Solar System Quiz 2 (20 MCQs)

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1. The sun centered view of the universe

Correct Answer: D) Heliocentric.

2. Which planet is the windiest?

Correct Answer: D) Neptune.

3. Which planet rotates BACKWARDS (retrograde rotation)?

Correct Answer: B) Venus.

4. An Egyptian astronomer, Ptolemy said that .....

Correct Answer: B) The Moon, Sun planets and stars revolved around Earth.

5. Which planet is the farthest from the sun?

Correct Answer: D) Neptune.

6. Methane gives ..... their blue-green color.

Correct Answer: B) Uranus and Neptune.

7. Where does the light of the Moon come from?

Correct Answer: C) The Sun.

8. Which planet's orbit is closer to the Sun than Earth's orbit?

Correct Answer: A) Mercury.

9. The outer planets are called .....

Correct Answer: B) Gas giants.

10. What element is NOT abundant in the atmospheres of the other planets (because it is only released abundantly on Earth by life)?

Correct Answer: B) Oxygen.

11. About how much of earth's atmosphere is Nitrogen?

Correct Answer: A) 78%.

12. The GAS GIANTS or Outer planets are

Correct Answer: C) Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune.

13. Earth's moon stays in orbit around Earth due to .....

Correct Answer: D) Gravity.

14. ..... has ringlets around the planet made up of the particles of ice.

Correct Answer: D) Saturn.

15. What is the center of the solar system?

Correct Answer: A) Sun.

16. Hemispheres

Correct Answer: A) The two halves of the Earth (northern and southern) that are created by the equator.

17. A small, icy body that orbits the Sun. Is made of a main body and a tail.

Correct Answer: B) Comet.

18. What is the moon

Correct Answer: C) A natural satellite of Earth.

19. This causes an object to move away from the center of the object it is circling.

Correct Answer: C) Centrifugal force.

20. Which planet is the largest planet in our solar system?

Correct Answer: D) Jupiter.