This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Physics > Solar System – Quiz 40 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Solar System Quiz 40 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which list shows the correct order of planets from the sun? A) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars. B) Earth, Mars, Venus, Jupiter. C) Mars, Venus, Earth, Saturn. D) Uranus, Jupiter, Neptune, Saturn. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars. 2. Galileo approached questions in a fashion that is now known as what? A) Scientific theory. B) Scientific method. C) Earth science. D) Scientific law. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scientific method. 3. This planet has a Great Red Spot ..... A) Jupiter. B) Earth. C) Saturn. D) Neptune. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jupiter. 4. A chunk of rock that burns up upon entering a planet's atmosphere A) Comet. B) Meteor. C) Meteoroid. D) Asteroid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meteor. 5. The sun produces large amounts of energy. By what process does the sun produce energy? A) Radiation. B) Convection. C) Nuclear fusion. D) Electromagnetic radiation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nuclear fusion. 6. Which is made primarily of pieces of rock or iron that enter and burn in the Earth's atmosphere producing a streak of light? A) Asteroid. B) Comets. C) Solar flares. D) Meteor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Meteor. 7. The sun and everything that revolves around it. A) Solar system. B) Galaxy. C) Universe. D) Rotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Solar system. 8. What is the fifth planet away from the sun? A) Jupiter. B) Mars. C) Saturn. D) Pluto. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jupiter. 9. How did the Milky Way Galaxy form? A) Cloud of gas and dust. B) Black hole birth. C) Supernova Explosion. D) Earth Collided with Sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cloud of gas and dust. 10. How many galaxies are there? A) One. B) Two. C) Millions. D) Billions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Billions. 11. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are what type of planets? A) Gas Giants. B) Ice Giants. C) Terrestrial Planets. D) Exterior Planets. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gas Giants. 12. Rank the colors of stars from hottest to coolest. A) Blue, white, yellow, orange/red, red. B) Blue, yellow, white, orange/red, red. C) Red, orange/red, white, yellow, blue. D) Red, orange/red, yellow, white, blue. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Blue, white, yellow, orange/red, red. 13. How does changing the distance between objects affect the force of gravity? A) Decreasing distance increases gravity. B) Increasing distance increases gravity. C) Distance does not affect gravity. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Decreasing distance increases gravity. 14. Which of the following data can help someone to infer the size of a planet? A) How many moons it can capture due to its pull of gravity. B) How far it is from the Sun in km. C) Its surface temperature in degrees. D) Its surface geography. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) How many moons it can capture due to its pull of gravity. 15. The ancient Greek who proposed a geocentric model of the universe is A) Ptolomy. B) Galileo. C) Copernicus. D) Kepler. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ptolomy. 16. The path that Earth takes around the sun is called its A) Rotation. B) Revolution. C) Axis. D) Orbit. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Orbit. 17. How would the gravitational force between the Earth and the Moon change if the Moon was twice as far away? A) The force would increase. B) The force would be the same. C) The force would decrease. D) The force would disappear. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The force would decrease. 18. Which planet has only known life forms A) Mars. B) Saturn. C) Uranus. D) Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Earth. 19. I am the eighth planet from the Sun. I am the farthest from the Sun. My twin brother is Uranus. A) Uranus. B) Mars. C) Neptune. D) Jupiter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neptune. 20. Pieces of rock and dust in space that are smaller than asteroids (they can be made of rock, metal, or both) A) Asteroids. B) Meteoroids. C) Meteorites. D) Meteors. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meteoroids. ← 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