Solar System Quiz

What is the Sun?

• A comet

• A planet

• A giant ball of hot gas

• A moon

What are asteroids?

• Lumps of rock, iron, and nickel

• Chunks of ice and dust

• Mixtures of rock and iron

• Shattered planets

What are comets?

• Mixtures of rock and iron

• Lumps of rock, iron, and nickel

• Chunks of ice and dust

• Shattered planets

What are meteorites?

• Chunks of space rock that land on Earth

• Chunks of ice and dust

• Lumps of rock, iron, and nickel

• Mixtures of rock and iron

How many dwarf planets are there in the Solar system?

• One

• Eight

• Thousands

• Five

What are the four rocky planets?

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars

• Jupiter and Saturn

• Uranus and Neptune

• Ceres, Pluto, Haumea, Makemake, and Eris

Which planet is the closest to the Sun?

• Mars

• Earth

• Mercury

• Venus

Which planet is known for its thick clouds of sulfuric acid?

• Mars

• Venus

• Earth

• Jupiter

Which planet is the only one in the Solar System with liquid water?

• Earth

• Venus

• Jupiter

• Mars

Which planet has the Great Red Spot, a huge storm twice the size of Earth?

• Saturn

• Jupiter

• Neptune

• Uranus