Solar System Quiz 27 (20 MCQs)

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1. When prominences erupt into space releasing gas and energy we call this

Correct Answer: C) Solar flares.

2. Which planet is known for its rings?

Correct Answer: A) Saturn.

3. Neptune is larger than Saturn.

Correct Answer: B) False.

4. What does a waxing moon mean?

Correct Answer: A) When the lit part of the moon increases.

5. A tool used to make distant objects appear larger, brighter, and sharper.

Correct Answer: A) Telescope.

6. Galileo agreed with Copernicus theory because he .....

Correct Answer: C) Used new telescope to observe Venus.

7. Where is the main asteroid belt found?

Correct Answer: D) Between Mars and Jupiter.

8. Which is NOT a planet?

Correct Answer: B) Pluto.

9. Which is the shape of the Earth?

Correct Answer: B) Oblate spheroid.

10. Which planet's atmosphere is characterized by a thick yellowish cloud of carbon dioxide that creates a tremendous greenhouse effect?

Correct Answer: D) Venus.

11. Astronomical Unit

Correct Answer: B) A unit of measurement equal to the average distance between Earth and the sun; about 150 million km.

12. How long ago was our solar system formed?

Correct Answer: C) 4.6 billion years ago.

13. Which gas was not present in Earth first atmosphere?

Correct Answer: A) Oxygen.

14. Gravity makes Earth revolve around the Sun. Revolve means

Correct Answer: B) Travel in a closed path.

15. What keeps a planet moving on its path around the sun

Correct Answer: A) Gravity & inertia.

16. Planets form by a process called .....

Correct Answer: A) Accretion.

17. Which Planet comes after Earth in the solar system?

Correct Answer: B) Mars.

18. Which planet is covered in water?

Correct Answer: D) Earth.

19. Who proposed Planetesimal theory?

Correct Answer: B) Thomas Chowder Chamberlin and Forest Ray Moulton.

20. A nebula is

Correct Answer: B) A cloud of dust and gas.