This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Physics > Solar System – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Solar System Quiz 3 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The planets move around the center star in different orbits. Which planet has an orbit that is the 3rd planet from our Sun? A) Mercury. B) Earth. C) Mars. D) Venus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Earth. 2. How might Mars be different if its surface did not contain so much iron? A) It would be much lighter. B) It would be a different color. C) It would be a gas planet. D) The orbit would be different. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It would be a different color. 3. Which planet only has one moon? A) Mercury. B) Venus. C) Mars. D) Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Earth. 4. What is the second smallest planet in the solar system? A) Mercury. B) Venus. C) Earth. D) Mars. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mars. 5. What is in our Solar System? A) Planets. B) Moons. C) Sun. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 6. What is the Great Red Spot on Jupiter? A) A volcano. B) A crater. C) A lake. D) A massive storm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A massive storm. 7. What is the most logical place to send a probe? A) To the top of a mountain. B) To the Sun. C) To planets like Jupiter or Saturn. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To planets like Jupiter or Saturn. 8. Which planet is made up of mostly liquid water? A) Neptune. B) Uranus. C) Earth. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Earth. 9. The Nebular Theory is A) A theory on how the Milky Way galaxy was formed. B) A theory on how the universe was formed. C) A theory on how the solar system will be destroyed. D) A theory on how the solar system was formed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A theory on how the solar system was formed. 10. How hot is the sun? A) 5, 778 K. B) 100, 000, 000 K. C) 100 K. D) 2, 000, 000, 000, 000 K. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 5, 778 K. 11. Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars are called .....? A) Jovian Planets. B) Awesome Sauce Planets. C) Gas Giants. D) Inner Planets. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inner Planets. 12. The planets orbit around the ..... A) Sun. B) Earth. C) Moon. D) Option 4 (optional)Asteroid belt. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sun. 13. Which of the following is a terrestrial planet? A) Jupiter. B) Saturn. C) Mercury. D) Neptune. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mercury. 14. Small bodies made up of ice, dust, and rock particles. The Oort Cloud and Kuiper Belt may be filled with billions or even trillion of ..... (sometimes referred to as " dirty snowballs" A) Meteoroids. B) Meteors. C) Asteroids. D) Comets. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Comets. 15. Venus, Mercury, Earth, and Mars are what type of planet? A) Gas Giants. B) Ice Giants. C) Terrestrial Planets. D) Exterior Planets. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Terrestrial Planets. 16. When stars form a pattern it is called as A) Constellation. B) Universe. C) Solar family. D) Galaxy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Constellation. 17. A spiral galaxy of stars that contains our Sun A) Planisphere. B) Intensity. C) Star. D) Milky Way. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Milky Way. 18. What is the hottest planet in the Solar System? A) Mars. B) Mercury. C) Venus. D) Uranus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Venus. 19. What planet do we live on? A) Sun. B) Earth. C) Mars. D) Jupiter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Earth. 20. What is the core of Jupiter composed of? A) Plasma. B) Iron. C) Helium. D) Liquid Metallic Hydrogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Liquid Metallic Hydrogen. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesScience QuizzesSolar System Quiz 1Solar System Quiz 2Solar System Quiz 4Solar System Quiz 5Solar System Quiz 6Solar System Quiz 7Solar System Quiz 8Solar System Quiz 9Solar System Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books