Solar System Quiz

What is Nicolaus Copernicus's model of the solar system?

• Objects that collided and merged to form other various objects in the solar systems

• Oval shape centered on two points instead of one point

• Average distance of a planet to the Sun

• Defines a planet's elliptical orbit as the ratio of the distance between the foci and the length of the major axis

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What did Isaac Newton observe to develop an understanding of gravity?

• Acceleration

• Center of mass

• Distance

• Force

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Where are most asteroids located in the solar system?

• Between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter in the asteroid belt

• Outside the rotating interstellar cloud

• In the inner planets

• In the outer planets

Which planet is the closest to the Sun?

• Venus

• Mercury

• Mars

• Earth

How many times bigger than Mercury is Earth?

• Two times

• Three times

• Four times

• Five times

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What is the surface of Mercury similar to?

• Earth

• The Moon

• Venus

• Mars

What is the surface of Mercury similar to?

• Earth

• The Moon

• Venus

• Mars

Observations of Mercury suggest that it was originally much larger, with a mantel and crust similar to that of ?

• the Moon

• Venus

• Mars

• Earth

What is the brightest planet in Earth's nighttime sky?

• Mercury

• The Moon

• Venus

• Mars

How many days on Earth is equal to one day on Venus?

• 243 days

• 43 days

• 143 days

• 4 days