Quiz about Earth, Space and Time

Question 1

Which planets have more moons, inner or outer planets?

Accepted Answer

outer planets

Answer

inner planets

Question 2

Which planet is about the size of Earth?

Accepted Answer

Venus

Answer

Mercury

Answer

Jupiter

Answer

Neptune

Question 3

Which planet is the largest?

Accepted Answer

Jupiter

Answer

Mars

Answer

Neptune

Answer

Saturn

Question 4

Which planet has a thin atmosphere?

Accepted Answer

Mars

Answer

Saturn

Answer

Venus

Answer

Earth

Question 5

Which is the smallest planet?

Accepted Answer

Mercury

Answer

Earth

Answer

Mars

Answer

Neptune

Question 6

We have 8 planets, how many have a thick atmosphere?

Accepted Answer

6

Answer

1

Answer

3

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4

Question 7

Which of these planets has the most moons?

Accepted Answer

Jupiter

Answer

Mercury

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Saturn

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Neptune

Question 8

Which planet has two moons?

Accepted Answer

Mars

Answer

Neptune

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Venus

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Saturn

Question 9

Which planets have rings?

Accepted Answer

outer planets

Answer

inner planets

Question 10

Which planets have no rings?

Accepted Answer

inner planets

Answer

outer planets

Question 11

Which of these planets has almost the same number of moons as Saturn?

Accepted Answer

Jupiter

Answer

Mars

Answer

Neptune

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Uranus

Question 12

Which planet has the shortest year?

Accepted Answer

Mercury (88 Days)

Answer

Earth (365 Days)

Answer

(Jupiter 4,329 Days)

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Uranus (30,660 Days)

Question 13

Which planet has the longest year?

Accepted Answer

Neptune (60,152 Days)

Answer

Mercury (88 days)

Answer

Venus (224.7 Days)

Answer

Saturn (10,752 Days)

Question 14

Which of these planets has temperatures that drastically varies?

Accepted Answer

Mercury

Answer

Venus

Answer

Mars

Answer

Jupiter

Question 15

Which of these planets has a year that is about 4,329 Earth days long?

Accepted Answer

Jupiter

Answer

Mars

Answer

Venus

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Uranus

Question 16

Think about the orbits of the planets around the Sun. If a planet is farther from the Sun, will its orbit be longer or shorter?

Accepted Answer

Longer

Answer

Shorter

Question 17

How does distance from the Sun help determine temperatures of the planets?

Accepted Answer

The farther away planets are from the sun the colder the planet is.

Answer

The farther away a planet is from the sun the hotter it is.

Question 18

Why does are sun look like the biggest star in the sky?

Accepted Answer

Because it is the closest star to Earth.

Answer

Because it is the biggest star in the galaxy

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Because its the smallest star in the sky

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Because it is the farthest star from Earth.

Question 19

Our star is ...

Accepted Answer

a star of mid - size that emits heat and light energy.

Answer

the biggest star in the galaxy

Answer

the biggest planet in the solar system

Question 20

Planets are ...

Accepted Answer

large bodies in space that orbit a star and do not produce their own light

Answer

stars that emit light and heat

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objects that are made of ice and when close to the sun, they start to form a tail.

Question 21

There are four inner planets between the asteroid belt and the sun. In order of increasing distance from the Sun are the inner planets....

Accepted Answer

Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars

Answer

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

Question 22

Outside the asteroid belt are four more planets (outer planets) ...

Accepted Answer

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune

Answer

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

Question 23

What are consetellations?

Accepted Answer

Patterns of stars that appears to shiftacross the sky nightly. Different stars can be seen indifferent seasons.

Answer

Objects in space that produce their own heat and light. Stars come in different sizes

Answer

A star that emits energy. It appears as a big star because it is nearest to Earth.

Answer

The name of our galaxy.

Question 24

What is the milky way?

Accepted Answer

The name of our galaxy.

Answer

Patterns of stars that appears to shiftacross the sky nightly. Different stars can be seen indifferent seasons.

Answer

Objects in space that produce their own heat and light. Stars come in different sizes

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A star that emits energy. It appears as a big star because it is nearest to Earth.

Question 25

What are stars?

Accepted Answer

Objects in space that produce their own heat and light. Stars come in different sizes

Answer

Patterns of stars that appears to shiftacross the sky nightly. Different stars can be seen indifferent seasons.

Answer

A star that emits energy. It appears as a big star because it is nearest to Earth.

Answer

The name of our galaxy.

Question 26

What is the sun?

Accepted Answer

A star that emits energy. It appears as a big star because it is nearest to Earth.

Answer

Patterns of stars that appears to shiftacross the sky nightly. Different stars can be seen indifferent seasons.

Answer

Objects in space that produce their own heat and light. Stars come in different sizes

Answer

The name of our galaxy.

Question 27

What is a rotation?

Accepted Answer

The spinning of Earth on its axis

Answer

Objects in space that produce their own heat and light. Stars come in different sizes

Answer

A star that emits energy. It appears as a big star because it is nearest to Earth.

Answer

The name of our galaxy.

Question 28

What is a revolution?

Accepted Answer

The movement of an object around another object.

Answer

The spinning of Earth on its axis

Answer

A star that emits energy. It appears as a big star because it is nearest to Earth.

Answer

The name of our galaxy.

Question 29

How long does it take for Earth to complete one revolution around the sun?

Accepted Answer

One Year (365 Days)

Answer

The spinning of Earth on its axis

Answer

The movement of an object around another object.

Answer

The name of our galaxy.

Question 30

What is an axis?

Accepted Answer

An imaginary line that an object spins around.

Answer

The spinning of Earth on its axis

Answer

The movement of an object around another object.

Answer

One Year (365 Days)

Question 31

How long does it take for Earth to complete one revolution around the sun?

Accepted Answer

One Year (365 Days)

Answer

The spinning of Earth on its axis

Answer

The movement of an object around another object.

Answer

The name of our galaxy.

Question 32

What is an orbit? (Red line in picture shows Earth's oribt around Sun)

Accepted Answer

The path an object follows as it moves around another object.

Answer

The movement of an object around another object.

Answer

One Year (365 Days)

Answer

An imaginary line that an object spins around.

Question 33

What are moon phases?

Accepted Answer

The changing appearances of the Moon as seen from Earth.mo

Answer

The path an object follows as it moves around another object.

Answer

The movement of an object around another object.

Answer

An imaginary line that an object spins around.

Question 34

A large system of billions of stars is called a

Accepted Answer

galaxy

Answer

solar system

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black hole

Answer

constellation

Question 35

Of the billions of stars in our galaxy, why is the Sun the only star in the galaxy that supplies energy to Earth?

Accepted Answer

The sun is the closest star

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The sun is the hottest star

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The Sun is the biggest star

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The sun is the oldest star

Question 36

Which of the following is a reason life in the outermost planets is less likely than life on planets nearer the Sun?

Accepted Answer

Their surfaces are extremely cold.

Answer

They have too little mass

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They have too much mass

Answer

Their surfaces are extremely hot

Question 37

Kevin is observing the sky on a clear night. With the unaided eye he is able to see Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. Why would Venus appear to be brighter than other planets?

Accepted Answer

It reflects the most sunlighted toward Earth

Answer

It is hotter than the other planets

Answer

It is larger than the other planets

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It is closest planet to the Sun.

Question 38

Which fact best explains why there is life on Earth but not on the Moon?

Accepted Answer

The moon has little water and oxygen

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The moon has no gravity

Answer

The moon does not go around the Sun

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The moon is much smaller than Earth

Question 39

Which planet orbits the Sun between Mars and Saturn?

Accepted Answer

Jupiter

Answer

Venus

Answer

Earth

Answer

Neptune

Question 40

Which statement describes a characteristic shared by the Sun and Earth?

Accepted Answer

The Sun and Earth both rotate on an axis

Answer

The Sun and Earth each have bodies of liquid water

Answer

The Sun and Earth each make their own light

Answer

The Sun and Earth both have rocky surfaces

Question 41

Which statement correctly describes a physical characteristic of the Moon?

Accepted Answer

The moon is covered with many craters

Answer

The moon is made of hot gases

Answer

The Moon has many bodies of liquid water

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The moon has the ability to give off its own light

Question 42

Randy studies some objects in the solar system. The sun is what type of object?

Accepted Answer

star

Answer

moon

Answer

planet

Answer

comet

Question 43

Marty learned about the solar system. Which statement best describes how the planets in the solar system are the same?

Accepted Answer

All planets orbit the sun

Answer

All the planets have many moons

Answer

All the planets are about the same size

Answer

All the planets have similar temperatures

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