Solar System Quiz

What observation did Galileo make to support the Copernican model of the solar system?

• Venus orbits the Sun

• Moons orbit Jupiter

• The planets have elliptical orbits

• None of these

Which planet has the longest year?

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• Uranus

• Neptune

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If you know a planet's orbital period you can determine its

• composition

• age

• distance from the Sun

• rotation rate

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The asteroid belt is most likely

• a failed planet

• a large planet that broke apart

• something that formed at the beginning of the solar system

• no one knows

All of the outer planets are primarily composed of what elements?

• hydrogen and helium

• hydrogen and carbon

• carbon and neon

• lithium and carbon

Jupiter has

• exactly the composition of the Sun.

• a storm that has been active for at least 300 years

• a total of four moons

• all of these

How long does it take the Earth to revolve around the Sun?

• 24 hours

• 30 days

• 365 days

• 10 years

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What is the most likely place for extraterrestrial life in the solar system?

• the surface of Venus

• the Great Dark Spot of Neptune

• the moon of a gas giant

• nowhere. There is no chance of finding extraterrestrial life in the solar system.

What could Pluto-Charon be classified as?

• two asteroids

• a double dwarf planet

• a planet and a moon

• a planet and a dwarf planet

Neptune's appearance is always changing because

• its temperature rises above and falls below the freezing point of water.

• its dark spots are on an 11-year cycle

• it has strong seasons

• it has an extremely turbulent atmosphere

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