Quiz about The Solar system

Question 1

Which planet is the farthest from the sun?

Accepted Answer

Neptune

Answer

Jupiter

Answer

Saturn

Answer

Uranus

Question 2

Which planet is closest to the sun?

Accepted Answer

Mercury

Answer

Venus

Answer

Earth

Answer

Jupiter

Question 3

The Sun is a:

Accepted Answer

star

Answer

planet

Answer

moon

Answer

asteroid

Question 4

a huge ball of hot gases

Accepted Answer

star

Answer

planet

Answer

moon

Question 5

Planets move in paths around the sun. Each path is called an: ___________

Accepted Answer

orbit

Answer

solar system

Answer

planet

Answer

star

Question 6

a large ball of rock or gas that moves around the sun

Accepted Answer

planet

Answer

rock

Answer

gas

Answer

star

Question 7

is made up mainly of the sun, the planets, and the planet's moons

Accepted Answer

Solar System

Answer

Planet

Answer

Orbit

Answer

Constellation

Question 8

Name this planet:

Accepted Answer

Venus

Answer

Earth

Answer

Mars

Answer

Neptune

Question 9

Name this planet:

Accepted Answer

Uranus

Answer

Mercury

Answer

Pluto

Answer

Jupiter

Question 10

Name this planet:

Accepted Answer

Saturn

Answer

Earth

Answer

Mercury

Answer

Venus

Question 11

Name this dwarf planet:

Accepted Answer

Pluto

Answer

Moon

Question 12

Name this planet:

Accepted Answer

Neptune

Answer

Mars

Answer

Venus

Answer

Earth

Question 13

Name this planet:

Accepted Answer

Mercury

Answer

Earth

Answer

Saturn

Answer

Jupiter

Question 14

Name this planet:

Accepted Answer

Mars

Answer

Moon

Answer

Pluto

Answer

Saturn

Question 15

Name this planet:

Accepted Answer

Jupiter

Answer

Earth

Answer

Uranus

Answer

Saturn

Question 16

Name this planet:

Accepted Answer

Earth

Answer

Jupiter

Answer

Saturn

Answer

Mars

Question 17

Which is the furthest planet from the Sun?

Accepted Answer

Neptune.

Answer

Mars.

Answer

Mercury.

Answer

Uranus.

Question 18

Which is the closest planet to the Sun?

Accepted Answer

Mercury.

Answer

Mars.

Answer

Neptune.

Answer

Saturn.

Question 19

Could you name the terrestrial planets?

Accepted Answer

Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars.

Answer

Mercury, Venus, Earth and Neptune.

Answer

Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus.

Answer

Mercury, Venus, Uranus and Neptune.

Question 20

Could you name the gas giant planets?

Accepted Answer

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.

Answer

Jupiter, Mars, Uranus and Neptune.

Answer

Jupiter, Saturn, Mercury and Neptune.

Answer

Jupiter, Saturn, the Sun and Neptune.

Question 21

The biggest planet is...

Accepted Answer

Jupiter

Answer

Earth

Answer

Mars

Answer

Sun

Question 22

"The Red Planet"

Accepted Answer

Mars

Answer

Moon

Answer

Earth

Answer

Sun

Question 23

How many planets does the solar system have?

Accepted Answer

8

Answer

1

Answer

9

Answer

5

Question 24

Name the planets in order from the one closet to the Sun

Accepted Answer

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

Answer

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

Answer

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

Answer

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

Question 25

Which of the following is an accurate model of how the Sun, Earth, and Moon move?

Accepted Answer

Earth orbit's the Sun and the moon orbits Earth

Answer

Sun and moon orbit Earth

Answer

Earth and moon orbit Sun

Answer

Earth and sun orbit moon

Question 26

A student made a model of how the Earth, Moon, and Sun orbit. She used ping-pong balls
to represent each one. She painted each one a different color. Then, she placed the Moon
and Earth close together and the Sun much further away.What is one limitation of the student's model?

Accepted Answer

She used the same size balls.

Answer

She made earth orbit the sun.

Answer

She moved the Sun away from the Earth and Moon.

Question 27

One full orbit of an object around another object is called a ________.

Accepted Answer

revolution

Answer

axis

Answer

rotation

Answer

satellite

The Solar system

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