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Planet Companions-Group 2

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many moons does Mars have?

a)

Four

b)

One

c)

Two

d)

Three

2.

Who discovered the moons Titania and Oberon around Uranus?

a)

William Lassel

b)

Gerard Kuiper

c)

William Herschel

d)

Galileo Galilei

3.

Which moon is the largest in the Solar System?

a)

Triton

b)

Miranda

c)

Titan

d)

Ganymede

4.

Which planet has the most known moons?

a)

Uranus

b)

Mars

c)

Jupiter

d)

Saturn

5.

Which moon is believed to have 3 times more ocean water than all of Earth's oceans?

a)

Enceladus

b)

Titan

c)

Phobos

d)

Europa

6.

Who discovered the moon Enceladus around Saturn?

a)

Galileo Galilei

b)

William Herschel

c)

Gerard Kuiper

d)

William Lassel

7.

Which moon orbits in the opposite direction to Neptune's rotation?

a)

Naiad

b)

Triton

c)

Thalassa

d)

Miranda

8.

Which moon is known for its geysers and subsurface ocean?

a)

Enceladus

b)

Titan

c)

Ganymede

d)

Phobos

9.

Why don't Mercury and Venus have moons?

a)

Due to the sun's gravity

b)

Due to Jupiter's gravity

c)

Due to Saturn's gravity

d)

Due to Earth's gravity

10.

Which moon is considered habitable for human settlement?

a)

Europa

b)

Callisto

c)

Deimos

d)

Phobos

11.

Which planet was the first to be discovered through a telescope?

a)

Uranus

b)

Neptune

c)

Saturn

d)

Mars

12.

How many moons does Neptune have?

a)

8

b)

12

c)

16

d)

20

13.

Why do Jupiter and Saturn have so many moons?

a)

Because their gravity pulls in passing objects easily

b)

Because they are close to the asteroid belt

c)

Because they are fast rotators

d)

Because they have strong magnetic fields

14.

How were Mars' moons, Phobos and Deimos, formed?

a)

Captured asteroids

b)

Volcanic eruptions

c)

Giant impact

d)

Ejected from Mars

15.

How many Earth-sized planets could fit in between the Earth and Moon?

a)

20

b)

30

c)

40

d)

50

16.

What is unique about Tethys and Dione ?

a)

They are the largest moons

b)

They have the most craters

c)

They are the only moons with moons of their own

d)

They are the closest moons to Saturn

17.

Who discovered the moons Tethys and Dione?

a)

Galileo Galilei

b)

Isaac Newton

c)

Gian Domenico Cassini

d)

William Herschel

18.

How many moons does Uranus have?

a)

15

b)

22

c)

28

d)

34

19.

What is a Puck?

a)

A large moon of Uranus

b)

A small moon of Uranus

c)

A moon of Saturn

d)

An asteroid

20.

Which of the following colors can be seen on Io's surface?

a)

Blue and green

b)

Yellow, orange, red, and white

c)

Black and brown

d)

Gray and white