Solar System Quiz 29 (25 MCQs)

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1. Which is the largest planet in our Solar System?

2. What two forms of energy does the sun give off?

3. The correct term for the way Earth spins on it's axis is _____?

4. An astronomical unit (AU) is the average distance

5. Which is saturns moon

6. A rocky body that orbits around a planet.

7. What percentage of the mass in the nebula will the Sun accumulate?

8. Where is the asteroid belt?

9. The primary force behind planetary orbits is

10. How long does it take to go through the phases of the Moon cycle?

11. Choose the third planet in the solar system.

12. Ptolemy and Aristotle believed

13. _____ Earths can be fit into Jupiter.

14. The largest known volcano in the solar system is an extinct volcano known as Olympus Mons found on the planet _____

15. Mars orbits farther from the Sun than

16. Jupiter, Uranus, Saturn and Neptune are known as _____ planets.

17. Which star has the highest apparent magnitude because it is closer to Earth?

18. How long does it take the Earth to revolve around the Sun?

19. _____ published the Sun-centered model of the solar system in 1543.

20. A force of attraction between any two objects is called _____

21. What is one fact about Jupiter?

22. The existence of the force of gravity explains why the Moon

23. Which planet that people live on?

24. Which of the following is the MAJOR source of heat and energy for Earth?

25. When the Moon has completed one quarter of its orbit around the Earth, the Moon appears to be a half circle. This phase is called the