This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Physics > Solar System – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Solar System Quiz 4 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What force pulled the solar system together out of a cloud of gas and dust? A) Strong Dust. B) Orbit. C) Gravity. D) Magnets. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gravity. 2. Scientists hypothesize that ..... put oxygen in to the atmosphere. A) Photosynthesis by algae (stromatolites). B) Outgasing by volcanoes. C) Comets. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Photosynthesis by algae (stromatolites). 3. Which planet is third from the sun? A) Mars. B) Pluto. C) Venus. D) Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Earth. 4. The second smallest planet and the one closest to the Sun is ..... A) Earth. B) Mars. C) Mercury. D) Venus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Venus. 5. The region of the solar system that is between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter where most asteroids are located A) Outer planet belt. B) Inner planet belt. C) Asteroid belt. D) Meteoroid belt. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Asteroid belt. 6. What is the relationship between gravity and size? A) The smaller an object is the more gravity it has. B) The larger an object is the less gravity it has. C) Size does not matter when it comes to gravity. D) The larger an object is the more gravity it has. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The larger an object is the more gravity it has. 7. The moon Titan orbits what planet? A) Neptune. B) Venus. C) Saturn. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Saturn. 8. Our Solar System is also known as the? A) Asteroid Belt. B) Kiper Belt. C) Milky Way. D) The Gaseous planets. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Milky Way. 9. I am the fifth planet from the Sun. I am the fastest spinning planet in the solar system. A) Uranus. B) Mars. C) Jupiter. D) Saturn. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jupiter. 10. If the moon is a crescent shape then changes to a gibbous. What is the next phase? A) Full moon. B) Cresent. C) Gibbous. D) If the moon is a crescent shape then changes to a gibbous. What is the next phase?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Full moon. 11. What is responsible for keeping the Moon's orbit regular? A) The thermal energy exerted on the Moon from Earth. B) The force of gravity exerted on the Moon by Earth. C) The electromagnetic force exerted on the Moon by Earth. D) The nuclear energy exerted on the Moon from Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The force of gravity exerted on the Moon by Earth. 12. He used to mathematics to help him understand that the solar system was heliocentric, the sun is center of the solar system A) Kelper. B) Galileo. C) Ptolemy. D) Copernicus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Copernicus. 13. Where is the Asteroid Belt located in the Solar System? A) Near Neptune. B) Between Mercury and Venus. C) Between Mars and Jupiter. D) Around the Sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Between Mars and Jupiter. 14. When meteoroids burn up in the Earth's atmosphere, causing a streak of light A) Meteoroid. B) Meteor. C) Meteorite. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meteor. 15. Who proposed Tidal theory? A) Andy Albrecht and Andrei Linde. B) Immanuel Kant and Pierre-Simon Laplace. C) Sir James Hopwood Jeans and Harold Jeffreys. D) Thomas Chowder Chamberlin and Forest Ray Moulton. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sir James Hopwood Jeans and Harold Jeffreys. 16. I am the seventh planet in the solar system. My nickname is 'Ice Giant' A) Uranus. B) Neptune. C) Mercury. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Uranus. 17. Which of the following describes revolution? A) Moving in a circle in place. B) Moving around another object. C) Moving in a straight line. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Moving around another object. 18. You are observing the sun through a solar telescope. You see darker areas on the surface. Which solar property are you observing? A) Sunspots. B) Convection. C) Prominences. D) Solar flares. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sunspots. 19. A giant, close star (Star #1) will look brighter than a giant star that is far away (Star #2). A) True, because Star #2 is smaller. B) False. C) True because Star #1 is closer. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) True because Star #1 is closer. 20. Describe how stars really are? A) Stars are small burst of light in the sky. B) Stars are small planets in the sky. C) Stars are big gases of heat that stay in the sky. D) Stars are huge flaming balls of light and energy in the sky. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stars are huge flaming balls of light and energy in the sky. 21. In which type of model are the Sun, other planets, and the Moon in orbit around the Earth? A) Heliocentric model. B) Tetrahedral model. C) Geocentric model. D) Concentric model. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Geocentric model. 22. ..... is the most explored planet in the solar system. A) Mercury. B) Uranus. C) Venus. D) Mars. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mars. 23. Which planet has a reddish-orange rocky surface? A) Mars. B) Jupiter. C) Mercury. D) Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mars. 24. The gas giants are different from the terrestrial planets because they A) Have smaller atmospheres. B) Are less dense. C) Have larger atmospheres. D) Are more colorful. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Have larger atmospheres. 25. A small chunk of rock that orbits the Sun is called ..... A) An asteroid. B) A solar system. C) A nucleus. D) A planet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An asteroid. 26. What model of the solar system states the earth is the center A) Geocentric Model. B) Hydrocentric model. C) Heliocentric model. D) Biocentric modal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Geocentric Model. 27. How did our solar system most likely form? A) From an exploding star. B) From an expanding galaxy. C) From a shrinking planet. D) From a rotating nebula. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) From a rotating nebula. 28. Earth consists of ..... of water. A) 50%. B) 30%. C) 70%. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 70%. 29. What's the speed of light? A) 3000 km per second. B) 300 000 km per hour. C) 300 000 metres per second. D) 300 000 km per second. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 300 000 km per second. 30. A large, round object that circles around a planet. A) Moon. B) Earth. C) Solar system. D) Star. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Moon. 31. Which of the following is NOT a season of the year? A) Autumn. B) Winter. C) Summer. D) Snow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Snow. 32. The celestial body least like its close neighbor is ..... A) Pluto. B) Saturn. C) Neptune. D) Uranus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pluto. 33. Chunks of rock that move within the solar system before entering the atmosphere A) Meteorite. B) Comet. C) Meteoroid. D) Meteor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Meteoroid. 34. Which force and property have the greatest effect on the orbit of a planet? A) Atmospheric pressure and diameter. B) Gravitational force and mass. C) Atmospheric pressure and temperature. D) Gravitational force and temperature. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gravitational force and mass. 35. The largest volcano (Olympus Mons) in the solar system is located on this planet. A) Mars. B) Earth. C) Mercury. D) Venus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mars. 36. There are ..... planets A) 8. B) 9. C) 6. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 8. 37. The solid portion of a comet is called its ..... A) Coma. B) Core. C) Nucleus. D) Heart. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nucleus. 38. Pluto is not considered a planet since ..... A) 2006. B) 1990. C) 2019. D) It is still considered as a planet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2006. 39. What's a comet made of? A) Loose collections of ice, small rocky particles, and dust. B) A streak of light in the sky. C) Rocky objects that are too small and numerous. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Loose collections of ice, small rocky particles, and dust. 40. At times, the planet ..... is actually the farthest planet from the Sun. A) Saturn. B) Neptune. C) Jupiter. D) Uranus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neptune. 41. What is the term for a meteoroid if it enters Earth's atmosphere? A) A meteor. B) A star. C) A moon. D) A comet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A meteor. 42. What makes Uranus different from all of the other planets? A) It's the largest planet. B) It has no moons. C) It has the fastest wind speeds. D) It's tilted over on its side. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It's tilted over on its side. 43. A huge ball of very hot gas that gives off energy is called ..... A) Comet. B) Planet. C) Star. D) Asteroid. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Star. 44. How does a telescope help us understand the moon? A) It helps us see surface features. B) It tells us how hot it is there. C) It can tell us what the moon is made of. D) It tells us how it was formed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It helps us see surface features. 45. The particles of the corona extends into space for millions of kilometers and spreads into streams of electrically charged particles called A) Coronal discharge. B) Solar flares. C) Coronal ejection. D) Solar winds. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Solar winds. 46. What is the name of first nearest planet to Sun? A) JUPITER. B) MERCURY. C) EARTH. D) VENUS. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) MERCURY. 47. Which of the following below is an example of terrestrial planets? A) Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars. B) Mercury, Earth, Saturn, Neptune. C) Earth, Venus, Sun, Pluto. D) Pluto, Mars, Uranus, Jupiter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars. 48. This planet is known for its many rings. A) Venus. B) Saturn. C) Earth. D) Mars. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Saturn. 49. What is the fartest planet to Sun? A) Saturn. B) Uranus. C) Earth. D) Neptun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Neptun. 50. Why does the moon appear to shine? A) It is like a star and gives off light. B) It refracts light from space. C) It reflects light from the sun. D) It absorbs light from the sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It reflects light from the sun. 51. Which of the following contains Earth's galaxy as well as many other galaxies? A) The Milky Way. B) The Local Group. C) A black hole. D) A nebula. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Local Group. 52. What is the term used for the great cloud of gas and dust in space? A) Protoplanetary disc. B) Planetesimal. C) Nebula. D) Primordial core. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nebula. 53. Each planet moves around in the sun in A) A path the shape of a circle. B) A path the shape of a spiral. C) Similar-sized orbits. D) A path the shape of an ellipse. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A path the shape of an ellipse. 54. Which type of planet is typically warmer? A) Inner Planet. B) Dwarf Planets. C) Gas Giants. D) Outer Planet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inner Planet. 55. ..... is known as the most beautiful planet in the solar system. A) Saturn. B) Neptune. C) Earth. D) Venus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Saturn. 56. The sun, planets, comets, and asteroids that revolve around the sun all make up the ..... A) Constellations. B) Galaxy. C) Solar system. D) Kuiper Belt. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Solar system. 57. If Earth is 1 AU away from the sun, and Neptune is 30 AU away from the sun, what does this mean? A) Neptune is 30 years older than the Earth. B) Neptune is 30 times larger than Earth. C) Neptune is 30 times farther away from the sun than the Earth. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neptune is 30 times farther away from the sun than the Earth. 58. There are ..... rings that surround Saturn. A) Six. B) Seven. C) Five. D) Eight. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Seven. 59. Which is the correct order of the solar system? A) Mercury, venus, mars, jupiter, saturn, uranus, neptune. B) Mercury, venus, Earth, mars, jupiter, saturn, uranus, neptune. C) Mercury, venus, Earth, mars, jupiter, saturn, neptune, uranus. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mercury, venus, Earth, mars, jupiter, saturn, uranus, neptune. 60. Which word means solar A) Moon. B) Sun. C) Earth. D) Star. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sun. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesScience QuizzesGeneral Knowledge QuizzesSolar System Quiz 1Solar System Quiz 2Solar System Quiz 3Solar System Quiz 5Solar System Quiz 6Solar System Quiz 7Solar System Quiz 8Solar System Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books