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Solar System Quiz 1 (60 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. Which of the following is the longest distance?
5. Scientists theorize that the asteroid belt did not form a planet because .....
6. A group of stars that make a pattern in the night sky.
7. Which of these describes rotation?
8. Earth revolves around the
9. Earth spins on its axis in how many hours?
10. What is an astronomical unit (A.U.)?
11. When did our Solar System form?
12. What is the force that holds objects in orbit around the Sun?
13. Which planet has iron in the soil that gives it a red color, just like iron-rich soil on Earth
14. The force of gravitational attraction between the Sun and Venus could be increased by reducing which of the following?
15. Which planet is the hottest
16. The Moon is seen because
17. The planet with the shortest year is
18. ..... are small pieces of rock moving through space.
19. The sun centered view of the universe
20. Which planet is the windiest?
21. Which planet rotates BACKWARDS (retrograde rotation)?
22. An Egyptian astronomer, Ptolemy said that .....
23. Methane gives ..... their blue-green color.
24. Where does the light of the Moon come from?
25. Which planet's orbit is closer to the Sun than Earth's orbit?
26. The outer planets are called .....
27. What element is NOT abundant in the atmospheres of the other planets (because it is only released abundantly on Earth by life)?
28. About how much of earth's atmosphere is Nitrogen?
29. The GAS GIANTS or Outer planets are
30. Earth's moon stays in orbit around Earth due to .....
31. ..... has ringlets around the planet made up of the particles of ice.
32. A small, icy body that orbits the Sun. Is made of a main body and a tail.
33. What is the moon
34. This causes an object to move away from the center of the object it is circling.
35. Which planet is the largest planet in our solar system?
36. The planets move around the center star in different orbits. Which planet has an orbit that is the 3rd planet from our Sun?
37. How might Mars be different if its surface did not contain so much iron?
38. Which planet only has one moon?
39. What is the second smallest planet in the solar system?
40. What is in our Solar System?
41. What is the Great Red Spot on Jupiter?
42. What is the most logical place to send a probe?
43. Which planet is made up of mostly liquid water?
44. The Nebular Theory is
45. How hot is the sun?
46. Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars are called .....?
47. The planets orbit around the .....
48. Which of the following is a terrestrial planet?
49. Small bodies made up of ice, dust, and rock particles. The Oort Cloud and Kuiper Belt may be filled with billions or even trillion of ..... (sometimes referred to as " dirty snowballs"
50. Venus, Mercury, Earth, and Mars are what type of planet?
51. When stars form a pattern it is called as
52. A spiral galaxy of stars that contains our Sun
53. What planet do we live on?
54. What is the core of Jupiter composed of?
55. What do we call a "dirty snowball" made of ice, rock, and dust?
56. Why do stars appear to move across the sky every night?
57. Which is the smallest planet?
58. I am the nearest planet to the Sun. I am the smallest planet in the solar system.
59. Whose heliocentric model is seen as the first step in the development of the modern models of the solar system?
60. Which planet is the largest in the solar system?
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