Solar System Quiz 1 (25 MCQs)

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1. Which describes a characteristic that is shared by different galaxies in the universe?

2. Which planet is found between Earth and Jupiter?

3. What gas is the Sun mostly made of?

4. The Asteroid Belt is located between which two planets?

5. Which of the following is the longest distance?

6. What is the fourth planet from the Sun?

7. Scientists theorize that the asteroid belt did not form a planet because _____

8. A group of stars that make a pattern in the night sky.

9. How many planets are in the solar system?

10. Which of these describes rotation?

11. Earth revolves around the

12. Earth spins on its axis in how many hours?

13. What is an astronomical unit (A.U.)?

14. When did our Solar System form?

15. What is the force that holds objects in orbit around the Sun?

16. Which planet has iron in the soil that gives it a red color, just like iron-rich soil on Earth

17. The force of gravitational attraction between the Sun and Venus could be increased by reducing which of the following?

18. The Moon is seen because

19. The planet with the shortest year is

20. _____ are small pieces of rock moving through space.

21. The sun centered view of the universe

22. Which planet is the windiest?

23. Which planet rotates BACKWARDS (retrograde rotation)?

24. An Egyptian astronomer, Ptolemy said that _____

25. Which planet is the farthest from the sun?