question 35

Which planets exhibit retrograde motion? (Choose all that apply)

Accepted Answer

Venus

Accepted Answer

Uranus

Answer

Mars

Answer

Jupiter

Question 36

What is the diameter of Earth?

Accepted Answer

12,756 km

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49, 248 km

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4,878 km

Answer

12,104 km

Question 37

Identify the planet who's largest natural satellite is Ganymede.

Accepted Answer

Jupiter

Answer

Mercury

Answer

Mars

Answer

Saturn

The Solar System

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