Solar System and Gravity Quiz

What is at the center of the Solar System?

• Sun

• Earth

• A Black Hole

• The Moon

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In the Solar System the planet with the shortest year, (revolution around the sun) is...

• Venus

• Mercury

• Uranus

• Neptune

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If Earth was the size of a table tennis ball, what type of ball would you use to represent Jupiter?

• A Marble

• A Golf ball

• A Tennis ball

• A Basketball

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What force keeps the Solar System together?

• Gravity

• Inertia

• Momentum

• Star Wars

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Does this picture show the accurate distance between the planets to scale?

• Yes

• No

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Which planet is an example of a gas giant?

• Mercury

• Saturn

• Mars

• Earth

Scientist are trying to decide if a planet would be good for humans to move to, which feature could be a potential problem?

• Rocky composition

• Water found in gas form

• 3 times closer to its star then Earth to the sun.

• Volcanoes present.

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When the Solar System was formed what was made first?

• Pluto

• The Sun

• Earth

• A Black Hole

What is the name of the galaxy that our solar system is in?

• Milky Way

• Snickers

• Andromeda

• Samsung

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Would a gas giant like Jupiter be able to support human life?

• Yes

• No