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Planetry Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many planets are in our Solar System?

a)

0

b)

6

c)

8

d)

12

2.

How many Gas Giant planets are in our solar system?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

4

d)

6

3.

What are the names of the gas giant planets

a)

Pluto, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus

b)

Jupiter, Uranus, Newport, Saturn

c)

Uranus, Saturn, Neptune, Jupiter

d)

Newport, Jupiter, Saturn, Pluto

e)

Neptune, Saturn, Juniper, Uranus

4.

Which planet has the most moons?

a)

Neptune

b)

Saturn

c)

Jupiter

d)

Uranus

5.

How many moons does each planet have? Pick all that are correct!

a)

Neptune has 14 moons

b)

Jupiter has 79 moons

c)

Uranus has 27 moons

d)

Saturn has 62 moons

e)

None of the above

6.

Which Planet has the most rings?

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Uranus

d)

Neptune

e)

Venus

7.

Which planet takes 29 years to make one orbit around the sun?

a)

Jupiter

b)

Neptune

c)

Uranus

d)

Saturn

8.

Which planet is 19 times farther from the Sun than the Earth is?

a)

Saturn

b)

Neptune

c)

Jupiter

d)

Uranus

9.

All of the planets orbit the Sun in _______ orbits?

a)

parabolic

b)

circular

c)

compound

d)

elliptical

10.

For our solar system, how many planets are terrestrial (not gas giants)?

a)

1

b)

3

c)

4

d)

6

11.

Which terrestrial planet has the lowest acceleration due to gravity?

a)

Mercury

b)

Venus

c)

Earth

d)

Mars

12.

Which statement is true?

a)

Mercury is the hottest planet due to closeness to the Sun

b)

Venus is the hottest planet due to run away green house effect

c)

Earth is the hottest planet due to increased desertification

d)

Mars is the hottest planet due to its thin atmosphere

13.

Which two planets have close to the same length of day?

a)

Mercury and Mars

b)

Earth and Venus

c)

Venus and Mars

d)

Mars and Earth

14.

Which is the only planet inhabited solely by robots?

a)

Mercury

b)

Venus

c)

Earth

d)

Mars

15.

What would a visitor to our solar system call this planet upon seeing this image?

a)

Dune

b)

Hoth

c)

Water World

d)

Earth

16.

On which planet was this famous image taken?

a)

Mercury

b)

Venus

c)

Earth

d)

Mars

17.

Which planet has the largest volcano and the deepest canyon?

a)

Mercury

b)

Venus

c)

Earth

d)

Mars

18.

Which of the following was the first planet to be removed from the list of planets?

a)

Pluto

b)

Planet 9

c)

Ceres

d)

Planet X

19.

What are small solar system planetessimals officially called?

a)

micro planets

b)

mini planets

c)

dwarf planets

d)

pygmy planets

20.

All of the known dwarf planets have at least 1 moon except-

a)

Pluto

b)

Ceres

c)

Haumea

d)

Makemake

e)

Eris