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Podium Superquiz3 for 12oct2020

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How old is our Galaxy?

a)

1 million years old

b)

13.5 billion years old

c)

56 years old

d)

3346 years old

2.

What is the Galaxy in which the Solar System exists?

a)

Millet Way

b)

Milk Wavy

c)

Milky Way

d)

Minute Way

3.

How many moons does our Solar System have?

a)

1

b)

150+

c)

10

d)

1000+

4.

How many planets are there in the Solar System?

a)

7

b)

8

c)

9

d)

10

5.

Which is the largest planet in the Solar System?

a)

Jupiter

b)

Mercury

c)

Earth

d)

Neptune

6.

How many stars are there in our Solar System?

a)

1000

b)

10 thousand

c)

1 million

d)

Only 1

7.

How many planets in our Solar System have rings?

a)

3

b)

4

c)

5

d)

6

8.

Which is the hottest planet in our Solar System?

a)

Sun

b)

Jupiter

c)

Venus

d)

Mars

9.

Which planet's MOON is the most active, with massive and frequent volcanic eruptions?

a)

Earth

b)

Neptune

c)

Jupiter

d)

Venus

10.

The biggest volcano in the Solar System, three times the size of Mt. Everest, is on which planet?

a)

Jupiter

b)

Earth

c)

Mars

d)

Venus

11.

ICE is present ONLY on Earth.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Ceres, Pluto, Eris, Haumea, and Makemake.

What are these the names of?

a)

Oceans in the Solar System

b)

Planets in the Solar System

c)

Moons in the Solar System

d)

Dwarf Planets in the Solar System

13.

Which is the closest plane to the Sun?

a)

Neptune

b)

Mercury

c)

Jupiter

d)

Earth

14.

The dwarf planet Pluto is smaller than the size of USA.

a)

No way!

b)

This is correct.

15.

Tick-mark TWO planets in the Solar System which do NOT have a moon?

a)

Earth

b)

Venus

c)

Mercury

d)

Neptune

16.

How does a telescope help us understand the moon?

a)

It tells us how it was formed

b)

It tells us how hot it is there

c)

It helps us see surface features

d)

It can tell us what the moon is made of

17.

What holds the planets in their orbits around the Sun?

a)

Speed

b)

Gravity

c)

String

d)

Air current

18.

One factor that makes life possible on Earth is....

a)

Moon

b)

Volcanoes

c)

Rocks

d)

Water

19.

Which planet is tipped on its side nearly 90 degrees?

a)

Saturn

b)

Uranus

c)

Neptune

d)

Jupiter

20.

Which planet has a giant red spot?

a)

Earth

b)

Mercury

c)

Jupiter

d)

Mars

21.

Which planet has very prominent rings?

a)

Saturn

b)

Neptune

c)

Mercury

d)

Mars

22.

The closest four planets are called the ________ planets.

a)

Inner planets

b)

Outer planets

c)

Force-four

d)

First planets

23.

Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars are known as _____________ planets.

a)

cold

b)

rocky

c)

gassy

d)

hot

24.

What is this region called - the region between Mars and Jupiter containing thousands of rocky objects that orbit the Sun.

a)

Comet space

b)

Oort Cloud

c)

Asteroid belt

d)

Ozone layer

25.

Which of the following is at the very edge of the Solar System?

a)

Kuiper belt

b)

Asteroid belt

c)

Oort cloud

d)

Dwarf planets

26.

Which of these was once considered a full planet but was redefined as a dwarf planet in 2006.

a)

Ceres

b)

Neptune

c)

Mercury

d)

Pluto

27.

All of the planets orbit the Sun in the same direction, which is...?

a)

Clockwise

b)

Counterclockwise

28.

Scientists who study the solar system and outer space are called ______________.

a)

Astronomers

b)

Astronauts

29.

Scientists estimate that there are around ________ stars in our galaxy.

a)

20,000

b)

200 billion

c)

2 million

d)

2000

30.

Which of the following is also known as planetoids?

a)

Asteroids

b)

Comets

c)

Jovian planets

d)

Meteors

31.

Which of the following is called 'Blue planet'?

a)

Earth

b)

Venus

c)

Neptune

d)

Mercury

32.

A group of stars that form a beautiful pattern is known as _______.

a)

Comets

b)

Asteroids

c)

Constellation

d)

Meteors

33.

Which of the following does NOT have its own light?

a)

Star

b)

Sun

c)

Moon

34.

The light from sun reaches the Earth in how much time?

a)

10 minutes

b)

1 hour

c)

8 and a half minutes

d)

7 minutes

35.

Which of the following planet is closest to the Earth?

a)

Mercury

b)

Sun

c)

Saturn

d)

Venus

36.

The time taken by the Moon to go around the Earth once is _______.

a)

One month

b)

One year

c)

27.3 days

d)

45 days

37.

The distance of the Sun from the Earth is greater than the distance of the Moon from the Earth.

a)

True

b)

False

38.

Planet Venus is know by two different names - Morning Star and Evening Star.

a)

This is incorrect.

b)

Absolutely true.

39.

About ______% of earth's surface is covered with water.

a)

80

b)

20

c)

70

d)

50

40.

Mars is called red planet because_____.

a)

It likes red colour

b)

Red people live on it

c)

There is a layer of red dust on it

d)

All of these