This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Physics > Solar System – Quiz 28 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Solar System Quiz 28 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Earth has more ..... than land. A) Dirt. B) Water. C) Volcanoes. D) Metal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Water. 2. Which is the SECOND largest planet? A) Jupiter. B) Saturn. C) Uranus. D) Neptune. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Saturn. 3. What planet rotates on a tilted axis and looks like it is laying on its side? A) Earth. B) Mars. C) Pluto. D) Uranus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Uranus. 4. Which term describes a small body from which a planet forms? A) Orbit. B) Planetesimal. C) Solar nebula. D) Protoplanetary disk. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Planetesimal. 5. In a complete sentence name three physical features of the Earth? A) The Earth is made of 75% water. B) The Earth has life form. C) The Earth is the third planet from the Sun. D) All of these are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these are correct. 6. Why are the outer planets cold and dark? A) Closeness to the Sun. B) Far from the Sun. C) Close to each other. D) Far from the Asteroid Belt. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Far from the Sun. 7. What is a planet? A) A swirling ball of gases. B) A star. C) A huge ball made out of rock. D) A large object that orbits a star. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A large object that orbits a star. 8. Which of the following planets orbits closest to the Sun? A) Venus. B) Jupiter. C) Uranus. D) Neptune. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Venus. 9. What is the order of the gas giant planets from closest to farthest away from the sun? A) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars. B) Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. C) Neptune, Uranus, Mars, and Earth. D) Mercury, Mars, Venus, Jupiter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. 10. Why do the sun and moon appear to move across the sky? A) The rotation of the solar system makes the sun and moon seem to move. B) The rotation of the earth make the sun and moon seem to move. C) The sun and moon revolve around earth. D) The earth revolves around the sun and moon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The rotation of the earth make the sun and moon seem to move. 11. Which is an object in the solar system that is a frozen mass of ice and dust? A) An asteroid. B) A comet. C) A moon. D) A planet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A comet. 12. Large pieces of space rock with irregular shapes, most are found between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter A) Meteoroids. B) Asteroids. C) Meteors. D) Meteorites. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Asteroids. 13. Which planet is not an inner planet? A) Earth. B) Mars. C) Venus. D) Saturn. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Saturn. 14. The group of outer planets are known as A) The Terrestrial Planets. B) The Gas Giants. C) The Inner Planets. D) The Rocky Planets. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Gas Giants. 15. Where is the asteroid belt found? A) Between earth and mars. B) Between Uranus and Neptune. C) Between Mercury and Venus. D) Between Mars and Jupiter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Between Mars and Jupiter. 16. What does the interstellar cloud form into next? A) Planetesimals. B) Planets. C) Solar Nebula. D) The Sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Solar Nebula. 17. It takes about ..... for the moon to go through all of its phases. A) 28 days. B) 365 days. C) 24 hours. D) 24 days. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 28 days. 18. Is about the same size as Earth. Has a rock surface. This planet has a thick atmosphere that is mostly carbon-dioxide-gas traps the sun's heat which makes it the hottest planet in the solar system A) Mercury. B) Venus. C) Earth. D) Mars. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Venus. 19. A giant sphere of glowing gases is a ..... A) Galaxy. B) Light-year. C) Star. D) Magnitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Star. 20. A huge ball of very hot, glowing gases in space that can produce its own hear and light is called a(n) A) Solar system. B) Asteroid. C) Galaxy. D) Star. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Star. ← 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