This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Physics > Solar System – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Solar System Quiz 11 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. If the moon is a crescent shape then changes to a gibbous. What is the next phase? A) If the moon is a crescent shape then changes to a gibbous. What is the next phase?. B) Cresent. C) Gibbous. D) Full moon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Full moon. 2. What is responsible for keeping the Moon's orbit regular? A) The force of gravity exerted on the Moon by Earth. B) The nuclear energy exerted on the Moon from Earth. C) The thermal energy exerted on the Moon from Earth. D) The electromagnetic force exerted on the Moon by Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The force of gravity exerted on the Moon by Earth. 3. He used to mathematics to help him understand that the solar system was heliocentric, the sun is center of the solar system A) Ptolemy. B) Galileo. C) Kelper. D) Copernicus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Copernicus. 4. 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. 5. 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. 6. 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. 7. 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. 8. 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. 9. 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) Solar flares. D) Prominences. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sunspots. 10. 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. 11. 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. 12. 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) Concentric model. D) Geocentric model. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Geocentric model. 13. ..... is the most explored planet in the solar system. A) Mercury. B) Venus. C) Uranus. D) Mars. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mars. 14. Gas planet A) A planet with a solid metal core. B) A planet that has a deep atmosphere and no rocky surface. C) A planet composed of rocky material. D) A planet that is just like the Sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A planet that has a deep atmosphere and no rocky surface. 15. Which planet has a reddish-orange rocky surface? A) Mars. B) Earth. C) Jupiter. D) Mercury. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mars. 16. 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. 17. A small chunk of rock that orbits the Sun is called ..... A) An asteroid. B) A solar system. C) A planet. D) A nucleus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An asteroid. 18. What model of the solar system states the earth is the center A) Geocentric Model. B) Heliocentric model. C) Biocentric modal. D) Hydrocentric model. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Geocentric Model. 19. 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. 20. Earth consists of ..... of water. A) 50%. B) 30%. C) 70%. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 70%. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesScience QuizzesSolar System Quiz 1Solar System Quiz 2Solar System Quiz 3Solar System Quiz 4Solar System Quiz 5Solar System Quiz 6Solar System Quiz 7Solar System Quiz 8Solar System Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books