Solar System Quiz 42 (13 MCQs)

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1. Pieces of rock that actually strike Earth's surface are called .....

Correct Answer: D) Meteorites.

2. Which planet has life?

Correct Answer: B) Earth.

3. Which is the fourth planet from the sun?

Correct Answer: A) Mars.

4. What special skills are needed to make observations about the moon?

Correct Answer: D) Making careful observations and using logical reasoning.

5. I am a huge hot star in the solar system. You don't look directly at me. I can hurt your eyes.

Correct Answer: B) The sun.

6. The planet with the lowest density and hundreds of thin rings is .....

Correct Answer: C) Saturn.

7. Which planet is the largest?

Correct Answer: C) Earth.

8. Irregular-shaped rocky object that orbit the Sun between Mars and jupiter are .....

Correct Answer: C) Asteroids.

9. It takes Earth ..... to make one revolution or orbit around the Sun.

Correct Answer: A) 365 days.

10. D rock from the sun. It's the only planet in the solar system that can support life.

Correct Answer: C) Earth.

11. What is the period of revolution?

Correct Answer: D) How long it takes a planet to revolve around the Sun once.

12. What is the coldest planet in our solar system

Correct Answer: B) Neptune.

13. Which of the following statements best describes the characteristics of the GAS GIANT PLANETS?

Correct Answer: B) Large, planetary rings; many moons.