Quiz about Solar System Trivia

Question 1

What is the largest planet in our solar system?

Accepted Answer

Jupiter

Answer

Earth

Answer

Venus

Answer

Mars

Question 2

Which planet is known as the "Red Planet"?

Accepted Answer

Mars

Answer

Mercury

Answer

Saturn

Answer

Neptune

Question 3

What is the hottest planet in our solar system?

Accepted Answer

Venus

Answer

Mercury

Answer

Earth

Answer

Mars

Question 4

What is the largest moon of Saturn?

Accepted Answer

Titan

Answer

Europa

Answer

Ganymede

Answer

Io

Question 5

Which planet is known for its prominent rings?

Accepted Answer

Saturn

Answer

Jupiter

Answer

Uranus

Answer

Neptune

Question 6

What is the smallest planet in our solar system?

Accepted Answer

Mercury

Answer

Earth

Answer

Mars

Answer

Venus

Question 7

Which dwarf planet was formerly considered the ninth planet in our solar system?

Accepted Answer

Pluto

Answer

Eris

Answer

Haumea

Answer

Makemake

Question 8

What is the Great Red Spot on Jupiter?

Accepted Answer

a storm

Answer

a volcano

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a mountain range

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a desert

Question 9

Which planet has the most significant tilt on its axis?

Accepted Answer

Uranus

Answer

Earth

Answer

Mars

Answer

Jupiter

Question 10

What is the main component of the sun?

Accepted Answer

hydrogen

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helium

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oxygen

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carbon

Question 11

Which spacecraft was the first to reach the orbit of Jupiter?

Accepted Answer

Juno

Answer

Voyager 1

Answer

Pioneer 10

Answer

Galileo

Question 12

What is the second-largest planet in our solar system?

Accepted Answer

Saturn

Answer

Jupiter

Answer

Uranus

Answer

Neptune

Question 13

Which moon of Jupiter is known for its intense volcanic activity?

Accepted Answer

Io

Answer

Europa

Answer

Ganymede

Answer

Callisto

Question 14

What is the closest star to our solar system?

Accepted Answer

Proxima Centauri

Answer

Alpha Centauri A

Answer

Alpha Centauri B

Answer

Betelgeuse

Question 15

Which planet has the longest day in our solar system?

Accepted Answer

Venus

Answer

Earth

Answer

Mars

Answer

Jupiter

Question 16

What is the Kuiper Belt?

Accepted Answer

A region of icy bodies beyond Neptune

Answer

A belt of asteroids between Mars and Jupiter

Answer

The asteroid belt between Earth and Mars

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A group of comets near the sun

Question 17

Which planet has the most moons in our solar system?

Accepted Answer

Saturn

Answer

Jupiter

Answer

Uranus

Answer

Neptune

Question 18

What is the dwarf planet located in the asteroid belt?

Accepted Answer

Ceres

Answer

Pluto

Answer

Eris

Answer

Makemake

Question 19

Which spacecraft was the first to land on Mars?

Accepted Answer

Viking 1

Answer

Pathfinder

Answer

Curiosity

Answer

Opportunity

Question 20

What is the largest volcano in our solar system, located on Mars?

Accepted Answer

Olympus Mons

Answer

Mount Everest

Answer

Mauna Kea

Answer

Mount Vesuvius

Question 21

What is the most abundant gas in the atmosphere of Venus?

Accepted Answer

carbon dioxide

Answer

oxygen

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nitrogen

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helium

Question 22

Which moon of Saturn has an atmosphere and liquid methane lakes?

Accepted Answer

Titan

Answer

Enceladus

Answer

mimas

Answer

Dione

Question 23

What is the name of the region beyond Pluto where many icy bodies are located?

Accepted Answer

Kuiper Belt

Answer

Oort Cloud

Answer

Asteroid Belt

Answer

Scattered Disk

Question 24

What is the largest body in the asteroid belt?

Accepted Answer

Ceres

Answer

Vesta

Answer

Pallas

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Hygiea

Question 25

What is the primary source of energy for the sun?

Accepted Answer

nuclear fusion

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solar wind

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nuclear fission

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gravitational compression

Question 26

Which planet is known for its prominent system of colorful rings?

Accepted Answer

Saturn

Answer

Uranus

Answer

Jupiter

Answer

Neptune

Question 27

What is the smallest dwarf planet in our solar system?

Accepted Answer

Haumea

Answer

Pluto

Answer

Makemake

Answer

Eris

Question 28

What is the name of the first human-made object to reach interstellar space?

Accepted Answer

Voyager 1

Answer

Pioneer 10

Answer

New Horizons

Answer

Juno

Question 29

Which gas is most abundant in the atmosphere of Mars?

Accepted Answer

carbon dioxide

Answer

nitrogen

Answer

oxygen

Answer

argon

Question 30

What is the name of the region where the majority of comets originate?

Accepted Answer

Oort Cloud

Answer

Asteroid belt

Answer

Kuiper Belt

Answer

Scattered Disk

Question 31

Which moon of Neptune has geysers that spout nitrogen into space?

Accepted Answer

Triton

Answer

Nereid

Answer

Proteus

Answer

Larissa

Question 32

What is the name of the largest volcano on Earth, located in Hawaii?

Accepted Answer

Mauna Loa

Answer

Mount Everest

Answer

Mount Fuji

Answer

Mauna Kea

Question 33

Which spacecraft successfully landed on Titan, Saturn's largest moon, in 2005?

Accepted Answer

Huygens

Answer

Cassini

Answer

Voyager 1

Answer

New Horizons

Question 34

What is the most common type of asteroid found in the asteroid belt?

Accepted Answer

C-Type (Carbonaceous)

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S-Type (Silicate)

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M-Type (Metallic)

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D-Type (Dark)

Question 35

Which planet has the highest average surface temperature due to a runaway greenhouse effect?

Accepted Answer

Venus

Answer

Mars

Answer

Mercury

Answer

Jupiter

Question 36

What is the phenomenon where a celestial body passes between an observer and another object, partially or fully blocking the light of that object?

Accepted Answer

Occultation

Answer

Solar eclipse

Answer

Lunar Eclipse

Answer

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