Solar System Quiz

1. What are the names of all the inner planets?

• Mars, Venus, Earth, Jupiter
• Earth, Saturn, Mars
• Mercury, Venus, Earth
• Earth, Venus, Mars, Mercury

2. What are the names of the outer planets?

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

3. What are the names of all the planets that has life?

• Earth and Mars
• Earth
• Mercury
• Earth and Venus

4. What planet, besides Earth, do we know has flowing water?

• Venus
• Mars
• Jupiter
• Neptune

5. How many stars are in our solar system?

• Billions
• One
• Millions
• Eight

6. What is the hottest planet?

• Mercury
• Venus
• Neptune
• Mars

7. What is one characteristic of the outer planets that make it not like the inner planets?

• Outer planets are made of rock and inner planets are gas giants
• Outer planets are gas giants, while inner planets are made of rock.
• Outer planets are extremely small, while inner planets are large
• Outer planets do not have life on there, but all inner planets do.

8. What is one characteristic of the inner planets that makes it not like the outer planets?

• Inner planets are farther away from the sun and outer planets are closer to the sun
• Inner planets are colder than the outer planets due to their atmosphere make up
• Inner planets all have flowing water, where none of the outer planets do
• Inner planets are much smaller than outer planets

9. Which below is FALSE about stars?

• Stars do not move. They stay in one place but appear to move because of Earth's atmosphere.
• Stars do not give off their own light. They reflect light from the sun so we can see them.
• There is only one star in our solar system and it is a medium sized star.
• Stars are many different sizes and different colors.

10. Why does the sun look so large on Earth?

• It is a red star and those always look the largest.
• It is the largest star, that's why it looks the largest.
• It is an orange star and those always look the largest.
• It is the closest star to us so it looks the biggest.