Solar System Quiz

What is the Solar System?

• A group of stars

• A collection of planets and their moons in orbit around the sun

• A type of galaxy

• A constellation

Circle the name of the galaxy that our Solar System is in.

• Andromeda

• Milky Way

• Triangulum

• Whirlpool

The four large planets farthest from the Sun are called:

• Terrestrial planets

• Gas giants

• Dwarf planets

• Asteroids

the names of the four planets that are closest to the Sun.

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

• Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn

• Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter

The four planets closest to the Sun are mostly rock and the four planets farthest from the Sun are mostly gas because:

• The Sun's heat caused lighter gases to evaporate from the inner planets.

• The outer planets formed in a cooler region of the solar system.

• The inner planets are smaller and have less gravity to hold onto gases.

• All of the above.

Apart from the Sun, which of the following are the names of the eight largest members of our Solar System?

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

• Pluto, Ceres, Haumea, Makemake, Eris, Sedna, Orcus, Quaoar

• Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto, Titan, Rhea, Iapetus, Dione

• Alpha Centauri, Proxima Centauri, Betelgeuse, Rigel, Vega, Sirius, Arcturus, Aldebaran

Why is Pluto no longer called a major planet?

• It is crosses path with another planet

• It is too far from the Sun.

• It has no atmosphere.

• It is not spherical.

Label the parts of the Solar System.

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

• Sun, Moon, Stars, Comets

• Asteroids, Meteoroids, Comets, Planets

• Galaxies, Nebulae, Black Holes, Stars

Which planet is closest to the Sun?

• Mercury

• Venus

• Earth

• Mars

Which planet is farthest from the Sun?

• Mercury

• Venus

• Earth

• Neptune