This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Physics > Solar System – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Solar System Quiz 14 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What object in the solar system is considered a dwarf planet? A) Mercury. B) Mars. C) Pluto. D) Neptune. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pluto. 2. What are the changing shapes of the Moon called? A) Plants. B) Phases. C) Orbits. D) Spins. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Phases. 3. What unit do you use to express astronomical distances? A) The light-week. B) The thunder-year. C) The light-year. D) The kilometer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The light-year. 4. The universe was born ..... A) 13700 million years ago. B) 13700 years ago. C) 17300 million years ago. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 13700 million years ago. 5. What is one fact about Earth? A) It is the hottest of the planets. B) Its atmosphere is almost entirely carbon dioxide. C) Its atmosphere is capable of supporting life. D) It has 2 irregularly shaped moons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Its atmosphere is capable of supporting life. 6. What is the ISS? A) International Student Services. B) Inside Sun Secrets. C) International Space Station. D) Iraq Space Services. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) International Space Station. 7. What planet is known as the red planet because of its red looking surface? A) Earth. B) Saturn. C) Uranus. D) Mars. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mars. 8. Earth is a unique planet because A) Because it is the blue planet. B) Because it is the only planet with life. C) Because it is the third planet. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because it is the only planet with life. 9. Besides changing the distance between objects how else can we change the force of gravity? A) Change their atmosphere. B) Change their rotation. C) Change their mass. D) Change their volume. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Change their mass. 10. Which planet has very prominent rings? A) Jupiter. B) Saturn. C) Uranus. D) Neptune. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Saturn. 11. Terrestrial planet A) A planet that has a hard, rocky surface. B) A planet that has a deep atmosphere and no rocky surface. C) A planet that rotates on its axis like Earth. D) All planets that orbit the Sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A planet that has a hard, rocky surface. 12. Even though it is not closest to the sun, this planet is the hottest in the solar system. A) Venus. B) Pluto. C) Uranus. D) Jupiter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Venus. 13. What makes up the Solar System? A) The Milky Way. B) The planets, the sun, any moons, and other bodies that revolve. C) The 4 oceans. D) Comets, asteroids, and meteors. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The planets, the sun, any moons, and other bodies that revolve. 14. Where is our solar system located in the Milky Way A) At the center. B) Near the center. C) On a spiral arm. D) Outside the galaxy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) On a spiral arm. 15. When the inner planets (and moons) were bombarded by asteroids, what did the asteroids leave behind? A) Craters. B) Calderas. C) Mountains. D) Valleys. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Craters. 16. Which choice best describes the parts of the Milky Way? A) Earth, its moon, the sun, and Jupiter. B) Gas, dust, stars, and objects that orbit stars. C) Asteroids, comets, objects that orbit stars, and the stars. D) The inner planets, the outer planets, gas, and dust. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gas, dust, stars, and objects that orbit stars. 17. Which details explain how the sun appears to change throughout the day? A) In the morning, the sun is low in the sky. B) At noon (midday) the sun in high in the sky. C) In the evening, the sun is low in the sky. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 18. The planet that averages 150 million km, or on AU, from the Sun is ..... A) Mars. B) Jupiter. C) Mercury. D) Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Earth. 19. What is our planet's name? A) Mercury. B) Venus. C) Earth. D) Mars. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Earth. 20. The Galilean moons orbit what planet? A) Uranus. B) Venus. C) Jupiter. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jupiter. ← 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