This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Physics > Solar System – Quiz 19 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Solar System Quiz 19 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Knows as the dwarf planet ..... A) Neptune. B) Pluto. C) Venus. D) Mercury. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pluto. 2. Which is the largest terrestrial plant that supports life? A) Earth. B) Mars. C) Pluto. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Earth. 3. Which unit of measure is best for measuring distances within our solar system? A) Light years. B) Astronomical Units (AU). C) Miles. D) Kilometers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Astronomical Units (AU). 4. Name the four Outer Planets A) Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. B) Neptune, Mars, Uranus, Saturn. C) Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Venus. D) Mercury, Saturn, Venus, Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. 5. Which planets are the coldest? A) Mercury, Earth, Jupiter. B) Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. C) Venus, Mars, Earth. D) Saturn, Venus, Neptune. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. 6. The largest planet in the solar system. It is a gas giant. It has a thin set of rings and at least 26 moons. The planet has a large red spot-huge storm raging on the planet. A) Mercury. B) Saturn. C) Neptune. D) Jupiter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jupiter. 7. Who stated the sun was the center of the solar system? A) Ptolemy. B) Copernicus. C) Kepler. D) Galileo. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Copernicus. 8. Why is making a model of the solar system difficult? A) Don't have the right materials. B) The solar system is so big and the objects in it are so small in comparison. C) There are too many parts in a model. D) Because the science concepts are too difficult. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The solar system is so big and the objects in it are so small in comparison. 9. Which gas do we NOT observe coming our of modern volcanoes? A) Nitrogen. B) Carbon dioxide. C) Oxygen. D) Water vapor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oxygen. 10. What is one factor that makes life on Earth possible? A) Water. B) Elliptical Orbit. C) High gravity. D) Hydrogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Water. 11. Which planet was named after the messenger of Roman gods? A) Mars. B) Saturn. C) Earth. D) Mercury. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mercury. 12. What is the order of the terrestrial planets in order from closest to the sun to farthest away? A) Mars, Earth, Venus, Mercury. B) Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. C) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars. D) Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Mars. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars. 13. The sixth planet from the Sun features an extensive ring system, what is the name of this planet? A) Saturn. B) Venus. C) Earth. D) Mercury. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Saturn. 14. Orbit A) The imaginary line that cuts the Earth in half from top to bottom. B) Earth spinning on its axis. C) The path that an object in space follows around another object due to gravitational forces between the objects. D) Something that all objects in outer space do. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The path that an object in space follows around another object due to gravitational forces between the objects. 15. ..... is the largest moon in the solar system. A) Callisto. B) Ganymede. C) Earth's Moon. D) Io. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ganymede. 16. Which planet has the smallest pull of gravity? A) Saturn. B) Jupiter. C) Neptune. D) Mercury. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mercury. 17. Complete the analogy. Planet is to Earth, as satellite is to A) Star. B) Sun. C) Moon. D) Asteroid. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Moon. 18. Outside on the playground, students are making a scale model of the solar system. Which ofthe following tools will be needed to measure the distance of the planets from the Sun on the model? A) Balance. B) Thermometer. C) Computer. D) Meter Stick. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Meter Stick. 19. A small, solid, rocky body that orbits the Sun. A) Asteroid. B) Comet. C) Meteoroid. D) Meteor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Asteroid. 20. Earth is located in which galaxy? A) Spiral. B) Milky way. C) Barred spiral. D) Elliptical. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Milky way. ← 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